One-Day Retreat at Minh Chat ashram in Can Tho

Monks, Junior Thich Tam Hue, and devout Buddhists of Hoang Phap pagoda returned to Minh Chat retreat in Can Tho to attend the One-Day Retreat on April 13th, 2025. Attending the practice were the presence of monks, Buddhists at Minh Chat ashram in Can Tho and Buddhists at Hoang Phap pagoda, Thien Duyen group and staff at Kim Hung cooperative, Can Tho.

After breakfast, the monks guided Buddhists in the demeanor to fold hands, prostrate; how to walk, recite Buddha's name and raise a bow to offer a meal.

 

Then, the mass had the time of reciting the Buddha's name, and chanted the precepts.

 

In response to the organizers’ invitation, Most Thich Giac Dang, Abbot of Ngoc Trung Tang Vihara had a Dharma talk named Practice in Pure land Sect.

 

In addition to deep faith and diligent recitation of Buddha's name of practicing Pure Land, Buddhists must transform and purify three karmas, gradually cultivating to become pure and happy. Practicing Pure Land Buddhism has three things:

 

- Being filial to parents, serving Master, being compassionate and not killing, and cultivating ten-karma good; - Taking refuge in Three Jewels, complying with precepts, and not violating proper conduct; - Deeply believing in cause and effect, generating Bodhicitta, chanting Mahayana sutras, single-mindedly reciting Buddha's name, and encouraging others to practice Buddhism.

 

The mass offered lunch, ate together and offered meals to the souls after the Dharma talk.

 

 The practice day included a walking meditation, reciting Buddha's name.

 

Last, all attendees went to release fish at the Co Bac ferry on Hau River. The mass chanted sutras, recited Buddha's name, took refuge in Three Jewels and released all of them to nature.

 

 The retreat ended in everyone's joy.

 

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