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The Path of Happiness
In the coming year, I will stay at Upper Hamlet for the entire 12 months, organizing a 21-day retreat on the Buddha’s breath, exploring the Anapanasati Sutra to provide teachings and practices suitable for our times; followed by a retreat for neuroscientists, and then the winter retreat starting from November 16th, focusing on the art of building the sangha through biology and neuroscience. Within the framework of the retreat at Deer Park Monastery, the various specialized fields in the sangha – including children’s programs, youth, Dharma talks, guided meditation, publicity, sound, lighting, and the ceremony of taking refuge and receiving the precepts – will record 25 years of experience, compiling the document “How to organize a retreat” to transmit to the new generation. The aim is to create conditions for all centers (Deer Park, Maple Forest, Bat Nha, Tu Hieu…) to work together, strengthening brotherhood and the collective energy of the sangha.
Mindfulness is “the source of happiness”: the capacity to clearly recognize the present moment, helping faith in the path of practice to arise from the experience of mindful breathing, walking meditation, and mindful eating. The three basic elements of happiness for a practitioner are to have the path (the Dharma), to have the sangha (companions on the path), and to participate in the work of the Buddha – Bodhisattvas – and Noble Sangha. Practicing mindfulness right in daily life (breathing, steps, daily activities) brings happiness in the present moment and allows us to transform suffering, spreading peace to our family, colleagues, students, and community. With the powerful energy of the sangha (such as 175 nuns at Red Fire Stove Hamlet), all difficulties become lighter, and we do not practice just for ourselves but also to help others.
