The 26th “Dhamma for Everyone” Program

Today Dec 27, 2017 (Nov 10, lunar calendar), Venerable Thich Minh Thanh, Abbot of Phap An pagoda (Bao Loc - Lam Dong), lecturer for HCMC Buddhism Study Institute (Intermediate and advanced level) has a Dharma talk in the 26th “Dhamma for Everyone” Program.

Based on the invitation of the organizer, he delivers the lecture on the topic: “Contemplating the Death”.

This topic is about a fundamental/vital practice for practitioners. Buddha taught us contemplating the death, acknowledging the rule of birth and death to accept situations, let things go, tolerate and self- improve.

 Nowadays, death occurs around us everywhere, every time due to traffic accident, industrial accident, food poisoning, disease, killing, terrorism, war ... Those things seem occur more and more frequent in the society. We contemplate death to know things are impermanent and to have right view. This is a very wonderful way of practice for liberation, obviously not a view of pessimism or negativity.

 We contemplate death to have right-mindfulness and be calm/ready for the moment of death that can help reincarnation in one of good/immortal realms. When death comes, karma is the only thing we can bring along. Hence, we should live properly, use this body as the mean to sow good deeds, to cultivate mind and to reach liberation.

 Besides, we should practice compassion sending loving kindness to all sentient beings without any discrimination.

 In more than an hour of lecturing, the Venerable has helped the mass simple and effective practicing methods for both spiritual cultivation and daily life.

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