Vesak at Can Mon Pagoda – Nghe An

Today, we are all happy about the day Siddhattha was born, but most of us consider Siddhattha a holy God who is capable of granting blessings and sorrows, so we pray for prestige, talent and beauty; not many of us are on the same way as was Siddhattha. Buddhism, therefore, is somewhat outdated and does not play such an essential role as before, especially during Ly and Tran dynasties (the kings are all Buddhist). The previous popularity was partly thanks to the spiritually virtuous masters with great talents and virtues who contributed to helping the kings to build a prosperous and peaceful country. Accordingly, in order for Buddhism to continue playing its important part in bringing prosperity and peace to everybody, every family, every country and society, we need to make considerable efforts to renew Buddhism so it can be adapted to this new era.

In joy of Buddhist followers celebrating Siddhattha’s appearance on Earth, at 9 am, June 3, 2018 (April 20, year of the Dog), at Can Mon – An Phap Pagoda, Tan Phong, Quynh Phuong Ward, Hoang Mai Town, Nghe An Province, with Nghe An to the North and Thanh Hoa to the South, solemnly and respectfully held a Vesak ceremony attended by the monks as well as nuns, heads of local authorities and thousands of people from everywhere.

At the ceremony, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, Junior Venerable Thich Tam Hieu delivered the messages from the Founder of Vietnamese Sangha Buddhist Association, and Junior Venerable Thich Tam Hoang addressed the Vesak speech by President of National Buddhist Sangha Board of Directors before the representative of the authority made another speech to wish Vesak great success.

The taken photographs are as follows:

Translated into English by Nguyen Minh Thuy Tien