Da Nang: Dhamma talkshow at Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Temple By Buddha Online News TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHMFjE9_9s The national Avalokitesvara festival was held in the evening of 3RD April 2018 (which is 18th Feburary in the year of Earth Dog) at Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Temple, located at 48 Su Van Hanh Street, Hoa Hai Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang City. Thousand of Buddhist respectfully honored welcomed the most venerable Thích Giác Toàn- Vice President of executive council of Vietnam’s Buddhist Sangha (VBS)- Director of Buddhist Research Institute. He was delivering Dhamma talk to populace and Buddhist from across nation with subject mainly about wishes of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. He was talking about Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva ‘s Pranidhana to our living beings, because Bodhisattva had seen that our living beings have a lot of suffering thus Bodhisattva transformed into many forms for the purpose of recuse for all the species of living creatures. The most venerable monk also advised that Buddhist should have had true love in our life, a love that is able to bring happiness and peaceful to other human beings and to yourself. Known as even the doctrine in Buddhism has many dhammas, there is 4 categories Matri (Bennevolence); Karuna (Mercy); Mudita (Cheerfulness); Upeksa (Indifferene) usually named as 4 immutable minds so Bodhisattva has a compassionate generosity and generous tolerance. To finish the talkshow, he emphasized love is a special energy that can transform into miracles. When we are in love, we can do many things that who are not in love can not and true love is made from knowledge. True love must come from joyfulness without demanding, personal purpose as same as Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva ‘s Pranidhana. Thanks to the Dhamma talk and the Most venerable Thích Giác Toàn, Buddhists were glad to receive those messages as a principle of life, which always have loving kindness to our community have a happy and peaceful life.(nhóm dịch thuật Thích An Nhiên)