Vietnamese people in Japan pray for peace in New Year
The Vietnamese community in Japan has rang in the New Year 2015 with a ceremony praying for peace attended by hundreds of people at Nisshinkutsu Pagoda in Tokyo.
The Vietnamese community in Japan has rang in the New Year 2015 with aceremony praying for peace attended by hundreds of people atNisshinkutsu Pagoda in Tokyo.
Venerable Thich Quang Thanh, amember of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Council, wishedthem a happy new year and preached the meaning of celebrating the springand praying for fortune in Buddhism.
At the event, he alsothanked Most Venerable Yoshimizu Daichi, head of Nisshinkutsu Pagoda,for supporting the VBS’s activities as well as Vietnamese people inJapan. He wished the superior monk health and longevity to further helpthe Vietnamese community and Buddhist followers here, thus contributingto the close relations between the two peoples.
In the next days,similar ceremonies will be held at the monasteries of Kumagaya An TinhDuong, Hamamatsu, and Phuoc Hue Aichi, which are run by the VBS and theVietnamese Buddhist Association in Japan.
The Vietnamese BuddhistAssociation in Japan made its debut in Tokyo on October 5, 2014. Itcame into being under the VBS’s decision No.416 dated November 11, 2013,and was approved by the Japanese Government on February 28, 2014.-VNA
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