Wednesday, 04/22/2026
One Day Retreat for Students
Update: 11/04/2022
Before that, all participants had a conversation with the monks at the 5th lecture hall of Dharma Wheel Building in the evening of April 09th, 2022. The monks answered about mentioned questions such as, love someone with other religions; filial piety and aspiration to leave home; the law of attraction in life; how to overcome sad thoughts; social problems arise from negative thinking....
In the morning, monks instructed all participants to do exercise outside the yard of the pagoda and have meditation. After having breakfast, they swept leaves together around the pagoda yard.
After the chanting, Junior Thich Dat Ma Huy Bao, Deputy Abbot of Buu Nghiem Pagoda, Thu Dau 1 City, Binh Duong province, gave a lecture on the topic of Love and Hatred.
He talked about the elements in human emotional life are love and hate. He had clearly analyzed two different sides of love. Unsatisfactory love will produce hatred, which will lead us to cycle from this life to other life. Love in the spirit of Buddhism is tolerance, forgiveness, accepting everything in the person we love, knowing how to share without asking for a response
Emotional hurt, despairing before the deadlock of life, then let be calm and refuge in ourselves, because life has many directions, many choices... think differently, we will see life still has many beautiful things. Realizing that, we should sow good causes, open our hearts to give, bring understanding to share with many people; certainly, don't rely on others, let rely on ourselves.
After that, the Junior answered the students' questions about the lecture ‘s content.
In the afternoon, all students gathered in the Dharma Wheel Building to watch the comedy named Kowtow to master compiled by the Abbot Master with the performance of monks in the pagoda.
Then, Junior Thich Tam Truong, new Abbot of Hoang Phap Pagoda, had a few words with them. The Venerable thanked and praised their cultivation spirit. This is an opportunity for them to approach Buddhist doctrines in order to apply these teachings to a better and better life.
Finally, the monk introduced the book Good examples in the East and West and gave it to all participants. The book series is based on historical events, truth anecdotes help us cultivate and overcome circumstances to achieve what we aim for...
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