At the Buddha's time, he set a rule for monks and nuns to relax each other in the rainy season. As in India in the rainy season, the insects multiply so much, that they raise alms, will trample on it, kill many sentient beings, injure the benevolent animals of the goods. Buddhists, so they are not allowed to travel outside, but stay in a place for three months to try to practice meditation and wisdom, living together in harmony and purity. However, if there are urgent and necessary times, only leave home for no more than seven days, then return to continue to settle. That is the source of retreat.

Dependent Origination of the retreat

This tradition has existed from the time of the Buddha, but it was not the Buddha who discovered that he had followed the traditional way of life of contemporary Indian society, which then applied to the disciples. of his. From then on, every three months in the rainy season, monks gathered together to stay in the same residence.

An ideal settlement

Imagination should also know the meaning of the word An. An is inner peace, and Life is the period of residence for a certain period of time, which according to the precepts is three months and they raise a peaceful and harmonious place to study together, Improve virtue, study and study after nine months to propagate the birth. For about three months, each Sangha living together, will live together and remind the precepts, books mutually. By the end of the ninetieth day, the monks would gather at one school and compare the precepts that they had lived. Then each person judged himself or herself through seeing, hearing, and seeing. Something is not right, say it yourself or let another bhikkhu help him, then if he finds himself wrong, he must repent. After instant penance Duo c pure, in the heart of peace.

The meaning of retreat

It can be said that each residence season is the most important time of the year of the monks, meaning that the main meaning of learning in the environment is true harmony. This is a very important and necessary Buddha of the Sangha, showing compassion for all living beings and will be the true foundation for the practice of Buddhist lay people. This is also a convenient time for laypeople to have a better understanding of the Dhamma as well as an opportunity to create blessings through their blessing during the retreat. Show compassion not harming sentient beings, and at the same time pay attention to the teaching instructions for the monks. Thanks to the virtuous teachings taught in three months, monks, monks and nuns practiced full and good results. Therefore, in the past, there were some monks who passed away for three months.

Retreat is the age of their life increased

The Buddha said that the duty of the monk is to retreat the temple once a year. Even to 60 years old still have to retreat. This teaches very clearly that his attention to the pure practice, the practice of the precepts thoroughly. In the scriptures, sometimes see the Buddha praised monks alms and encourage the monks to live in that habit. But in some cases, he advised the bhikkhus to live in harmony, exchange experience, practice and rely on each other. Thus, each person will feel the teachings of the Buddha according to the specific circumstances. Purification as well as harmony are the two elements that make up the Sangha of the Buddha. Resettling is a chance for the monks to nurture the two factors.
The three months of residence, the real training is a source of precious energy to warm up and more sustainable than the spirit of pure harmony of the Sangha. We will easily feel the prosperity of Buddhism in the place where each day of strict discipline, as well as the night meditation meditation, on the harmony, practice in harmony unity.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.31/5/2018.