One-day Retreat at Dong Cao Pagoda.

Dong Cao pagoda (Nga Sơn, Thanh Hoa) organized One - day Retreat for Buddhists inside and outside the district to attend on Dec. 31st, 2020 (Dec. 19th, Year of Mouse).

Beginning practice, the mass had time of meditative walking. Next, Junior Ven guided them to mindfully chant the six-sense repentance, read five precepts, the rules at the pagoda, and perform the rite freeing creatures.

At 9:30 am, accepting the invitation of the organizers, Nun Thich Nu Ngoc Khiet came to the lecture hall to have a dharma talk named 48 vows of Amitabha Buddha to the participants.

With her simple language, own practical experience and daily life stories, the nun clearly explained the value of reciting Buddha's name. By this preaching, the nun advised them to try to practice reciting the Buddha's name to transform their body and mind at the current, do blessings to expand their wisdom to continue their stable and peaceful worldly life and liberate the future. Besides, we should uphold the Three Jewels so that many people will know the Buddha's teachings for Dharma a long-lasting existence.

In the afternoon, Junior Abbot Ven. instructed the mass to sit meditation, chant the Sigalovada sutta. The mass had a moment to look back on the past year of study. Last year, the pagoda had 5 more families reaching the standard of "Buddhist Family", 10 Buddhists reaching "Devotion Buddhists", organizing charity trips with the amount of more than 300,000,000 VND.

It is thanks to the year’s ending organized and sent by the Abbot, such as over 60 gifts (400,000 VND/ portion), including 200,000 VND/ an envelope, boxes of noodles, bottles of oil, 1 kg of sugar and boxes of candy.

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