Tan Hiep - Hoc Mon - Ho Chi Minh
Thursday, 10/05/2023
Summer Retreat
The late day of the Summer retreat at Tay Khanh Pagoda
Update: 03/07/2019
Before starting the dharma talk, the Monk had shared the activities of collective games, helping students to be comfortable and playful to continue energy of cultivating. Next, by witty and funny way, the Monk told stories, thereby helping young people to receive their extremely useful lessons about the value of happiness at present and the methods of bringing to happiness is not only for ourselves but also for everyone around. At the end of the talk, he took the time to answer some questions from the students related to the topic of happiness.
After the time of dharma talk, in order to help young people have a compassion heart, love to all living beings, the monks in the Organizers guided the ritual of freeing creatures.
In the afternoon of the same day, it was a ceremony to end the retreat. All participants were listened to Monks' words of instructing and encouraging in the Organizers. After 5 days of cultivating, more than 400 young people learned many meaning things from the Monks, from the each sentence of doctrine on every morning - afternoon, to enthusiastic serve of the monk, the volunteers or the hard work of good doers., etc. They all left the children with deep and beautiful impressions. Five days of studying passed quickly in fun and study together, ... just have been known each other, now have to say goodbye to return to your family, so, there are nostalgic without words with the moving, choking tears of the attendees that see again on next summer ...
The organizers sent each member a gift with two books: Lesson For Kids and The Path Of Happiness.
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