The repentant Ceremony on Aug. 14th, the year of the Pig

On Sep. 12th, 2019 (lunar Aug.14th, the year of the pig), men and women Buddhists in and out of Ho Chi Minh City came to Hoang Phap Pagoda to attend the rite of repentance.

Before the ceremony, the mass was listened a Dharma talk with the topic Buddha Dharma in each of us preached by Junior Ven. Thich Tam Vuong, a monk of Hoang Phap Pagoda.

After attaining Supreme enlightenment, the Buddha saw clearly all beings have Buddha nature, being a pure and quiet nature; However, because the true mind is obscured by ignorance, caused many mistakes and sins then fallen in Samsara. Therefore, the Buddha's teachings will be the way to get us out of all suffering, bound, towards a good and peaceful life. If we practice Dharma, we will look back to our mind all time, think and contemplate the Buddha's teachings to feel the peace every day. In daily activities, we will always behave with our intellect, understanding, loving and living for benefit to others.

Through this, the monk reminded the mass should be diligent every day, should not think the bodhi fruit is too sublime but afraid. To cultivation, we should practice how to make our self will be cute, friendly, close to everyone around. A cultivator always sees its mistakes to fix the self. From there, this one will have a peaceful life with the calm mind by  awareness of sufferings in life is the natural.

After the Dharma talks, the mass started the repentant ceremony as usual.

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