At the Buddha, he has set a rule for monks and nuns to relax each year in the rainy season. Because in India in the rainy season, the insects multiply so much, that they raise alms rounds will trample on it, kill many sentient beings, hurt the animal's benevolence. Buddhists, they are not allowed to travel outside, but stay in a place for three months to try to practice meditation and the wisdom world, living together in harmony and purity. However, if there are urgent and necessary times, only leave home for no more than seven days, then return to continue to settle. That is the source of retreat.

Dependent Origination of retreat

This tradition has existed from the time of the Buddha, but it was not the Buddha who discovered that he had followed the traditional traditions of contemporary Indian society, which then applied to the disciples. his family. From then on, every three months in the rainy season, monks gathered together to stay in the same residence.

Sedentary mind

Imagination should also know the meaning of the word An inhabitation. An is tranquility inside, and Cu is the period of residence for a certain period of time, which according to the precepts is three months and they raise a peaceful and harmonious place to study together, cultivating virtue, plagiarism and learning after nine months go to teach birth. During the three months of residence, each Sangha living together, will live together and remind the precepts, mutually monies. By the end of the ninetieth day, the monks will gather at one school and compare the precepts that they have lived through. Each person then reviews himself or herself through seeing, hearing and suspicion. Something is not right, say it yourself or let another bhikkhu help him, then if he finds himself wrong, he must repent. After instant penance Duo c pure, in the heart of peace.

Meaning of retreat

It can be said that each residence season is the most important time of the year of the monks that the main meaning of learning in the environment is really harmonious. This is a very important and necessary Buddha of the Sangha, expressing compassion for all sentient beings and will be the true foundation for the practice of Buddhist laypeople. It is also a convenient time for laypeople to have a better understanding of the increase in Dhamma education as well as an opportunity to create blessings through their blessing during the retreat. Expressing compassion that harms sentient beings, while paying attention to teaching the monks. Thanks to the virtuous teachings taught in three months, monks, monks and nuns practiced full and good results. That is why in the past there were some monks over the past three months to witness a fruit.

The retreat is the opportunity for their age to rise

The Buddha taught that: The duty of the monk is to retreat the temple once a year. Even the 60s still have to retreat. This teaching has made it very clear that his attention to the purity of the practice, the practice of precepts thoroughly. In the scriptures, sometimes see the Buddha praised monks alms and encouraged the monks to live it. But in some cases, He advised the monks to live in harmony, exchange experience, practice and rely on each other. Thus, each person will feel the teachings of the Buddha according to the specific circumstances. Pure and harmony are the two elements that make up the Sangha of the Buddha. Animate is an opportunity for the monks to nurture the two factors.

The three months of retreat, the real semester is a source of precious energy to warm up and more sustainable than the spirit of pure harmony of the Sangha. We will easily feel the prosperity of Buddhism in the place where each day of strict discipline, as well as a night of meditation, nembutsu harmonious, practice in harmony unity.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.24/9/2017.