Friday, 04/17/2026
The peaceful retreat at Tieu Dao Pagoda
Update: 19/03/2018
On this occasion, Senior Ven. Thich Dao Hien, a committee of the demonstrating council of the Central of Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam, Vice President of Vietnamese Buddhism Institute in Ha Noi, Vice Chief Board and holding the main secretary of the director board which belongs to Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam in Quang Ninh province, who preached to the theme “Almsgiving is One of captuhsamgraha-vastu (Four all-embracing virtues)”. The Senior Ven. preached that a sincere Budhhdist who have to deeply believe in cause and effect law.
Therefore, Bodhisattva enters in life by four flexible methods to save beings, it is four converts of dharma.
What are four captuhsamgraha-vastu?
They are four support ways help human beings who know to return Buddha dharma and live happiness, peace at present and the future.
Which methods include of captuhsamgraha-vastu?
These ones are almsgiving, compassion word, benefit, cooperation concentration.
What is almsgiving concentration?
It means we should give anything we have from materials to spirit for others when human need them, which makes a good relationship, so he feels satisfaction on its mind. Thanks to this, they may return on the Buddha’s dharma.
Giving concludes three parts as of properties, dharma, and courage.
+ Properties: (cash and material) it means giving of material or money to help others who are in unlucky situation. It concludes of external ones and internal ones
.Internal giving is whoever uses all its body parts or body to offer. This is big release of Bodhisattva. Currently, there is the movement of donations such as, blood, parts of body or its body to science, etc.
External giving means that we use our legal fortune to share poor ones, so that it helps reduce unlucky prople.
+ Dharma giving:
It is the Buddha’s teachings and is written in tripitaka sutra. It has two parts. Firstly, it teaches leaving - home person which helps release entirely and support to beings. Secondly, it teaches for lay people, to help enlightenment step by step which reduces sufferings, pains, as well as instruct sincere career and living ways to others, etc, so that it supports ones’ existence without destroying people and animals.
Courage Giving:
The way teaches people to have an unfearing life which brings to peace and happiness at the current moment. All of us from the time being born until growing always fear many kinds, such as loss, sufferrings, even nonsesical worry because of unpersistent mind. Bodhisattvas clearly know these things, so, they usually give no fearing to beings, so that they live in peaceful and self control.
In the end, Junior Ven. Thich Tam Tinh, committee of Director Board of Vietnamese Buddhism Associastion in Quang Nam, Abbot of TieuDao pagoda and all Buddhists had a flower basket and a gift for congratulation to Senior Ven. Thich Dao Hien who was elected a member of the demonstrating council of the Central of Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam, and Vice President of Vietnamese Buddhism Institute in Ha Noi.
Next, the Junior Ven. and all mass chanted the repentant rite of the Buddha’s name.
Followings are reference photos:
BBT Website