Repentance ceremony 29/10 Goat Year

At the opening of the ceremony he said: “Today, the practitioners’ presence at Bodhi-mandala is the great happiness for the Buddhists in general. In fact, in the secular life when we get difficulties and obstacles but still maintain our happiness, which is the great happiness. It is lucky for us to inherit the treasure of Right Dharma of Tathagata guiding us to the right path.”

He added, in the real life, according with conditioning cause plays a very important role, especially to the practice aiming to   the Comfort and Happiness. But it is necessary to have the right recognization about this matter; then we will gain the results as we wish. In reality, we often wrongly understand according with conditioning cause concept and think that according with conditioning cause is arbitrariness, self-indulgence, and to let it be as it may, or disinterest, feeble-mindedness, weakness, effortlessness etc.. Those are wrong thoughts; so the Buddhists need to avoid these things. Certainly, according with conditioning cause is wisdom of lifestyle, calm attitude before all changes of life or in other words, according with conditioning cause is the positive attitude to every joyousness and sadness, happiness and unhappiness in the state of mind of serene and ease. According with conditioning cause is different from arbitrariness, abandonment, and negativeness.

Also, it is affirmed that according with conditioning cause is the active lifestyle, not empty theory. However, being able to live completely right in the sense of this is not an easy thing to do. This requires that practitioners   have solid Bodhicitta, diligent practice and learning, cognitive agility, flexibility in attitude, action when contacting with good or bad condition … thereby   forming a standard lifestyle of real leisure and comfort in our mind.

A variety of conditions have driven us into these “Five turbidities in the evil world”. If  raising  proper awareness about according with conditioning cause  and applying the Buddha’s teachings in life, we will be able to overcome all obstacles and sufferings. The bigger ability of integrating according with conditioning cause into life we have, the higher serene consciousness we get; leisure, happiness is the obvious result that we will have. As a true Buddhist, this lesson is very valuable on the practicing way; therefore we need to constantly have it in our mind, determine to practice diligently and enthusiasticallly to have the mind of according with conditioning cause in the true sense of the word. If so, we will find this life more interesting, uplifting on our own way to liberation.

After the Dharma talk, the people together enter the Great Buddha's name of Repentance ceremony as usual.