Please don't make mom cry...

(Baonghean.vn) - No matter how life changes, how many problems modern people have to face with the industrial pace of life, filial piety always remains meaningful to each person. That is the respect and appreciation of the parents' upbringing. Vu Lan Day is an opportunity for each of us to think about the feelings and responsibilities of being a child!

Filial piety is always present in the consciousness of every Vietnamese person, it is the first criterion in human conduct. It is not by chance that in language, the word filial piety is combined to form compound words such as: filial piety (filial piety), filial care (care, nurturing), filial respect (respect for parents and respect for siblings), filial piety (filial piety to parents and harmony with siblings)...

As a child, we must be filial to our parents - the ones who gave birth to us and raised us to become human beings. That merit is as high as Mount Tai and as pure and deep as an endless spring. Parents always take joy in their children's success. Children who know how to maintain family traditions, live with respect for their elders, and do not lose themselves to the temptations of evil are also ways to show filial piety to their parents. Repaying parents' kindness through daily support, taking care of them when they are sick, ill... is always considered the first criterion in evaluating children's filial piety to their parents. Those who cannot do this, or even worse, mistreat and neglect their parents, will be condemned by society.

In the soulful sound of Vu Lan prayers in many large and small pagodas these days, countless tears have been shed upon hearing these simple yet deeply affectionate verses:

“Traveling around the world, no one is better than Mom.

No one suffers as much in life as Father.

The vast ocean cannot measure a mother's love.

The vast sky cannot cover the Father's work.

Life goes by in a hurry with so many worries about life and study. Do you know, many grandparents, fathers, mothers, even though living with their children, often silently cry because of sadness and loneliness. There are many unfilial children who chase their parents out of the house, even beat the person who gave birth to them because they consider them a burden. The elderly without a place to depend on have to go to nursing homes, wandering around to make a living, creating great pressure on society. This is a warning bell about the moral degradation of people in modern society.

No one knows when Vu Lan started, but it is a holiday that many Buddhist countries in Asia consider a solemn holiday. From a purely Buddhist ritual, Vu Lan has gradually become a beautiful tradition of the Vietnamese people. Vu Lan is an occasion for each family to gather, be warm, children and grandchildren ask and share with grandparents and parents their joys and sorrows. Vu Lan is an occasion for us to dedicate to our deceased grandparents and ancestors, pray for their souls to be reborn in the Pure Land, pray for our parents to enjoy peace and happiness.

In recent years, during Vu Lan season, many pagodas often organize the Rose Pinning Ceremony. The person who receives the white rose will feel sorrow and remember their deceased parents. The person who receives the rose will feel happy because they still have their father and mother and feel that they have to be more responsible to please their parents.

Each person has their own way of showing filial piety to their parents, but the most important thing is sincerity. Showing filial piety is not only about compensating parents with enough material things, but most importantly, it is about caring and sharing with the simplest and most sincere things. Because "the beauty of a betel leaf is not in the person who makes it, but in the person who offers it".

Society has no right to mistreat and be unfair to the elderly. As children, we have no right to be indifferent and insensitive to our parents. Because no society considers mistreating and being cruel to our parents as normal.

“Whoever still has their mother, please do not make her cry”! This reminder is not just for anyone! Do not regret when it is too late, especially the things that each child can do for their parents today!

Van Thieng