Saturday, 04/18/2026
One Day Retreat for Students
Update: 13/04/2025
Starting the energy full day is a meditation course in front of the main hall in the monks’ guidance at 5 a.m.
At 7 30 a.m, the mass chanted a sutra then sat quietly.
At 09:00, the students listened to a Dharma talk named The guide preached by Junior Thich Đạt Ma Huy Bảo, Deputy Abbot of Buu Nghiem Pagoda, Thu Dau 1 City, Binh Duong Province.
The monk recalled the Buddha's birth, helping the listeners understand clearly the purpose and meaning of this event. According to the Mahayana scriptures, Queen Maya dreamed of a white elephant with six tusks that turned into a beam of shining on her belly and then became pregnant. Near the birth, she went to Lumbini Garden and gave birth to the prince from her right hip. A lotus flower bloomed to raise the prince, nine dragons from the sky flew down to spray two streams of cold and hot water to bathe him, then the gods came down to take care of him. Thus, the prince took seven steps with each step supported by a lotus flower under his feet.
Each described image has a deep education meaning, not merely an unbelievable supernatural. The surreal image of birth is very true and vivid: The solemn white elephant is a symbol of the full-paramita to praise the right and truth; the baby walking on the seven lotus implicates, even though the unclean life is still pure, the World Honor One is a rare in the life... His birth is a great event that all over the world welcomes a supernatural saint to this world. Remembering that meaningful event, Buddhists must practice the miracle doctrine that He presented. Let us remember He always shows steps and accompanies us, so that we are diligent in practicing, applying the teachings to transform suffering in life, towards a peaceful and happy life.
Students have a course of chanting and practicing transforming worries in the afternoon.
Before leaving, the students were given a gift of Dharma by the Organizers.
The retreat ended in full of joy.
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