On Oct. 02nd, 2024 (Aug. 30th, LC), good men and believing women inside and outside HCMC returned to Hoang Phap pagoda to attend a periodical penitential rite.

 

Junior Thich Tam Duoc, Monks of Hoang Phap pagoda, HCMC province had a dharma talk to all Buddhists before the rite.

 

 The Lecturer taught five essential things to support practitioners on the path of Buddhism: True faith; Health; Sincerity; Diligence; Wisdom.

 

True faith in the Three Jewels with correct understanding: Buddha is the awakened, enlightened One; Dharma is the truth; Sangha is purity, harmony.

 

Health is the strength to be free from illness, have a regular digestion, not too cold, not too hot, and balance for practice.

 

Sincerity is sincerity towards the Patriarch-Master, and co-cultivators; when practicing, one must have a sincere mind to get closer to the truth which is enlightenment and liberation.

 

Diligence is the diligence in practicing good deeds, preventing the mind from doing evil deeds.

 

Wisdom is the understanding of the path leading to the cessation of suffering by the understanding of the Four Noble Truths: This is suffering; this is the origin of suffering; this is the cessation of suffering; this is the path leading to the cessation of suffering.

 

Thanks to the Lecturer's thoughtful preaching, the listeners are strengthened in their Triple-Gem faith amidst the fluctuations of life. Then, practitioners are more diligent in doing good deeds, avoiding evil ones, wholeheartedly upholding the Dharma, focusing on cultivating and transforming themselves, gaining happiness in this life and deeply planting the seeds of liberating wisdom for future lives, thereby worthy of being true Buddhists.

 

After the Dharma talk, the mass entered the penitential ritual as usual.

 

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