Repentant Ceremony on May 29th, 2018

In the evening of July 12th, 2018 (May 29th, Lunar Calendar), thousands of devout Buddhists from in and outside of HCMC gathered to Hoang Phap for attending the repentant ceremony on July 12th, 2018.

As usual, there is a Dharma Talk before taking the ceremony for one hour. This time the talk was shared by Venerable Thich Tam Chanh, a Hoang Phap’s monk, on the title of “Drop off Sadness”. The talk mentioned about our sorrow in daily life. According to him, we can’t hide or run away from sadness to find happiness anywhere or separate totally suffering from happiness. In contrast, we have to recognize the sadness and accept it as our part of life. Say as Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh no matter what is angry or sadness we should take care of them, consider them as our friends and find the way to turn them around. Practice likes this we can overcome adversity or any negative emotion easily. For later, any form of sadness being, it has no effect on our lives.

The talk finished in 45 minutes and 15 minutes left for confusing question around the title he had shared. The lecture hall is crisper with his witty answers, everyone feels more energy after listening to the talk.

Then, Ven. Thich Tam Dao leads the repentant ceremony.

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