Repentance Ceremony on August 31st, 2016.

In the evening of August 31st, 2016, the Buddhist followers in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring area came to Hoang Phap monastery to attend periodically monthly Repentance Ceremony.

As usual, a Dharma Talk will be shown before starting  the ceremony and this time it was lectured by Hoang Phap’s monk _Venerable Thich Tam Dai.

In his talk, he repeated the suffering of life and although this is not the new theme, almost people forget it to follow living desires; therefore, it is important to remind them. Suffering is a fact and we have no way to escape but accept this to grow up. Only understanding one can practice and put more effort for full liberation from bondage. Then we see that effort is very important on the Buddhist way but it should be understood and practiced in the right way to improve morality not immorality and to do that one needs right view among thousands of ending suffering means. Disease only can removed with the fit medicine and it takes same way for practice.

Besides that, he talked about some practical matters which people mostly had met in difficulties such as practice should be carried out without promising, avoiding unwholesome conditioning while practice, and bearing or enduring all unexpected things of life which bring about suffering, unpleasantness, injustice, disgrace, Enduring without hatred leads people to success and the forever happiness will be gained.

At the end of dharma talk he pointed out some essential points for those who spend time for coming to temple, one should release all the burden life down for concentration, bypass the view of right and wrong, forget in contemporary fame and wealth and selfishness as well for developing loving kindness and compassion for all living beings. We are in the conventional world so everything is unreal for us to deeply attach.

Ending the dharma talk is time for repentance ceremony staring and reciting the five precepts for upasaka and upasika as usual

Following are some recorded photographs: