The third day of summer retreat at Dong Cao pagoda in Thanh Hoa

Junior Ven. Thich Tam Man, theabbot of Tan Tay pagoda (Thien Phap), had a dharma talk to the youth on the topic “Happiness and Failure”.

The Junior Ven. analyzed two sutras of “Avoiding away the ways of failure” as following:

Anyone who likes evil and wicket people

Without liking good ones

Also likes bad things

Falls into failure

People who like eating, sleeping

Like crowds and passiveness

Laziness and hatred

Fall into failure

Thanks to that, the youth have useful knowledge to apply in their daily life and Buddha dharma practice.

In the afternoon, hoping of creating a helpful playground after learning sutra, the Venerables organized the program of extracurricular activities. These brought usefulness and smiles to attendees, which combined the spirit of team to help them with harmony and connection together.

The schedule of activity day was continuously at 7:00 p.m,. All participants attended the gameshow “Shaking pagoda bell”, which was for the youth who had passed the dharma exam. The program included questions relating to the knowledge of Buddhist studies, society, history, etc., helping increase their thought. According to the gameshow, the organized board found out superior candidates, then gave some gifts as the spirit encouragement.

The cultivating and playing day ended in the joy of the youth.

The following is the recorded images: