{"id":5625,"date":"2025-11-24T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=5625"},"modified":"2025-12-07T04:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T21:51:22","slug":"the-meanings-of-thanksgiving-in-buddhism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/the-meanings-of-thanksgiving-in-buddhism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Thanksgiving in Buddhism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 140%; color: #ff00ff; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #ff00ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/category\/thich-trung-sy\/\"><strong>Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5628\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/0.jpg 703w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/0-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 180%; color: #ed1c24;\">The Meaning of Thanksgiving in Buddhism<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><em>Namo Buddhaya, Namo Dharmaya, Namo Sanghaya,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><em>Dear Dharma Sisters, Brothers, and everyone, <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Today is Thanksgiving season; we have the good opportunity to read, study, and understand a couple of the meaning of Thanksgiving in the United States as well as in Buddhism happily.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Meaning of Thanksgiving in Buddhism read via the emotional voice of Ms. Nguy\u00ean V\u00e2n\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZUxG9goNJX4?list=PL7hSPEhKYWcDaeljknRuF5OgMz8CkFmW0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We know that Buddhism and Buddhist culture, anciently and presently, are very adaptable to local culture and people. Wherever Buddhism is spread, there Buddhism easily integrates with the local culture and people<\/span>. With what is above discussed, the writer will present the Dharma article \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the Meaning of Thanksgiving in Buddhism<\/span>\u201d as follows:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5639\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a.jpg 900w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/a-768x618.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>1. A)<\/strong><\/span> We know around 1620, English people with about 102 passengers and 30 crews traveled on a sailing ship named Mayflower to Plymouth, Boston, Massachusetts today to find new lives and new lands. A year later, when their daily business and lives temporarily stabilized, along with the Indian Americans there, they jointly held <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>the first Thanksgiving in the United States around 1621 ( 2025 &#8211; 1621 = 404)<\/strong><\/span> to celebrate to thank God, to thank heaven, earth, crops, weather, lives, new lands, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5646 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1262\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-1024x575.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1262px) 100vw, 1262px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The different kinds of food in this Thanksgiving are usually vegetables, pumpkin, corn, beans, carrots, especially \u201c<strong>turkeys<\/strong>.\u201d People often call it \u201c<strong>Turkey Festival<\/strong>\u201d because millions of turkeys are killed for their meat on this holiday. However, on the occasion of Thanksgiving under President <em>Abraham Lincoln<\/em> in 1863, a lucky turkey first released was a friend of his son, Tad. From then until now, when Thanksgiving comes, each President often releases a turkey to express a little sense of love between people and animals, but the full meaning of animal-release to preserve health and increase longevity is to make a vow to eat vegan by oneself, not to kill oneself, not to kill living beings by oneself, not to tell people to kill living beings, and not to see people killing living beings one rejoices to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5641\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5.jpg 775w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In the United States, since the 16th President, <em>Abraham Lincoln<\/em>, <strong>Thanksgiving officially took place on Thursday of the 4th week in November<\/strong>. Under the US., 32nd President <em>Franklin Delano Roosevelt<\/em>, <strong>Thanksgiving has become the annual national holiday from 1940 until now<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>In Canada, Thanksgiving takes place on Monday of the second week of October every year<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">When Thanksgiving returns, everyone has free time to reunite happily with family to eat, relax, and discuss business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5642\" style=\"color: #555555;\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pham-thi\u00ean.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1156\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pham-thi\u00ean.jpg 589w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pham-thi\u00ean-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1156px) 100vw, 1156px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>B) Thanksgiving has appeared in Buddhism around the year<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; color: #282828;\">2614 <\/span>B.C.E<\/strong><\/span>. (<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">624 B.C.E. \u2013 35 (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Enlightenment year of the Buddha<\/span>) = 589 + 2025 = 2614<\/span><\/strong>) until now. In addition, t<strong>here is also another easier way to calculate the Buddhist Thanksgiving Day. The Buddha was born in 624 B.C.E., plus the current calendar year <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2025 + 624 = 2649 &#8211; 35 (the year of the Buddha&#8217;s enlightenment) = <span style=\"color: #282828; background-color: #ffff00;\">2614.<\/span><\/span> Thanksgiving Day in Buddhism has existed from 2614 until today.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #282828;\"><strong>In the Second Week, after having attained full enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, where the Vajra Seating was immobile, from a distance, t<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #282828;\">he Buddha had an unwink look and deep gratitude towards the Bodhi tree that sheltered him from the rain and sun to show the profound meaning of protecting the natural environment. At the same time, he talked about different types of gratitude in Buddhism.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Please see the summary section below as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 170%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7584 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1059\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1059px) 100vw, 1059px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Venerable Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9 took this picture for souvenir in the Buddha&#8217;s second week at Bodhgaya in 2005 when he studied in Delhi University and had a good chance to visit and pilgrim there. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Thanksgiving<\/span>&#8221; is a compound noun; &#8220;<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Thanks&#8221;<\/span> (noun) means &#8220;<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">thank <\/span>(verb); &#8220;<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">thank<\/span>&#8221; someone or something a lot. &#8220;<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Giving<\/span>&#8221; (noun) means &#8220;<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">give<\/span>&#8221; (verb);\u00a0 \u201c<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Give<\/span>\u201d (v) something to someone; &#8220;<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Give<\/span>&#8221; has ever gone together with \u201c<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Receive<\/span>\u201d (v); \u201c<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Receive<\/span>\u201d (v) something from someone. Both the giver, the receiver, and the objects that are given have the meaning of the same equality<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">When something is given, received, and thanked from someone, we do not see the giver, receiver, thanker, Thanksgiving has the meaning of perfectness, selflessness, and non-distinction. Conversely, when giving, receiving, and thanking something from someone, we still see the giver, receiver, thanker, and the objects being given, Thanksgiving has a sense of selfishness, differentiation, and imperfection yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Thanksgiving always goes together with the meaning of \u201c<strong>Gratitude and grateful Remembrance<\/strong>\u201d of living things and living beings in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 170%;\">Indeed, when we say \u201c<strong>Thanksgiving<\/strong>,\u201d we immediately think about our duties and responsibilities for \u201c<strong>Gratitude \u2013 Gratefulness,\u201d or \u201cThankfulness<\/strong>\u201d between this generation and previous generation, between living people and dead people, between givers and receivers, between\u00a0inherited people and connected people, and vice versa, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5643\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/da-xa-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/da-xa-11.jpg 675w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/da-xa-11-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Different kinds of \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gratitude<\/span>\u201d in Buddhism:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1. Gratitude to the Buddha, the wonderful Dharma, and the harmonious Sangha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">2. Gratitude to grandparents and parents for their nourishment and giving birth to us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">3. Gratitude to secular and spiritual teachers for their education and training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">4. Gratitude to good friends and intellectuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">5. Gratitude to the national heroes, who have founded the country, built the country, defended the country, and developed the country richly and peacefully from the ancient times to the present day;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>6.<\/strong> Gratitude to the countries where we were born, have grown up, cultivated, studied, lived, and worked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">7. Gratitude to monastic and lay people, who have the merit to study the Dharma, understand the Dharma, propagate the Dharma, protect the Dharma, and light up the light of the Dharma in the present and in the future right in this world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">8. Gratitude to children and grandchildren who have the ability to continue the family lineage, blood family, and spiritual family. In order to apply the Buddha\u2019s teachings in the daily life, every year, whenever Thanksgiving comes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5645\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1234\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/010.jpg 553w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/010-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1234px) 100vw, 1234px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">First<\/span>, <\/strong>we always express <strong>deep gratitude to our parents for their giving birth and upbringing to us<\/strong>. At home, parents are practical professors who teach love and understanding to their children and grandchildren. Although there is no school, class, and exam in family education, parents always play very important, fundamental, meaningful, and helpful roles in educating their children to become talented and virtuous people in life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5644\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ducphatdaycon-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1057\" height=\"667\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Second<\/strong><\/span>, we sincerely <strong>thank our teachers<\/strong> for their careers of teaching, educating, and transmitting secular knowledge and Dharma knowledge, as well as joining stable wings to us to fly high and far in multicultural society today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5647\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"730\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Third<\/strong><\/span>, we sincerely <strong>thank the national heroes<\/strong>, who have contributed to the national construction and defense from ancient times to the present day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5648\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"971\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/41.jpg 500w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/41-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">American Map<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7512\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"923\" height=\"1468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vn.jpg 800w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vn-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vn-644x1024.jpg 644w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vn-768x1221.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Fourth<\/strong><\/span>, we sincerely <strong>thank the countries<\/strong> where we were born, have grown up, lived, cultivated, studied, and worked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5649\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1073\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/54.jpg 560w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/54-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Fifth<\/strong><\/span>, we would like to wholeheartedly <strong>express our deep gratitude to the Buddha, the wonderful Dharma, and the harmonious Sangha<\/strong>;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Buddha<\/strong><\/span>, the fully Enlightened One, the founder of Buddhism, show the way of peace, joy, and authentic happiness to living things and living beings all over the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5650\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/c\u1ea7u-nguy\u1ec7n-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/c\u1ea7u-nguy\u1ec7n-02.jpg 400w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/c\u1ea7u-nguy\u1ec7n-02-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Dharma <\/strong><\/span>is the path of peace, or the noble path with the eight methods of practical and helpful cultivation in the present, including virtue, meditation, and wisdom, interrelated very closely with right view, right thought, and right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Harmonious and peaceful Sangha<\/span>, <\/strong>the Community of cultivated people, vow to live their lives of ethics, mindfulness, and awareness to bring peace and happiness to oneself and to other people right here in this world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5651\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1088\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61.jpg 650w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/61-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1088px) 100vw, 1088px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Moreover, we sincerely thank the medical doctors and scientists who have created valuable, effective, and timely vaccines to treat people all over the world with great success. We hope that in this year 2025, with the spirit of peace, harmony, and reconciliation of the world, the war will be ended soon, the disease will be eliminated, people in the world will be prosperous, peaceful, and happy.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Finally<\/strong><\/span>, we sincerely thank natural environment and peace society, where we live in independence, autonomy, freedom, warmness, fullness, and happiness right here and right now in the present life. Moreover, beside the meaning of gratitude and grateful remembrance in Buddhism, Thanksgiving still has the meaning of eating vegetarian food to nourish loving-kindness and compassion. According to normal meaning, every year, when Thanksgiving comes, there are millions of turkeys and animals killed, but according to the meaning of Buddhism, when Thanksgiving and other ceremonies come, to maintain long-term health and to nourish wholesome environment, compassion, and loving-kindness, we are aware to take a great vow to eat vegetables, tofu, flowers, and fruits to benefit ourselves and other people right in the present life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5652\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/62.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1109\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/62.jpg 450w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/62-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1109px) 100vw, 1109px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Today, we have many wholesome conditions to study, understand, practice, and apply the meaning of Thanksgiving into the daily life to benefit everyone. Therefore, we strive to promote, maintain, and develop the traditional cultural features of the past and the present to beautify life right here and right now in this world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Best wishes to you to enjoy a happy Thanksgiving season with your loved ones, relatives, and friends in the family, the Temple, or in the Church happily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>May you be peacefully dwelled and imbued in the Dharma of the World-Honored One<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Namo The Original Master Sakyamuni Buddhaya<\/strong><\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DElZDMBoCD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/tv\/y-nghia-le-ta-on-trong-dao-phat\/\">\u00dd Ngh\u0129a L\u1ec5 T\u1ea1 \u01a0n trong \u0110\u1ea1o Ph\u1eadt<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;\u00dd Ngh\u0129a L\u1ec5 T\u1ea1 \u01a0n trong \u0110\u1ea1o Ph\u1eadt&#8221; &#8212; Phap Nhan Temple\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/tv\/y-nghia-le-ta-on-trong-dao-phat\/embed\/#?secret=DElZDMBoCD\" data-secret=\"DElZDMBoCD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9 The Meaning of Thanksgiving in Buddhism Namo Buddhaya, Namo Dharmaya, Namo Sanghaya, Dear Dharma Sisters, Brothers, and everyone, Today is Thanksgiving season; we have the good opportunity to read, study, and understand a couple of the meaning of Thanksgiving in the United States as well as in Buddhism happily. 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