Student Retreat

On July 13th, 2014 (Lunar June 17th, Horse Year), over 1,000 students from inner and outer cities gathered to join the Student Retreat Course.

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After breakfast, the students had the opportunity to listen\r\nto a Dharma from Senior Venerable Thich Nguyen Hien, Vice Principal of Buddhism\r\nIntermediate Institute in Lam Dong province and the abbot of Minh Tu pagoda in\r\nthe lecture hall. In the lecture on the topic “Causal Condition and Practical\r\nLife”, he generally presented the concept of causation and its applicability on\r\nlife from the youth.

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Causation is a condition beginning at the present. This is\r\nan essence of Buddha Dharma. Everything around us originates from causation.\r\nOnly can we see this thing, we can get the peace and contentment. Due to the\r\nvast support of causation, we exist. Therefore, we should reconcile causations\r\nin the life. Reconciliation is a foundation to exist and maintain the\r\nworld.  Thus, we should open our heart, live mercifully to reconcile with\r\neverybody. Since knowing causations creates everything, we should make a change\r\non our attitude; develop gradually our creation to change our life.

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Finally, to have a true concept, each one should have a\r\ncausative look in front of everything.

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After the short Dharma talk, he gave the answers to queries\r\nfrom those students about the topic. Then, students got reciting Kindness\r\nSutra. Ending the reciting period, they gathered at dining hall to have lunch.

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On the afternoon, after the meditation seating was a talk\r\nfrom Quach Tuan Khanh. He is the one who experiences in educating soft skills\r\nto the youth. During this talk, he trained young people the teamwork. It is an\r\nessential and necessary skill for students to work effectively after graduated.\r\nIf we want to be successful, we should work effectively in a unique group with\r\na large number of members. To be in good co-working, each member should have\r\nthe same purpose and understanding to sympathize and share all. Especially, we\r\nshould have a tolerant heart to abolish skepticism, nervousness and fear. As a\r\nresult, we could complete the group work in the best way.

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Ending the talk, each attendant was given a dharma present\r\nincluding a book “In my Deep Heart”, a VCD “Confidence to the Youth”, “Remained\r\nSmiles.

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Below are some taken photos:

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