Repentance Ceremony Lunar Oct. 14th, Horse Year.

In the evening of Dec. 5th 2014 (Lunar Oct. 14th Horse year) thousands of Buddhists who were from HCHC and nearby provinces returned at Hoang Phap pagoda to attend the repentance ceremony.

Vietnamese people consider the full month of October as the\r\nimportant  ceremony of year, Ha Nguyen (the Ceremony of the fifteenth day\r\nof the tenth lunar month). Therefore, this time with good men and belief women\r\nreturned to the pagoda to listen to dharma, sutras and go sightseeing more than\r\nbefore.

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Before the ceremony, Junior Ven. Thich Tam Dai - Hoang Phap\r\nPagoda’s Monk – had a Dharma talk on the topic “The Founder’s enlighten words\r\non the Buddha’s name reciting.” The Junior reminded the teachings of the\r\nlate Venerable Master Ngo Chan Tu- The founder of the Hoang Phap Pagoda on the\r\n26th anniversary of the death of Him.

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Although the late Ven. Master passed away long ago, his\r\nsayings seem to be now: “Let be diligent in cultivation, concentrate on the\r\nBuddha reciting, and don’t let be attract in this World.”This sound awoke the\r\nBuddhist‘s heart for loving kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity which\r\nmake the ill prevent from disease, an enemy become a friend. The cultivators of\r\nreciting Buddha’s name should not remember someone’s mistakes, because it only\r\ncauses suffers and miseries, but should look at themselves to adjudge their bad\r\nnature. When the mind started bad thoughts, they should recite the Buddha’s\r\nname to suppress that. The cultivator should practice all dignities, such as:\r\nwalking, standing, lying, seating, sleeping, moving, stilling. Besides, they\r\nshould not conflict to others, should not be idle to it. They must be diligent,\r\ndecisive. Particularly, they should notice to the reciting mind. It is the\r\nmouth that recites, the ears that listens  and the mind that emphasize,\r\nwhich will be easy to attain more benefits.

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After his lecture, the mass worshiped Buddhas’ names and\r\nrepeated five precepts of the lay people.

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Below are some taken photos:

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