Ritual of visiting and offering homage to Most Venerable Thich Giac Lai’s Body

On the news of Most Thich Giac Lai ’s death, in the afternoon of June 28th, 2022 Junior Abbot Thich Tam Truong, monks from Hoang Phap pagoda visited and burnt incense to offer the Most’s spirit, praying Most's soul would come to the Buddha's realm.

Late Most Ven Thich Giac Lai was member of the demonstrating council of VietNam Buddhist Sangha (VBS); Demonstrating Dignitary of the Buddhist Sect; Demonstrating of the Buddhist Representative Board of Thu Duc district; Demonstrating of the Board of Directors of the Inter-District Buddhist Sangha (District 2, 9, and Thu DucDistrict); Abbot of Minh Dang Quang Monastery, District 2, HCM City. 

Because of old age, the Venerable Most followed the impermanent rule and gave up the physical body at 20:10 on June 25th, 2022 with 88 years old and 57 years of religious age at Minh Dang Quang Monastery, No 505 Ha Noi Highway, An Phu ward, District 2, HCMC.

The entry ceremony in the funeral was held at 9:00 on June 26th, 2022. The funeral rite will be held at Minh Dang Quang Monastery, An Phu Ward, District 2, HCMC. The rite of commemoration would be at 07:00, on June 29th, 2022, and then move his coffin to cremate at Phuc An Vien crematorium in Thu Duc City. His relics are put into a stupa at Minh Dang Quang Monastery. 

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