Repentance ceremony on May 29th, year of the Snake

On June 24th, 2024 (May 29th, LC), good men and believing women inside and outside HCMC returned to Hoang Phap pagoda to attend a periodical penitential rite.

Monks of Hoang Phap pagoda, Junior Thich Tam Hoan had a dharma talk named Five-dharma support for Buddhists before the rite.

 

There are five Dharma support for Buddhists to help maintain faith and promote correct practice in daily life. First, taking refuge in the Three Jewels is to rely on the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Second, complying with Five Precepts is the moral foundation for living peacefully, avoiding causing suffering to oneself and others. Third, practice loving-kindness, love without discrimination. Fourth, contemplating the impurity of the body helps to let go of greed and ego attachment to the body. Fifth, contemplating death is a method of contemplation that helps practitioners always be aware of impermanence, living meaningfully in every moment. Fully practicing these five Dharma is the way to maintain faith and progress steadily on the path to deliverance.

 

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

 

 

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