Repentance ceremony on July 14th, Year of the Cat

On Aug. 29th, 2023 (July 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 Hoang Phap pagoda gave a dharma talk named “Money and relative affection". 

By the story in the Samannaphala sutta and real stories in everyday life, the monk reminded all participants not to forget their deep gratitude to their parents because of fame and material gain. 

By the way, he preached about the Buddha's previous lives, as well as the Master’s piety examples, and then encouraged the masses to try to follow. Besides being filial to the parents by worldly ways of nurturing, caring, providing material things, love, respect....devout Buddhists should perform the world leaving piety: guide the parents to study and practice Buddhism, taking refuge in Three Jewels, living towards goodness.  During the three-month rain retreat, Buddhists should devote themselves to supporting monks and nuns in their practice, make offerings to create merit and blessing to dedicate, which pray for their current parents to have increased blessings and longevity; the grandparents and parents who passed away were born in a happy realm. That is the most complete way of gratitude and repayment to parents.

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

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