Repentance ceremony on intercalary Feb. 14th, Year of the Cat

On April 04th, 2023 (inter. Feb. 14th, Year of the Cat), good men and believing women inside and outside HCMC returned to Hoang Phap pagoda to attend the periodical penitential ceremony.

Before the rite, Junior Thich Tam Trinh, monks of the pagoda gave a dharma talk named Karma Transformation.

A practicing living with its ups and downs, along with the Buddha's teachings from the scriptures, the monk reminded the audience: Being born into the world, each of us carries our different cause and effect. We are the owner of karma, the heir of karma, karma is the fetus, karma is the relative, karma is the fulcrum of each individual. Because karma is different, each person has a different form, property, wealth, intelligence, and life span. Therefore, practitioners need efforts to cultivate, accumulate merits, practice good dharmas, cultivate compassion, control anger, study diligently, obey precepts, etc.

He pointed out that Buddhist learners have to faith, right faith, and transform greed - hatred - delusion:

“Learning Buddhism is not for praying, or wishing

Studying Buddha to transform suffering and sorrow in body-mind

That is the profound meaning

Return to awaken our own Buddha mind"

After the Dharma talk, the mass entered the penitential ritual as usual.

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