The Buddha Birthday’s Ceremony At Hung Phap Pagoda

Accepting the invitation of Junior Ven. Thich Tam An, on the morning of 18/5/2014 (20/4 of the Lunar calendar), Senior Ven. Thich Chan Tinh and Monks officially came to pagoda Hưng Phap, Xuân Hung village, Xuân Loc district, Dong Nai province to attend the Vesak the great ceremony, Buddhist Calendar 2558.

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At 9:00 A.M., two lines of Buddhists respectfully held their\r\nhands to welcome noble Monks and Buddhists who came to the rostrum to offer\r\nincense to Buddha. Following such a solemn moment, hundreds of balloons were\r\nreleased to the air with good wishes for a peaceful world and living beings may\r\nlive in peace and contentment within the support from the Buddha in ten directions.

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After that, there were three rolls of Prajna bell and\r\nwooden-drum respectfully welcomes the Buddhist dignitaries to come to the main\r\nhall for the ceremony was officially opened. In the ceremony, Senior Ven. had a\r\ndharma talk. Through the Buddha’s existence, the Senior Ven. conducted clearly\r\nthe essential values that Buddhas children should study and practice in our\r\nown-living. It is denied for sanctifying the Sakyamuni Buddha, which wishes for\r\nHis bless giving or fears of His unlucky bringing, etc., the most important\r\nthing have to understand clearly the Buddhism. Those are true experiences and\r\novercoming of sufferings by the real existence of the Sakyamuni Buddha.\r\nTherefore, He is a religious Master, who instructs all of us to lead the way of\r\nhappiness and enlightenment. Moreover, the Buddha is a great medical King.\r\nHuman beings exist in the Samsara hoping for misery releasing, wretched\r\nescaping, joyful gaining in this life, etc., cultivators needs improve\r\nthemselves following His teachings. Everybody should do good actions,\r\ncultivate, and strive in company to attain an hour, a month, a year then a life\r\nof the peace and contentment. Continuous doing so, we encourage, motivate fine\r\ndeeds, lead to a useful living in daily life.

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The program ended, pagoda also gave each of the attended\r\nBuddhists a disk of “Winds move, bamboos stir”.

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Below are some image recorded:

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