A “strange” rain - Summer Retreat 2014

Raining outside, raining in the lecture hall and raining in people’s sobbing hearts when they are thinking of their parents.

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On the morning of the fourth day of the retreat, students\r\nexperienced in many different emotions when listening to the Dharma from Sen.\r\nVen. Thich Tam Nguyen, Deputy of Organization about The Content Program of The\r\nRetreat Summer, with the theme "A Smile Being Left". Everyone’s life\r\nhas only one parent; so each person must appreciate this happiness. Do not wait\r\nfor parents until they have passing away, we startle and cry. Smiles always\r\nremain on lips when we are in our parents’ tender arms.

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The heavy afternoon rain caused emotions of the youth has to\r\nincrease more when they attended a colloquy “Only One in Life" in the\r\nevening.

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Tears rolling down some cheeks were sympathetic with Mr.\r\nTinh Tan, who made many mistakes for his mother. However, in the end, he had\r\ndone a meaningful action that he last carried his mother to Ta Cu Mountain\r\nbefore she passed away. It may be these tears of sharing with Cao Thi Muon,\r\nwhose parents went away while she still was a child. She had to endure\r\ndifficult orphaned time with her sister in the absence of their parent’s love.

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In the program, students could also listen to the sentiment\r\nfrom the monk named Tam Khoi in Hoang Phap Pagoda about his love for the mother\r\nsuffering from serious diseases. Then, the feeling of Lien Anh student made all\r\nstudents recognizes parents’ love nurturing for their children.

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In particular, in this content, they were able to think\r\ndeeply about parents’ love through the confidences from the heart of a very\r\nspecial guest - singer Ho Quang Hieu. He told a moving story about the mistakes\r\nhe had caused in his juvenile by images of his gentle mother. After that, in\r\nhis emotion tone welled up, he presented a song "The Place I Have Found to\r\nReturn".

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After a lot of agony, Senior Ven. Thich Chan Tinh, the abbot\r\nof Hoang Phap Pagoda, the Head of Retreat Organization gave a few words\r\nencouraging as well as delight students by the stories about the life\r\nof these characters.

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Besides, singer Quach Beem participated in songs\r\n"Filial Path" and "Mother" songs.

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 Here are some pictures recorded:

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 Heavy rain could not stop students’ eagerness.

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In the Dharma talk "Only One in Life."

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