Repentant Ceremony on Sep. 14th, Year of Mouse

On Oct. 16th, 2020 (lunar Sep. 14th, Year of Mouse), the good men and believing women in and out of Ho Chi Minh City returned to Hoang Phap Pagoda to attend the periodic penance rite.

Before beginning the rite, Junior Ven. Thich Tam Man had a dharma talk to all the participants.

People always have a need for material and mental stability. However, we are living in a life that always contains many unsatisfactory things. Therefore, people turn spiritually to somewhat comfort or seek a truly happy life. At the sharing session, Junior Ven. spoke how to apply into life and feel true peace.

Each person has a fate, way of life, appearance, and thinking within dissimilarity due to different karma. Because that difference leads to discord, restlessness, and afflictions in the mind. Hoping for a happy life, first, we should accept the current living on emotion, human, times ... Second, we return to rely on the Three Jewels, away from doing evil deeds, doing good deeds, believing deeply in cause and effect, living well with compassion, kindness, joy, and equanimity.

Meanwhile, we gradually remove the ego-attachment of ourselves, confront defilements, and know how to transform them into happiness. Finally, we often reflect on the impermanence of life to cherish the present moments and the things around us.

After that, the mass listened to the song Sand dust in life.

After the talk, the mass entered the penitential ceremony as usual.

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