Traditional retreat from the Buddha, to benefit beings in many ways. After the May wandering religious practices, depending on the circumstances, life in everyday activities that individuals inevitable and disturbing moments dominated, the mind is let loose. Again, during the rainy season usually insects multiply, so to finish dues body and mind, cultivate compassion, avoid the stampede insect life, the monks need gathered in one place for adjectives.

 

Later the four practitioners, Lent becomes very important for the cultivation, promotion on two aspects: compassion and wisdom. This is our chance to be master quartet organized and honorable rank, reminding word Buddha taught to apply in daily religious life.

 

Through ups and downs, from domestic to overseas up, Head Abbot Venerable Patriarchal From Quang (Montréal, Canada), in joyful demeanor, dignified appearance, speech tenderness, compassion, remains illuminated lighthouse, still is the supreme spiritual leader of the Buddhist Church of Vietnam in the world. Age cranes although high, but virtuous and His wisdom is always shining example for them to emulate the quarterfinals.

 

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Every year, in Lent, Patriarchal From Quang (Montréal, Canada) have held key Look Tu Retreat for the four gathered around the classic range of research, Dharma, passive radio writers, the bhikkhu, living Buddha, set alms ceremony, preparing younger guests, donations, for Buddha meditating, chanting Bai continental. Like every year, this year is the merit, we work on attending religious retreat in Patriarchal Tu Quang, feel the benefit enormously from merit grace of Lord Chief Triem Venerable Sun engineers and Masters, as well as growth contributing to, the results, offering material and financial resources and strength of the quarter we gather in this place, please genuinely happy to share records and wishing people fortunate and attend to the year for added benefits on the way to learn.

 

Time 2 weeks of settling religious studies courses although very short, but with the self-discipline, such as: do not talk a lot, keep a pure mind, the schedule on time, quartet has given us immeasurable joy, feel the cultivation practice is somewhat more advanced than ever before. People are living in true freedom of religious persons. These constraints, obstacles, sufferings, afflictions, from the inner to the external environment, do not let go long ago, this was given .

 

In today's world, there is so much material means, people almost correspond to the needs and ambitions. But there are few who find true freedom where? The human mind has always bound the world, harassed and driven by lust and selfishness. The only path is the path to liberation, to help people overcome all negativity and suffering.

 

Where research activities of religious retreat courses at Nest family from the main hall, which was designed very artistic, gentle light in a cool, bright, high ceilings, spacious, pure, powerful and influential bass seriously. Statues of Buddha in meditation posture, eyes closed, smiling and serene smile, is the most obvious symbol of enlightenment and liberation. The two sides have statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva and Kshitigarha very simple and dignified.

 

Every morning, we wake up early, gentle footsteps quiet on the main hall, sitting in his seat, crossed legs and meditate in silence province. Thirty minutes of meditation, before locking meticulously recite Surangama morning, help cultivators return with a pure heart, avoid stressful moments, noisy, depression, feel comfortable, happy inner happiness.

 

Patriarchs have taught:

 

Provincial investment is often too century.

Nhan's conversation regardless fees.

 

Sit in silence for reflection, realizing his mistake. Discussion at idle no wrong, the bad of the world's people. Purification is or meditation helps practitioners achieve bliss everlasting happiness, courage seeing gross, wrong of themselves and promote inner strength, diligently fix the laxity , increasing our confidence in life, see the legal world is temporary, is impermanent, change in every moment, every moment, every breath in and out.

 

The schedule Surangama and recite the Lotus Sutra or Bai continental courses, help people reciting and listening nervous person please acquire the precious teachings of the Buddha and to apply immediately in everyday life especially these days of practice in settling religious studies courses at Patriarchal From Quang. Pure air of solemn chanting sessions Bai continental feel more confident of the Buddhist middle path where the Buddhas were just pitching, Patriarchs and Currencies led the Masters monks in daily practice monastic life. Without settling the religious studies courses like this, not to make the teachings handed down to this day.

 

Life in a collective practice of people, the Masters and fellow practitioners often remind people, the mind is always alert, always awake, not to the expectations have an affinity wandering mind arises in the mind and all to dwell in the present. To be so, kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity to silver over the place, everywhere throughout the study religious courses at home, heart not anger, not bigotry, no more than you lose, no non-market, non- looking at human error, not petty jealousy envy, not to lose the positive value of a cultivator.

 

Sakyamuni is natural Career sphinx, Awakened one virtue fullness, has attained smoothly, taught the path of enlightenment and liberation for the four evenly and equally. The duty we have to live, how to practice, how to preserve the teachings to achieve the ultimate aim of Buddhism, to deserve the Buddhists, whether at home or renunciation.

 

Humans propelled into rebirth, terribly short life, this life is reborn every other life according each person's karma. People generally do not like to acknowledge that truth and forget the truth, to be living in a dream, hallucination life has been blissful comfort, find easy proof method easy to cultivate, easy to realms other happy, to continue to enjoy! So, whether in person or ordained religious, people often forget that he is the practitioner, must wake up, have to walk, but go Self torch up, lit the torch Dharma, to enlighten children right path, not to fall into heresy because of neglectful of myself!

 

People alive is still active, and living is still suffering, still anxious, worried. Let's look at the reality of the mind awareness, no attachment, what then is the past, let the past always, do not cling, people would remove as many as sorrow, suffering! In the context of pure religious studies courses at home, everyone will eventually find appropriate legal subjects for frugal level of its own or circumstances, do not waste this precious time!

 

Buddha says:

"Friendly nan Nhon attained. Noble bridge leading nan ".

The body is difficult. Dharma is difficult to meet.

 

This life was dear people, to meet fellow practitioners, to meet Dharma retreat in religious studies courses, people are determined to advance, do not wait any longer, decided except clean the polluted mind of jealousy envy , greed, anger and delusion.

 

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After timetable elaborately morning, everyone was enjoying a cup of tea or a tasty cup of hot coffee. Some Buddhist meditation concept around Guanyin Bodhisattva statue cast in the field Patriarchal From Quang. Some people attend exercise classes or qigong class. The person responsible for preparation and issue lines son prepare the breakfast for a public meeting. Committee composed worry son prepared everything ready the night before. In the morning, the woman in boyfriend to wake up really early writing, around 4 am, while people were still asleep, to cook away the big elbow, vo shaped cakes really clever little bare, steamed rolls attacks real vegetarian elaborately curled, to serve the public hundreds attending religious retreat study has been frugal meals, health to be good practice!

 

Referring to the woman in boyfriend composer, who also had leaned admired, praised the diligent effort and heart to your religion, because the men initiate, manage heavy work day not the light, always smiling security communicate with the enormous fry pan, the giant pot of soup, boxes of vegetables towering, sometimes clothes spattered the white flour, cooking oil, and especially grandmothers always had a hard thick belt against pain back, hidden beneath cooking apron! Yes grandmother said: I was in the hospital about, heard a religious studies courses at home, went to the temple, if there is something slightly lighter do help, support arms that leg, but to find work here too cluttered , forget about the illness, thanks Bodhisattva blessing, as always a few days before that, well done!

 

Every drop of sweat on the face stretches in May, more than 70 of age, many elderly women Bodhisattva though not life, but obviously are practicing the bodhisattva, dedicated his best to serve the public attending religious studies residential security, a plea not tired heart, the heart of the woman as a jewel, practice the patriarchs taught: " Serving beings as offerings to the Buddhas! "

 

So everyone, no one said anything, they all appreciate things in mind as you grandmother really make the effort ingenious, meticulous hard day and night, not squandered, not merit criticism!

Before the meal, everyone silently triangle threads and five bars.

 

Three problems:

1.       A prayer is not to do evil,

2.       Secondly pray diligently do good work,

3.       Third vow of all beings.

 

Five bars:

1.       One is thinking hard effort benefactors of their offering,

2.       Two are considered virtuous life worthy use real objects,

3.       Thirdly prevent food craving and habit merit criticism,

4.       Four is considered as food animal medicine really hungry,

5.       In the temporary use real objects to practice good health.

 

Three threads and contingent customary means Patriarchs teach cultivators to convince the mind, before and during its life as the food offerings, to the growth of compassion and wisdom.

 

The boy offered the guests, younger rising very dignified purity, four Buddhist chanting initiates repatriation benefactors family and to all beings in all over France are experiencing eternal dharma to proceed to the day practicing enlightenment and liberation. Four Assemblies practicing law harmoniously, but differ in origin, inside or outside the church, but all property depending discrimination, equal behavior, purity and harmony, from material until the spirit, harmony fun mortgage operation, operating the road, help each other from great thing about small, heavy or light work, they all know and love one another in the direction of place your meditative calm subjects during the course Research initiates settle at Nest family from. That really is the true spiritual practice.

 

Germany Head Venerable Sun engineers but age 90, still regularly look after the work, presided over the ceremonial session, teaching business law for the four arguments to prove the conclusion of your hearings in Ban Lay preaching of Patriarchal From Quang. The lecture, lecture, presentation was attended by numerous local Buddhists and the four key research fellow in religious retreat. Germany Head Venerable Sun engineers in place as an ancient forest meditation, always give the words told the manager of teaching, composing himself in the texts of the Tripitaka, typing and make particularized explanation wall every sentence, every Buddha's words for the four clearly understood, be more beneficial when applied in practice.

 

In the first day or the full moon day, as well as date net growth, Bodhisattva ceremony also merit the attention of Sun Chief Venerable monk, recite the monastic rule, play giant repent, reminding us a mind quartet let loose in daily life, to the knife you and repented mistakes, no one is not a foul, it is important to realize and know remodeling. Keeping the monastic age who complete virtue, happiness international posture, help for themselves, for the four virtues copper, reduce sufferings sorrow, growing inner peace and happiness.

 

Buddha says:

 

"Tam led the French.

Italian artifacts evil things. "

 

So the four practitioners should maintain peaceful courteous words, avoid actions that upset other people, wronged depending distinguish whether in front or behind.

 

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In a nutshell, was the level of law teaching religious faith expression, are the four questions about the convent, remind each other about the virtues, photography pure mind, exchange of experience, practice and practice their religion, the religion of growth hub director're passionate, taken a friendly relationship with the value of higher education, which was blessed by the four, so Lent Buddha appreciated.

 

Buddha said: Verily all life of dignity of the four essential in friendship between lovers of the good, in love of brotherhood, minded. A Buddhist monk with a good friend, who you hang out with prospects and abundant practice the Eightfold Path, freeing fellow as yourself him.

 

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