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Vietnam people often prefer worshiping apricot tree and decorations in the house on ngayTet not something random. Photos apricot trees bloom in early spring is the moral lesson to everyone and every family. Rain drenched with sunlight beams apricot trees in the ground Vietnam is also typical image for the spirit of noble qualities of the Vietnamese people during the struggle and labor to build lives through generations. Vietnam yellow apricot trees have status of Zen poet Tran Ly era, it is the noble image metaphor for the ability to accept the truth of man.

Apricot trees sticking with farm village Vietnam country, sticking with human ancestors from the land open up the village to live. Apricot trees suffered wind and rain can flood and storm to bloom during the Tet holiday, which is the symbol for the Vietnamese people to overcome all hardships to preserve hometown race and meaningful life.

As yellow apricot tree has deep roots in the ground, not fall before a storm, and people of Vietnam are everywhere despite keeping moral grace and good cultural roots of their ancestors.

As yellow apricot tree stand before harsh weather, still persisting over the years living alone rose nursery and fortune, the Vietnam anywhere though also patience and courage before all circumstances to build their lives.

As yellow apricot tree leaves old vent late winter, giving the buds and yellow flowers bloom in early spring, the Vietnam everywhere whatever sacrifices alive for future generations of descendants.

As yellow apricot tree sap preserved deep within the body to produce healthy vitality in early spring bloom, Vietnam wherever people also keep in mind the moral, religious people to live useful merit for themselves and for all cool.

Apricot trees have lived for years with extreme weather still silently stamina, await spring beautiful flowers. That image is sharp worthy virtues symbolize the patient and the great sacrifice of our ancestors during home construction workers and maintain national cultural identity.

Since ancestral up and defending the country, established the regime villages, has focused moral education. Each name of the village to the provinces that ancestral name poses carries traces the history and always wish for the next generations to live peacefully. Many villages in the homeland Vietnam are the temple, the temple from the first time as a replacement for today's schools to teach morality and where people believe common threshold. Across three southern, central and northern Vietnam in each village have their church, branch church, village and neighborhood shrines set up to pay tribute to their ancestors as well as the heroes people with meritorious services to the country. Every year, the children in the village who work or live everywhere, often return to visit old father villages weak mother, grandparents visiting graves, genealogy amendment, review the teachings of our forebears to tri grace and the grace.

Apricot trees in the yard, in the countryside of Vietnam is considered an important image in Buddhist literature era meditation Ly Tran. In the wisdom of the saint, apricot tree image downy live in the evening sun, living through the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter that bloom life energy that is miraculous. It deserves the status symbol of the immaculate body and mind in this life. Zen Master Man Giac poem "The fox appears disabilities them" with images of yellow apricot trees were sending Vietnamese spirit latent super human abilities. That's the power of autonomy and intellectual life. Wisdom was the general view of ups and downs in every circumstance of life, overcome any conventional constraints of time and space in the world of phenomena. Content poem as follows:

      "Spring flowers fall away hundreds,

Hundred flowers spring to laugh.

The immediate past life,

Old came on his head!

Do not say brutal spring flowers fall off,

Yard the night before a branch tomorrow. " 

The first two verses as talking about the time, weather and landscape inherent in life. Next two verses as sincere words said about the incident related to travel in the short life of man. All that took place in the stage of life changing, all phenomena are in a state of things: a, office, corrupt, no. Humans are also in law: Birth, old age, disease and death. Happiness ultimately live with true hearts not crazy before all phenomena of life temptations. Life year round even though poverty or wealth riches, difficulties or advantages as well as scenes illusory concept only.

Cai supernatural morality contained in the following couplet meaning: "Do not protect brutal spring flowers have fallen off, the night before a spike addition to golf tomorrow." Do not think that is the best spring flower fades brutal, still yellow apricot blossoming branch yard. even the phenomenon is being destroyed now also a center does not kill. Spike tomorrow as a warning message to the people living in the life change, the phenomenon of birth, old age is inevitable in human life students. the immaculate purity of mind, the ultimate truth to escape samsara suffering.

Yellow apricot flowers are typical of worship and indoor decoration during Tet, as well as presenting profound moral lessons for life. Spike tomorrow day festival is the metaphor for life and wisdom of the people of Vietnam. Contemplative branch tomorrow to see images clearly the good culture of the nation to the grace ancestors and homeland. Apricot tree image contemplation day festival to realize the meaning of life. Everyone phenomenal achievement by knowledge also eventually be eliminated by law for the time being destroyed, returned to the foot does not mind being not kill to get eternal happiness.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.2/1/2017.