The Repentance Celebration in August 30th, Goat Year.

Late evening of October 12th , 2015 (August 30th , Goat Year), thousands of Buddhists from Ho Chi Minh city and other provinces gathered at Hoang Phap pagoda in order to attend the Ksama (Repentance) day.

 Being born crying, people spent days along with grief. Suffering is the trut; so Buddhists must learn from Buddha’s teaching in order not to endure anymore. Many people keep seeking happiness, but, on the other hand, they don’t know how to stop the misery, so they never find out the happiness. Being happy or being in bitterness is because of our decision. Human beings sink themselves into pains and never get out of it. Finding out the happiness right on tomorrow or some certain places is just our illusion. In fact, at the moment, right here in this world, the true happiness exists. We must satisfy with what we had, we must accept what are happening in the moment, and therefore we will find happiness. Enjoying the present life and we won’t have pressure and stress.

 People condescend, understand each other and everyone will be joyful. Besides, whether there is happiness or not because whether people are greedy or not. The greedier people are, the worse the pain will be. The teaching of “Having less desire; being more content” helps people become less greedy and satisfy with what they possess. It is said that the fake happiness satisfies the real greediness; but the more we want, the more hurt we will be.

 We do things without greediness. We do things with the desire of giving and therefore we will feel the joy. While facing the trouble, we should choose the positive attitude in any situation in order to be joyful every single second of lives.

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