Saturday, 05/02/2026
Ullambana Ceremony 2023
Update: 30/08/2023
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In the solemn atmosphere at 9:00 am, Buddhists welcomed monks to enter the main hall of Dharma Wheel Building. Then, the mass could listen to sacred prayer verses from Junior Thich Tam Trieu.
After declaring the reason and introducing the program, lay Buddhist MC VOH Radio My Duyen gave a speech on the meaning of rose-badge pinning. Finishing the speech, everyone spent a minute in remembrance of the deep favour of the Buddhas, parents, teachers, nation, and sentient beings.
Following the program is the ritual of setting roses. 1st Runner-up Buddhist Che Nguyen Quynh Chau and the young in the flower pinning team dignifiedly put a yellow rose on the monk’s robe, symbolizing the noble deliverance, and gratitude of the monk to his parents. Continuing the program, singer Sy Luan sang the song "Rose pinning on the shirt". The sweet, profound lyrics go deep into each person's consciousness to feel the merit and boundless love of their father and mother. After that, Buddhists receive roses and put them on their chests in the sacred feelings when all attendees thought about their parents. Next, it is the part to pay homage to parents' grace. The practitioners solemnly remember, and worship ten gratitudes for their father, as well as ten gratitudes for their mother.
On behalf of Buddhists at the ceremony, Buddhist Miss Peace International Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien performed a robe offering to the monks.
Representing the pagoda's monks, Junior Thich Tam Truong, the Abbot of Hoang Phap Pagoda, Head of the Organizers accepted offering items, and gave dharma words to all participants.
He reviewed Arhat Maudgalyayana's piety example, and the Buddha's teachings on how to repay the parents. Thanks to this, the masses contemplated together to follow and obey the Buddha's teaching, repaying the deep nurturing grace of parents. We should be filial, cherish the happiness while our parents are still present by specific actions: respect, care, love, and not self-destruct but betray the grace, make our father, mother sad, because “This body belongs to our parents, who shared their bloodstream for us become a human” (Most Master Thich Chan Tinh). Last, everyone should live in harmony with their siblings in the family so that every day is Ullambana's piety day.
After the dharma talk, the participants chanted the Ullambana sutra in the ritual.
Contributing to the program's success were the lyric songs by singers: singer Truong Son, Meritorious Artist Tam Tam....
Participating in the great ceremony, the monks gave each Buddhist a gift of Dharma, the books named: Last Words for Each Other; the comic book: Change the thought to become a filial child, composed by Most Master Thich Chan Tinh.
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