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Buddhist News of Ven. Thich Chan Tinh
Dharma Talk at Long Thanh Pagoda, Vinh Long Province.
Update: 19/05/2015
In the morning of May 18th, 2015 (April 1st, Goat Years), Senior Ven. Thich Chan Tinh came to Long Thanh pagoda, Hung Que hamlet, Thanh Đuc village, Long Ho district, Vinh Long province to have a Dharma talk from Senior Ven. Thích Thiện Tâm’s invitation.
In Lunar April, Buddhists are joyful to welcome Buddha’s\r\nbirthday, 15th of April, which actually is Siddharta. He was still a\r\nBodhisattva, not the Buddha when he was born. Thus, it is not right to say that\r\nday as the Buddha’s birthday.
He was born as a human like us but from a good lineage of\r\nlords with 32 good appearances, a highest social position, extreme wisdom, and\r\nfull of happiness. These proclaim that he had passed through a dozen of\r\nincarnation of cultivation, protection, and good dignity, which is as a\r\ntree having been planted for years in good condition and\r\nconsequently gave good flowers and good fruits. Buddhists must take the Buddha\r\nas a model. It can not be that they have a harvest just after a day from\r\nsowing. Each must self-improve, give blessings in this life, and get in next\r\nincarnation for enlightenment ideality.
Above were the content of the talk. After the Dharma talk,\r\nVCDs of “Retribution of Killing†were given.