The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s central executive committee and theVBS’s Hanoi executive board held a grand ceremony at Quan Su pagoda onJune 1 (the 15 th day of the fourth lunar month) to mark Lord Buddha’s2559 th birthday.
Politburo member and Presidentof the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan extendedcongratulations to Buddhist monks, dignitaries, and followers andpraised the VBS for encouraging Vietnamese Buddhists both at home andabroad to actively contribute to the national development, such as inexpanding pre-school education, social welfare, vocational training,medical check-ups and treatment, and environmental preservation.
He recognised the VBS’s efforts in enhancing its relations withinternational Buddhist organisations through various activities likeexchanges, workshops, and charitable work, which have helped promote thestatus of the VBS as well as Vietnam in general.
Hesaid he expects the VBS will continue upholding identities ofVietnamese Buddhist sects while strengthening Buddhism’s solidarity withother religions in the country, and mobilising Buddhist expatriates’contributions to the homeland.
In a message to allVietnamese Buddhist monks and followers both at home and abroad, VBSSupreme Patriarch Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue called on all VietnameseBuddhists to do their utmost in following Buddha’s teachings andenhancing national unity for the sake of the nation and people’shappiness.
As Lord Buddha’s birthday this yearcoincides with the International Children’s Day, he said he hopes theVBS chapters at all levels will pay more attention to caring forchildren.
He also asked Buddhist monks and followersto pray for and send aids to the Nepalese people who recently sufferedfrom a devastating earthquake.
At the ceremony,participants performed the ritual of bathing the Buddha statue andreleased doves to pray for peace and happiness.-VNA
Politburo member and Presidentof the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan extendedcongratulations to Buddhist monks, dignitaries, and followers andpraised the VBS for encouraging Vietnamese Buddhists both at home andabroad to actively contribute to the national development, such as inexpanding pre-school education, social welfare, vocational training,medical check-ups and treatment, and environmental preservation.
He recognised the VBS’s efforts in enhancing its relations withinternational Buddhist organisations through various activities likeexchanges, workshops, and charitable work, which have helped promote thestatus of the VBS as well as Vietnam in general.
Hesaid he expects the VBS will continue upholding identities ofVietnamese Buddhist sects while strengthening Buddhism’s solidarity withother religions in the country, and mobilising Buddhist expatriates’contributions to the homeland.
In a message to allVietnamese Buddhist monks and followers both at home and abroad, VBSSupreme Patriarch Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue called on all VietnameseBuddhists to do their utmost in following Buddha’s teachings andenhancing national unity for the sake of the nation and people’shappiness.
As Lord Buddha’s birthday this yearcoincides with the International Children’s Day, he said he hopes theVBS chapters at all levels will pay more attention to caring forchildren.
He also asked Buddhist monks and followersto pray for and send aids to the Nepalese people who recently sufferedfrom a devastating earthquake.
At the ceremony,participants performed the ritual of bathing the Buddha statue andreleased doves to pray for peace and happiness.-VNA
