One-Day Retreat for Students

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Update: 07/12/2025

In the evening of Dec. 06th, 2025 before the practice day, a crowd of the young eagerly returned to the pagoda waiting for One-Day Retreat for Students to be held tomorrow morning.

One-Day Retreat for Students

After registering and receiving their passing cards, young participants gathered at the Dharma-Wheel Building to participate in the musical drama titled "Mother's Diary." Like the gentle sounds of childhood echoing back, the musical drama was like a soothing lullaby from a mother, reminding listeners about the boundless, and immeasurable love of their mothers and parents.

Over 200 students from Colleges and Universities inside and outside Ho Chi Minh City returned to Hoang Phap Pagoda to attend One-Day Retreat for Students on Dec. 07th, 2025.

At 05:00 a.m, the mass chanted the sutras:Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapanasati), The One Who Knows How to Live Alone (Jivaka Sutta), The Island of Self (Hāliddakāni Sutta), Loving-Kindness (Metta Sutta).

Next, all students listened to a Dharma talk named "Growing up” preached by Junior Thích Dat Ma Huy Bao – Vice Abbot of Buu Nghiem pagoda at 9:00 a.m.

The Junior pointed out the growing up by five aspects: physiology, psychology, character, ethics, and spiritual practice. These five characteristics will help practitioners orient themselves in the process of personal development and growth. True maturity is not in physical weight (physiology) but in the depth of understanding (psychology), the ability to sacrifice and compassion (character), and the perfection of personality (ethics).

Understanding impermanence, living mindfully, and being responsible for each action, practitioners gradually transcend their small ego to become more steadfast, gentle, and wise. A truly mature person is one who knows how to love themselves properly, love others appropriately, prioritize kindness over greed, anger, and delusion, and thus live peacefully in life (the Dharma). Maturity is a journey of nurturing wisdom and compassion so that each day one becomes a better version of oneself.