Repentant ceremony

On Nov. 10th, 2019 (Oct. 14th, LC), devout Buddhist in HCMC come to Hoang Phap to join the monthly repentant ceremony

Before the rite, Ven. Thich Tam Dac, a Hoang Phap monk has a talk on the title of  “Buddhist Practice”.

Unlimited sentient beings, I will save
All defilements, I will destroy
The whole Tripitaka, I  will learn
The Enlightened  One, I will be

We learn Buddhism for being happy and having peace in mind. However, we should be clear about how to practice. In reality, people only see their greed, hatred, and ignorance in life, not in the meditation center or temple. On the other words, they change defilements from worldly to practice and find no more peace in mind. Taking practice without learning we can not understand what is the right way to improve ourselves but getting back gradually. The first step of being Buddhist is taking refuge with the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha to understand the meaning of being a Buddha’s disciple. Then we start to learn Dharma to know how to reduce and destroy our impure from body, speech, and mind. The final goal of Buddhist practice is forever ending the circle of birth and death, become a great person on the virtuous side, and be happy on the way.

Spend more than hour, Thay helps people understand more about the meaning of being a Buddhist, how to do for the benefit of self and others, and for the last happiness of suffering ceasing.

Finished the talk, the repentant ceremony starts.

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