Students Seek Guidance From Monks

Yesterday more than 500 primary and secondary students attended a prayer and counsellling session in a temple in Hanoi, Vietnam. This program was designed to help the students prepare themselves mentally in their studies. The students were told that to excel in their studies, besides the hard work, they have to feel relax, confident and have an healthy state of mind. The program ended successfully after the students were blessed by the monks.

Registration time
















The students eagerly waiting for the program to start
















A procession leading the monks and students into the main shrine

























Monks giving Dhamma talk to the students























Question and Answer time















Teachers in meditating session















A teacher singing to her students





















Buddhist hymns singing time















The prayer session in progress

















Parents and relatives also prayed outside the main shrine
















Monks leading the students in Buddhist mantra chanting session



















Queing up to receive blessings and a gift from the monks




















It's lunch time
















The students enjoying their vegetarian lunch in the temple compound