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"Animal" is a lower tier than human, "Human" is ourselves, and "Saints" are holy people. When we compare these three forms of beings, we know that we will take the path of Saint, not the path of Animal.

"Boundless homage to Buddha" is an old topic, but it is very basic and very important.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, I like to talk about the topic "Do not wait..." This was the title of the article posted on Tuoi Tre newspaper (The Youth). The article was very interesting and its contents align to some of the moral values and principles in Buddhism, therefore, I like to reference this article throughout our discussion today.

Emotion is an active action of our soul that is so fundamentally essential for everbody. From a fetus in the mother’s womb to a newborn baby, everyone knows how to love, hate or fear.

It is subjective to think that everything we say, every thoughts we have are accurate and precise. In other words, we could say these people are opinionated and prejudiced. It means that we only judge things based on our own beliefs or feelings without consulting others; or having no constructive discussion to really find the truth. It is actually a seriously bad issue of human being. (We will refer as the issue throughout this discussion).

Most religions in the world endorse a fundamental belief in “being a good person and living a virtuous life.” However, upon deeper examination, Buddhism taught us faith based on wisdom and the governing law of karma.

People usually ask the following questions: “What is the purpose of this life?” the worst answer is that: “We must survive to avoid death”, it means that this person could do anything, even evil things, as long as they could live. This belief is very dangerous. However, if the mindset is not too average, and we have knowledge and good values, and we would not accept the above belief, our purpose in life is to find happiness.

On this occasion, Xa Loi Ceremony, we would like to remind everyone the advice of To Quy Son which was about having good friends during religious practice lifetime, which is like going walking in the fog.

"Love sees no faults" is a Vietnamese proverb, that had been passed on to many generations; but we do not know its author. This proverb basically means that when we like someone, you can easily accept their flaws; on contrary, when you dislike someone, you can easily ignore their greatness.