Monday, 04/20/2026
Ceremony of Buddha’s Birth at Phap Hanh Pure Monastery, Cu Chi District.
Update: 03/06/2015
At the beginning, The Abbot of monastery had an opening speech including one idea: “This year, the event is the 2639 year anniversary of the date Buddha was born in the world. We need to consider ourselves in retrospect and think about everything we did and will complete as the gratitude deserving of his great sacrifice.†Afterwards, two meaningful songs “Co Phat Trong Doi – Buddha appeared in lifeâ€, “Mung Ngay Dan Sanh – Welcome the Buddha’ birth†were performed outstandingly by Vu Bao and Thu Trang singers.
The follow-up speech of the Ven. Thich Chan Tinh is a compassionate religious reminder of Buddhists about the great meaning of this ceremony, rebirth of affectionate father in the worldly world so as to encourage everyone to study and practice on his instructions.
To represent one of the most remarkable periods in Buddha’s life, two devout Buddhists , artist Ha My Xuan- from France and Doctor of Philosophy Le Hong Phuoc- the vice Dean of French literature department of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, performed one reformative part named “Thich Ca Tam Daoâ€
Following the event is the main birthday ceremony and the showering Buddha . In the end, many singers from Ho Chi Minh City performed plenty of joyful repertoires. The ceremony wholly completed with entire meaning and full of good reverberations, reminders for Buddhists about this great ceremony, a a key point in the history of human being. When Buddha rebirths, he enlightens every creatures to escape from the ignorance. Besides, this is a previous occasion for us to consider in retrospect and encourage ourselves. We should remind ourselves to keep the diligence, try to get more pure mind and body so that every day is a birthday of one Buddha in every person.
In the end of the ceremony, a VCD “Dung me cua la†was given to all people as a gift.
Below ar recorded images :
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