{"id":11074,"date":"2024-06-06T07:02:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=11074"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T04:01:27","slug":"letter-of-vowing-and-aspiring-to-become-a-monastic-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/letter-of-vowing-and-aspiring-to-become-a-monastic-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter of vowing and aspiring to become a monastic One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ph\u00e1p H\u1ef7 L\u1ea1c<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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LETTER OF VOWING AND ASPIRING TO BECOME A MONASTIC ONE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Namo The Original Master Shakyamuni Buddhaya<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Dear the whole Sangha and Th\u1ea7y Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9, the Abbot of Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Buddhist Temple, Dear everyone,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
My Dharma’s name in Vietnamese is Ph\u00e1p H\u1ef7 L\u1ea1c, Dharma Mudita<\/em><\/span> in Pali. Today, I have a good opportunity to express a few lines of my thoughts on the Buddha Vesak Day, which is also the day of my ordination.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
As you know, living in this world, we all have causes, conditions, and relationships with each other not only in one life but many lives. Th\u1ea7y and I had the good fortune to meet each other on the historic flight from Austin to Chicago in 2013. It was so rare and wonderful that when Teacher and I met, knew each other, and became disciples of the Buddha by how to vow to take refuge in the Three Jewels and receive the Five Ethical Trainings with the Vietnamese Dharma name H\u1ef6 L\u1ea0C under the happy guidance of Th\u1ea7y through the meditation song of Plum Village with the theme \u201cHappiness is Here and Now.\u201d From then until now, we have kept in regular contact with each other via email, phone, and even visited each other in person a few times in different places. That is why we are currently present in the Dharma companionship of fellow practitioners of the Buddha\u2019s disciples together today.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
As you know, I have always been intrigued by Buddhism. I remember when I was 7 years old in 1967 and saw the images of the Most Venerable Buddhist Monk Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c that burned himself to call the world\u2019s attention to the brutalities of religious discrimination committed by the South Vietnamese government during the war. I wondered how a normal human could sit perfectly still as he was doused with gasoline and died a martyr without moving. Buddhists were a mystery to me then, but I felt like they knew something ultra important about life and compassion.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
I have always been an empathic person. I have had an unusual sense of compassion for others my whole life. At age 12 put myself in danger of physical harm defending a mentally challenged classmate. A bully had hit him in the head with a ball while he was on a swing and he fell into the mud, to the laughter of all other classmates\u2026he was humiliated.\u00a0 I yelled at the bully to stop it.\u00a0 He said no Tommy who made you boss … .do you want to fight?? I said yes meet me on the hill after school.\u00a0 He was much bigger and taller than me but we fought fair back in those days\u2026only boxing\u2026. So I fought him and won. He never bothered another mentally challenged person or anyone else after that day. But no one else spoke up to stop his atrocities he perpetrated onto others\u2026. why me?….. My unusual compassion appeared to save my classmates.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
I now know a lot about Buddhism. I have the ability to help others and myself right now in the present life. I met my mentor monk, Th\u1ea7y S\u1ef9, 11 years ago. So many miracle-like things have happened to me to have brought me to this point of becoming a monk myself. I have been studying Buddhism for 11 years. More recently I have been studying through Thay Sy\u2019s zoom class instruction and reading books on Buddhism like Thich Nhat Hanh\u2019s book called The Heart of the Buddha\u2019s Teachings<\/span>.\u00a0 It all makes sense to me, and Buddhism has helped me live a happier life as I employed the practical daily methods of Buddhism over the past 11 years.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
My whole life I have been told by others that I am a teacher and should be teaching others. I so look forward to giving Dharma talks, (the teachings of the Buddha), and answering questions for people on how to live a better life by employing Buddhism, while helping myself at the same time studying Buddhism further. That is why today I vow to become a Buddhist monk. All of this is in line with my monastic life:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
1. Buddhism is a natural progression of my spiritual development, my curiosity and love of Buddhism, and my path in life.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
2. I will have the opportunity to help others and myself in teaching the Dharma.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
3. I am a teacher and have a honed skill set to teach Buddhism compassionately to others.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
With the above-presented things, I aspire to become a well-trained disciple of the Buddha under the Sangha\u2019s witnesses, presence, and support on the Buddha Day at Phap Nhan Temple.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
I wish the whole Sangha full of peace, joy, and happiness in the Buddha Dharma.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
S\u01af<\/span>, the Teacher is the light that illuminates the way<\/span>
\nCH\u00da<\/span>, a Novice Monk (s\u0101ma\u1e47era<\/span><\/em>), diligently practicing the Dharma in all directions manages to help others<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
PH\u00c1P<\/span>, the Dharma of the Buddha is very practical everywhere<\/span>
\nH\u1ef6<\/span>, Joy letting go of all secular things is to live a life of freedom than before<\/span>
\nL\u1ea0C<\/span>, Peacefully dwelling brightly in the present<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Determining to learn and practice the Buddha Dharma everywhere gets peaceful joy<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sincerely in the Dharma\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
S\u0101ma\u1e47era<\/em> <\/span>S\u01b0 Ch\u00fa Ph\u00e1p H\u1ef7 L\u1ea1c<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Th\u01b0 ph\u00e1t nguy\u1ec7n khao kh\u00e1t tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh ng\u01b0\u1eddi xu\u1ea5t gia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n