INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST FEDERATION

BODHGAYA - INDIA

VIETNAM BUDDHIST TEMPLE

RAINY SEASON RETREAT

From October 15th to October 30th, 2025

(Gregorian Calendar 2025 - Buddhist Calendar) 2569

*Wednesday, October 15, 2025 (The 24th day of the 8th lunar month of the Year of the Snake)

-3:00 PM: Group meeting

-5:00 PM: Dinner

*Thursday, October 16, 2025 (The 25th day of the 8th lunar month of the Year of the Snake)

Morning:

-9:00 AM: Opening ceremony, offering incense to the Buddha, taking refuge and establishing the meditation hall

Noon:

-11:00 AM: Offering of food - Walking meditation and chanting Buddha's name

-12:30 PM: Rest

Afternoon:

-2:00 PM: Waking up

-3:00 PM: Chanting the Ksitigarbha Sutra - Offering food to hungry ghosts

-5:00 PM: Meal

Evening:

-7:00 PM: Chanting the Lotus Sutra

-9:00 PM: Chanting and sitting meditation

*Friday, October 17, 2025 (The 26th day of the 8th lunar month of the Year of the Snake) - Tuesday, October 28, 2025 (The 8th day of the 9th lunar month of the Year of the Snake)

Morning:

-4:00 AM: Waking up

-4:30 AM: Chanting and sitting meditation and practice

-6:30 AM: Work service

-7:30 AM: Breakfast

-9:00 AM: Reciting the Water Repentance Sutra and offering of food

Noon:

-11:00 AM: Offering of food and walking meditation and chanting Buddha's name

-12:30 PM: Rest

Afternoon:

-2:00 PM: Waking up

-3:00 PM: Recitation of —Earth Store Sutra (Ksitigarbhapranidhana Sutra) - Offering food to hungry ghosts

- 5:30 PM: Evening meal

Evening

- 7:00 PM: Recitation of the Lotus Sutra

- 9:00 PM: Chanting and meditation

- 9:30 PM: Rest

*Wednesday - October 29, 2025 (The 9th day of the 9th lunar month, Year of the Snake)

- 4:00 AM: Wake up

- 4:30 AM: Chanting, meditation and morning practice

- 6:30 AM: Work service

- 7:30 AM: Breakfast

- 9:00 AM: The end of restraint (Pravarana) and the certificates for the Rains Retreat

Noon

- 11:00 AM: Offering of vegetarian meal to the monks and nuns in the Rains Retreat

- 12:30 PM: Rest

Afternoon

- 2:00 PM: Wake up

- 3:00 PM: Recitation of Earth Store Sutra (Ksitigarbhapranidhana Sutra) and offering food to hungry ghosts

- 5:30 PM: Evening meal

Evening

- 7:00 PM: Recitation of the Lotus Sutra and chanting and meditation

- 9:30 PM: Rest

*Thursday - October 30, 2025 (10th day of the 9th lunar month, Year of the Snake)

Morning

- 4:00 AM: Wake up

- 4:30 AM: Chanting, meditation and morning practice

- 6:30 AM: Work service

- 7:30 AM: Breakfast

- 9:00 AM: Commemoration of the Venerable Master Hoang Nhan

Noon

- 11:00 AM: Offering of vegetarian meal to international monks and nuns

Afternoon Afternoon

-12:30 PM: Silent meditation

-2:00 PM: Wake-up call

-3:00 PM: Offering of food to hungry ghosts

Notes:

*At 7:00 PM on October 17, 19, 21, 23, 27 and 29, 2025, there will be a tea ceremony for brothers and sisters to exchange ideas in a spirit of mutual learning on the upper floor of the old building and in the dining hall.

*At 7:00 PM on August 29th, Year of the Snake (October 20, 2025): Repentance Ceremony

*At 4:00 AM on September 1st, Year of the Snake (October 21, 2025): Bodhisattva Precepts Ceremony

*At 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays: Basic Dharma and Vinaya teachings for novice monks and lay practitioners.

*At 1:30 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays: English pronunciation and communication lessons for monks and nuns.A