The Monastic Confession 2021 at Hoang Phap Pagoda

The Monastic Confession 2021 at Hoang Phap Pagoda

The rainy-season retreat is a tradition of intensive practice in the summer of the Sangha. This is the time when the monks will restrain their body and mind and cultivate virtue. During these three months, all practitioners learn the Dharma, increase their happiness and transform suffering in them. This tradition is carried out regularly in the Sangha every year and brings many benefits not only to practitioners but also to Buddhists. The time from lunar April 16th to lunar July 15th is the end of the retreat.

At 8:30 a.m., the Sangha gathers in the main hall to celebrate the ceremony. After the rite, the monks of Hoang Phap Pagoda will settle down at the temple. In three months, practitioners perform all the courses: chanting, meditating, reciting the Buddha's name, prostrating the Buddha, etc...to show his demeanor  and vow in his daily cultivation, as well as organizing to preach teachings, basic Buddha dharma, and Pratimoksa commandments twice a month.

Before that, on the evening of May 24th, 2021 (April 13th, LC), the monks of Hoang Phap Pagoda held a rite to take the precepts of the Retreat.

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