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Dharma Talk for the Monastic Community
There are 645 ordained brothers and sisters with Dharma titles and formal precepts at Plum Village, Bat Nha, and Tu Hieu, not counting over a hundred other members of the Sangha without Dharma titles; the youngest sibling is the 645th, and there are already more than ten future younger siblings waiting in Vietnam and the West. Ordaining is a great investment in the Three Jewels, bringing benefit not only to oneself but also to one’s family, lineage, humanity, and the Earth; only by maintaining the original bodhicitta (beginner’s mind) can the practitioner succeed and enjoy lifelong happiness.
The essence of the practice lies in the ability to recognize and transform the 51 mental formations, just as a dentist recognizes and treats each tooth:
- recognizing bodily and mental formations through sitting meditation with sitting peacefully and sitting happily
- reciting the Admonitions of Master Quy Son every half month or every month to rekindle the bodhicitta
- helping and transmitting experience to younger siblings, lay friends, and parents (the Ba Ma Hamlet) as one spiritual family to nourish the collective energy
The ultimate goal is to build the fourfold community (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, and lay friends) in harmony and love, together transforming hatred, ambition, and despair in society; to develop a dynamic monastic and lay Sangha, organize retreats, the Wake Up movement, and the Ba Ma Hamlet, thereby offering the world the Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
