Visiting and preaching a Dharma talk at Hoang Phap pagoda of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and Sr Giac Le Hieu

On the affair trip in Vietnam in the afternoon of March 11h, 2024 Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (Korea), the Korean Jungto Buddhist delegation and Sr. Giac Le Hieu visited, then had a dharma conversation at the pagoda; Monks, Buddhists, and good men - believing women of the temple attended the meeting.

On behalf of the monks at the pagoda, Junior Abbot Thich Tam Truong introduced a few words about the pagoda to the delegation before the dharma talk.

Next, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim preached that people's material life is improving even in modern society but spiritually, the happiness of each of us is completely not proportional to the economy. Typically, Korean society goes through stages of economic development: the economy at present has grown more than 50 times compared to a few decades ago. However, the rate of young people committing suicide due to sadness and depression is increasing, showing that economic value does not represent the value of human happiness.

The Buddha's wonderful Dharma aims to help sentient beings escape suffering, afflictions and reach Nirvana. That is tranquility, beyond the two states of suffering and unreal joy, desire is the source of samsara suffering. To escape the bondage of desire, we do not need to suppress or inhibit but we need to recognize, be mindful, awake, and transform by practice: reciting Buddha's name, meditating, etc.

After the preaching, the Zen Master spent 1 hour answering questions from monks and Buddhists to exchange Buddhist culture between Vietnam and Korea.

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