Peaceful Energy Retreat – Ngoa Van Yen Tu

“Cu tran lac dao” (Dwelling in the World, Rejoicing in the Way) – Buddhist Emperor Tran Nhan Tong

Dwelling in the world, rejoicing in the Way, just follow the conditions,

When hungry, eat; when tired, sleep right away.

The treasure is within the house, cease searching outside,

Facing reality with no-mind, ask not about Zen.

The gatha represents the ideology of "living in the world, joyful in the Way." Zen practitioners peacefully rejoice in the midst of secular life by knowing how to cultivate morality, aspiring towards the true, the good, and the beautiful, and attaining the transcendent joy of meditation and the wisdom of liberation. Humans need to preserve their Buddha-mind, a bright mind of ease and freedom, living in honest harmony with themselves and life.

Today, with the desire to receive the peaceful energy of the Buddhist Emperor, we choose to return to the roots of the nation's Buddhism.

🍂Free and at ease, leisurely watching the clouds on the peak of Ngoa Van

🍂Following the footsteps of the Buddhist Emperor to return to the True Suchness to understand oneself, understanding the stillness to awaken the source of peaceful energy from within the mind.

Beside the Stupa of the Buddhist Emperor who attained Buddhahood, seeing the light of the Buddha harmonizing with the essence of the Ancestors, the vision of a Noble Man within the vitality of Great Viet...

II.🔔ITINERARY

🔔Day 1

🍂15:00 - 17:00 - “I have arrived - Check-in”

🍂 18:00 - 19:00  “Ngoa Van Kitchen Cuisine”

🍂 20:00 - 21:00  “Zen songs at Truc Lam Zen garden”

🍂 21:00 “Leisurely breathing – sleep meditation”

 

🔔October 19, 2024

🍂 6:00 - “Ngoa Van Yen Tu Dawn”

🍂7:00 - “Truc Lam Walking Meditation” / walking to Phu Am Tra stream

🍂8:30 - 11:00 “ Offering incense and visiting Middle Pagoda - Upper Pagoda - Ngoa Van Hermitage - Buddhist Emperor Relic Stupa”

🍂11:30 - 12:30 “Dining”

🍂13:00 - 15:00 “Peaceful breathing - Personal care”

🍂16:00 - 18:00 “ Dharma Tea of Truc Lam Spirit”/ Truc Lam Zen Hall /

🍂18:00 - 19:30 “ Evening Dining”

🍂19:30 - 21:00 “ Truc Lam Phap Hoa Poetry Night”

🍂 21:00 “Leisurely breathing - Sleep meditation”

🔔October 20, 2024

🍂 6:00 - “Awakening bell”

🍂 7:00 - 7:15 “ Dawn over the Great Forest”/On the cable car/

🍂7:15 - 8:15 “Prostration meditation at Upper Ngoa Van Pagoda & enjoying Am May Tea beside the Buddhist Emperor Relic Stupa.

🍂8:00 “ Morning Dining” /On the mountain and descending/

🍂11:30 - 12:30 “ Lunch Dining”

🍂 12:30 - 13:00 “Peaceful breathing - Personal care”

🍂 13:00 - 15:00 “Auspicious conclusion”

🍂17:00 RETURN