Students’ retreat

Hoang Phap Pagoda held a Dharma day for students on June 07th, 2015 (LunarApril 21st Goat Year). Nearly 1,000 students from the universities and colleges in Ho Chi Minh City area gathered to attend.

 After breakfast, about 8.00 a.m. all young people\r\nconcentrated on the main auditorium to listen to the talk by Dharma Venerable\r\nThich Tam Nguyen, a monk of Hoang Phap pagoda, Deputy of Organization Board of\r\nthe retreat. For over an hour, the Venerable talked a subject entitled\r\n"The Secret".

“The secret” discovered in 2006, but in fact it was\r\nascertained by the Buddha Shakyamuni more than 26 centuries ago. This is the\r\nrule of relationship between people’s thinking and problems relating to social\r\ncircumstances, habitat.

The interesting discovery stated: “The human life is created\r\nby their own thought” or others words: “Thinking, mood and mental aspecs\r\nreflect each  fate." 

From practical examples and evidence of inventors and\r\nscientists’ recent studies on the influence of human psychology to trees,\r\nwater, surrounding environment. The  Venerable proved that human\r\nmind affects the appearance, life circumstances and strongly influences the\r\npeople around. 

This secret is so close and in a part of the causality law;\r\ntherefore when we have negative thought, it will create a hazardous\r\nenvironment, and if we have positive feelings, it will create a healthy\r\nenvironment. If we want to have a peaceful life, we must change our thinking\r\ninto good and charitable way, choose a correlated and compatible habitat, close\r\nto good friends in order to make themselves a best life. 

After a talk, Venerable also explained all questions\r\nrelating to “The secret” subject to students.

In the afternoon, students exchanged and communicated with\r\nProfessor Hoang Anh Tuan, who is Chairman of Hanoi Marketing Association, Vice\r\nPrinciple of Friendship Management Technology University, Executive Director of\r\nVietnam Microsoft Corporation.

After over an hour, the professor presented the standards\r\nand factors which lead to success of each person, sush as thinking, skills,\r\nattitudes and habits. A person who wants to achieve, wants his family or\r\nrelatives to enjoy the best physical condition, he must try to perfect and be\r\nresponsible in himself, his family and the society.

The Dharma day ended in the joy of everyone. Before leaving,\r\nstudents received gifts including: DVDs “Sunflowers 7”, “ Spiritual Roots”,\r\nVCDs “Undecisiveness”’ “Don’t Indulging in Unusual Things”.