Virtue-wisdom Nikāya Retreat

In the mind of spreading the Dharma, Hoang Phap pagoda wishes to support monks and nuns to have a facility to organize retreats and preach dharma to everyone; Virtue-wisdom Nikāya Retreat on July 01st-02nd, 2023 gathered in the 5th floor of Dharma-Wheel Building at the pagoda, preached by Senior Thich Minh Thanh, Abbot at Linh Quy Phap An pagoda with over 130 practitioners to attend.

The first day 

Before the retreat, practitioners performed the rituals as paying homage to Three Jewels, announcing rules; paid homage to Tathagata.

Next, Senior Thich Minh Thanh, Abbot of Linh Quy Phap An had some encouragement to the ashram, at the same time share the Dharma talk named Currently in joyfulness: cultivate joyful mind (understanding cause and effect); comply the precepts; the virtue of patience; cultivate a gentle mind; control and transform emotions. These are the essential personal wisdom for practitioners to practice during the course.

Next, practitioners had the ritual of paying homage to Three Jewels.

In the afternoon, the mass was divided into small groups to identify five aggregates, greed, hatred, delusion, ego.

In the evening, the mass practiced meditation-contemplation, and shared feelings; then, the mass paid homage to Three Jewels, Tathagata.

The second day

In the morning, the mass paid homage to Three Jewels, practiced meditation, shared dharma; prostrated to the virtue ofSariputra Saint; studied in small groups to transform greed, hatred, delusion, ego.

There is a dharma conversation together; each person shares their feelings of hearts in the retreat.

The retreat ended in the joy of participants.

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