Sunday, 03/23/2025
Dharma Light
70th Dharma Light Program
Update: 18/04/2021
Accepting the invitation of the organization, Junior Thich Tri Hue, a permanent lecturer of the Committee of Central Propaganda of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Abbot of Phap Tang Pagoda in Binh Chanh district presented at the main lecture hall for answers to all the Buddhists.
Question 1:
Dear Venerable,
I plan after my dying, ask my family to take my body for cremation and then spread my ash into the river. So, will this doing affect my children's livelihoods or not?
I hope monks will help answer for me clearly about my plan to do or not to do?
I sincerely thank monks!
Namo Amitabha Buddha.
Question 2:
Dear Venerable,
My family follows the ancestor worshiping tradition from ancient times to present, few people know Buddhism. I am one of that few. I have known Buddhism for a few years and have taken Refuge in Three Jewel, so I often go to the temple, listen to the dharma, chant sutras, and attend retreats. Thanks to that, I also have a little understanding of cause and effect, the karma that the Buddha taught.
Humankind life's various differences; the person is precious or the lowly, the rich or the poor, the intelligent or the ignorant, etc, ... all it creates by different causes and effects; doing good results in happiness, while doing evil has in suffering. Understanding this, I am very happy. Since then, I try to perform the Buddha's teachings, bringing happiness to me in this life and the next one. Seeing that benefit, I have shared this knowledge to my family with the desire to benefit them, but very few people accept and obey, or others ignore it, sometimes do the opposite reactions. So how and by what means can I help my family rely on the Three Jewels to cultivate for peace in this life and next? May monks guide the method or way for me?
I sincerely thank monks!
Namo Amitabha Buddha.
