Repentant Ceremony on April 30th, LC and granting Merit certificates to Lumbini garden designed Buddhists of Dong Cao pagoda, Thanh Hoa

In the evening of June 17th, 2023 (April 30th, Year of the Cat), good men and believing women everywhere returned to Dong Cao Pagoda (belonging to Hoang Phap pagoda’s custom) in Thanh Hoa to attend a periodic penance rite and chanted precepts.

After stabilizing the ashram, the Sangha came to the main hall and practiced together a six-sense penitential ritual and chanted precepts.

After that, Junior Abbot Thich Tam Hung of Dong Cao Pagoda encouraged the mass to firmly believe in the Three Jewels, arrange a time to attend the summer training sessions, and volunteer in the 7th Summer Retreat (June 19th - 23rd, 2023) for teenagers.

Next, the monks presented awards to the Buddhist family having a beautiful and impressive design in 2023 Buddha Birthday's Lumbini garden design organized by Dong Cao Pagoda.

- First prize: Buddhist family Nguyen Thi Kim (dharma name/ DN Dieu Yen). Gifts include: envelope: 2,000,000 VND and certificate of merit.

-Second prize: Thinh Van Dung Buddhist family (DN Tri Tinh Dung).  Gifts include: envelope of 1,000,000 VND and certificate of merit.

- Third prize: Buddhist family Nguyen Thi Nhung (DN Tam Hy Xa).  Gifts include: envelope 500,000 VND and certificate of merit.

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