Retreat in the summer to practice the teachings of the Buddha. The annual Spring Festival retreat of Northern Buddhism takes place one day after the full moon of April and ends one day before the full moon of July (April 15 to July 14 of the lunar calendar). Theravada Buddhism takes place more slowly, from the sixteenth of June to the sixteenth of September of the lunar year (June 16 to September 16 of the lunar calendar). Monks and nuns gather in a place of residence (also known as Pure Karma Dao), to settle down for the summer, a practice of the Buddha's son that has a tradition of thousands of years. This year is the second year, the situation of COVID-19 epidemic threatens the peace of the world, human life is constantly being threatened to an alarming level. The concentrated residences can change to the form of residence in place, where mourners and nuns live there instead of gathering in the summer school, to ensure the prevention and control of epidemics. According to the Vinaya: “The summer retreat season is a time, an opportunity for monks, nuns, and practitioners to settle down, strengthen their internal strength, increase their merit and virtue, solidify their faith, and complete their precepts in the spirit of six peace and harmony. plus cylinders". To perform the duties of a monastic, the 3-month period of seclusion is to be diligent in studying the Dharma, practicing the Dharma, observing the precepts, making merit, virtue, and moral strength grow, worthy of being a refuge. blessings of home Buddhists. So in the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, the third chapter, the Buddha said: "O monks! The holy city of Dharma is adorned with all kinds of merit and precious treasures, that is, Precepts, Concentration, and Wisdom make a solid wall." Those who follow the Buddha's teachings, need to pay attention to the Tam no contraband learning, in order to have more sublimation on the path to find enlightenment. Therefore, these three dharmas are the source of all merit, as well as bring peace and nirvana to the practitioner. Therefore, for monastics, on the path of cultivation and learning, we first need to purify our body and mind, get out of the dust, get rid of karmic obstacles, get rid of resentment (greed, anger, delusion), get away from craving, achieve success. virtues. So in the Fourty-two Chapters, chapter 24; The Buddha said: “Of all the kinds of craving, there is nothing more worrisome than sensual pleasures. The great desire for beauty is incomparable. Luckily, it's only one. If there were two such things, no one in the whole world would be able to cultivate the Way!" Therefore, for those who have left home to practice the Way, first of all, they must eliminate the internal habit, in order to overcome the ritual, externally, cut off the desire to eliminate craving. Both of them will work together and will succeed. Because the seed of the root of craving is too deep, birth and death are endless. Humans are born because of lust, and die because of lust, which is the common sense of the world. and according to the world, they live and die non-stop. So the biggest defect of sentient beings is delusion, living in delusion day and night, unable to let go. Cultivators need to be able to transform their eagerness into a mind of studying the Buddhadharma, and without forgetting their practice every minute, they will quickly become a Buddha. An unpolluted body is a Buddha; contaminated bodies (ie, not seeing through, not being able to discharge, every hour, every minute, always giving rise to delusions) are sentient beings. That's why the Buddha said: "Be careful, don't look at beautiful women." Daoists, when fire comes, should stay away. What does "fire" mean? Here, "fire" is an example for lust and love, and also the desire for the realms of the six worlds. The six senses belong to love, and the six senses belong to the scene. All six senses (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind) are united with the six sense objects (forms, sounds, scents, tastes, contacts, Dharma) makes people infatuated with me, so infatuated that they "live and die dreaming". Therefore, Taoists see sensual pleasures and must avoid them. If a monastic person comes into contact with the world without being immersed, it's okay; but if you can't do that, you need to strictly practice "far away" that is, stay away from the fire of desire. The value of practice, cultivating virtue, virtue, and increasing virtuous force and experiencing the truth is inconceivable. Even the Buddha and the noble disciples, who have attained the path, achieved the ultimate goal of enlightenment, liberation, and nirvana, always abide in right mindfulness, meditate, and live by insight, and do an example of strictly observing the precepts, the law of doubt, diligently practicing morality and holy life for Buddhists to follow. They always act as a refuge for the masses, using their spears, orally to promote the spirit of dharma and benefit sentient beings. Therefore, when a person cultivates the Way, removes all impurities, his mind is purified, "returns to the origin" (returns to the original source) and finds his own pure mind. The Buddha taught that we should use our direct mind to cultivate the Way and think about it. In each thought, we should make the release of the sexual circle as our goal. Love and lust are mud, we need to get out of that mud. Therefore, people who study the Buddhadharma need to use wisdom, not emotions. Using wisdom to study the Buddhadharma is Fa-rectification. Using emotions to study the Buddha Fa is the end of the Fa. The true path that the Blessed One has shown, because he has passed, now transmits it to sentient beings. So in the Dhammapada, verse 183, the Tathagata teaches: "Do not do all evil Accomplish good deeds Keep the mind pure The Buddha's own teachings." Settlement in the summer to practice the teachings of the Buddha image 1 Precepts are the most necessary thing for monastics because "The precepts are the life span of the Buddha's teachings. This is also the main idea of ​​the Buddhadharma that Master O Sao taught to Bach Cu Di. However, in order to eliminate evil, achieve good deeds, and keep a pure mind, the practitioner must rely on the three trainings of non-outflow: "discipline, concentration, and wisdom". Therefore, in the Anguttara Nikāya 1, chapter 3, section Grain of Salt, the Urgent section, the Buddha pointed out: "Once, the Blessed One was staying at Kasala, teaching the bhikkhus to have three urgent things. owner needs to do. What is three? Here, bhikkhus, a farmer, a householder, is quick to plow his field and harrow it well. Having quickly plowed and harrowed the field, quickly sowed the seed, immediately put water in, let water out. These, monks, are the three urgent things that a farmer and householder should do. In the same way, bhikkhus, there are these three urgent tasks which a bhikkhu must do. What is three? Comply with the higher precepts, the higher concentration studies, and the higher wisdom studies. These three urgent tasks, monks, are to be done. Therefore, bhikkhus, it is necessary to study as follows: sharpness will be our desire to observe the higher precepts; sharpness will be one's desire to practice the high school of concentration; Sharpness will be one's desire to practice the higher wisdom learning. Thus, bhikkhus, you should study." Farmers want a bountiful harvest, need to do three things: plowing, sowing seeds, and directing water, an important factor for lush rice plants and high harvests, bringing profits to growers. Likewise, Buddhist practitioners, if they want to be peaceful, happy, enlightened and liberated, need to focus on the three precepts, concentration, and wisdom as the foundation of their practice. According to the Great Eight Nirvana Sutra, before his death, the Blessed One still wanted to instruct his disciples to leave home, the necessary things on the path to liberation, he just wanted the disciples to rely on. To practice Dharma, it is not necessary to have a leader. "Dharma and Discipline, I have taught and expounded, Ananda, after I pass away, it will be that Dhamma and Discipline that will be your Teacher." So as long as the bhikkhus diligently study the teachings, cultivate moral conduct, and practice meditation, in order to expand their wisdom, there is no need to search for liberation anywhere. Because the Buddha was worried about those who would later find a leader to rely on or an external truth, in his final moments, The Buddha said: "Ananda, those who, after I have passed away, are themselves a lamp for themselves, rely on themselves, rely on nothing else, use the Righteous Dharma as a lamp, use the Righteous Dharma as their lamp. refuge, without any other dhamma, such people, Ananda, are the best among my bhikkhus, if they are eager to learn." So it is the Dharma that is the eternal truth that the Buddha preached to mankind. Surely the Dharma-rectification is not something abstract, blind, and obscure beyond human comprehension, but a reality that can be reached by anyone. It is not limited by space and time. Living in the summer retreat to practice the teachings of the Buddha Image 2 Cultivators need to be able to transform their eagerness into a mind to study the Buddhadharma, hour by minute without forgetting their practice, will soon become a Buddha. So the precepts are the most necessary thing for monastics because “The precepts are the life span of the Buddhadharma. As long as the precepts remain, the Buddhadharma remains." The Buddha's last words before entering Nirvana: "Hey! You have to light your own torch! Please take my Dharma as a torch! Follow my Dharma and free yourself! Do not seek liberation in anyone else, do not seek liberation in any other place, but you..." Thus, the monastic must have a solid spiritual foundation. In order to be worthy of being the messengers of the Tathagata, the venerable body of the sages, without shame, the monastic must lead a holy life of "superior profaneity," which is the contribution made by the virtues of others. monastic life, which is built on the basic foundation of precepts, towards the ultimate purity, the cessation of all impurities, the submission to the aspirational needs of worldly life... cultivating virtue in every moment, cultivating virtue becoming one's own breath, dignified with That precept is a good ground, for cultivating Mind Virtue, Wisdom Virtue, Wisdom Virtue, and Virtue Virtue, worthy growth of kusala, to develop right perception. Living in the Dharma, realizing Nirvana, the mind is completely pure, will be the driving force for the generation of wisdom, will gain insight, liberation, establish yourself a calm demeanor , serenity, is self-creation of true happiness right in the present. This is the basis of faith, of respect that makes our monastics more firmly on the path of propagating the righteous Dharma for the benefit of all living beings.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.13/5/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.