2023-05-24 07:23:00
Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 2:23 p.m.
On May 24, 2023, Phra Khru Samuh Sanitwong Vutthiwiwatso, Director of the Office of Corporate Communications Wat Phra Dhammakaya Pathum Thani Province said that Vietnamese Buddhists celebrated the World Vesak Day with heads of monks from four sects around the world, Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana and Annam sects. together with Thailand Along with leaders of Buddhist organizations from over 10 countries and international Buddhists, more than 60,000 people attended the event, led by Phra Thammachan Thich Chuk Tai Minh, Abbot of Ba Vang Temple. Vice President of Overseas Affairs and deputy spokesperson for the National Assembly of Sangha together with the Government and Vietnamese Buddhists Participate in the celebration of the Vesak Festival Between 20 – 21 May 2023 at Ba Vang Pagoda, Quang Ninh Province Vietnam to remember the importance in the emergence of the Lord Buddha and celebrated on the occasion of the United Nations proclaiming Vesak Day as the International Day of Vesak
Within the event received mercy from the Supreme Patriarch, the president of the Sangha, the Sangha Sangha Committee, the Sangha Sangha Administrator. from Sri Lanka, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, the United States and Thailand, including the Supreme Patriarch, the Executive Committee of the Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha, the Mahayana and Theravada Sanghas. 300 photos, and the Indian ambassadors Sri Lankan Ambassador Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Vietnam Ambassador of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Cambodian ambassador Vietnam join this event as well
In addition to the Vietnamese and international monks, the monks from Thai temples abroad and in Thailand participated in many more events such as Phra Det Phra Khun Phra Suthee Waraporn (Young Khempanyo, P.T. 6), Ecclesiastes of Chainat Province, Phra Det Phra Sri Bodhiwithes Abbot of Thai Lumbini Temple, Nepal Assistant Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Phra Withet Thammaporn Assistant Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and the President of the Dhammakaya Foundation, Phrakru Wibulnititham Assistant Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, together with Minister of Religion and Culture, Cambodia had kindness to travel to attend the event as well
In this event, there is a ceremony to celebrate the Vesak Festival on May 20, 2023 at Ba Wang Temple. Invited by the grace of Luang Pho Thammasophon Maha Satthawee President of the Sangha Society of Nepal to represent the Sangha from the birthplace of Lord Buddha in opening remarks with Phrabhawana Thammawithet Assistant Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya Praying for prosperity Praise the virtue of the Right Buddha and performed a ceremony to offer the Buddha’s relics To be enshrined at the Phra Maha Chedi, Ba Wang Temple, on May 21, 2023, there will be an opening ceremony for the world’s largest Dharma lecture building on the mountain, certified by the World Record Association, a ceremony to offer the monks around the world, Buddhist performance and young people singing songs with contents from the Buddha’s words, dharmas such as toilets, sanghassa, unity, etc., in remembrance of the Buddha’s virtue, a ceremony to bring the Buddha image in the posture of birth and the annual Dharmaya procession, over 8 kilometers long, a circling ceremony and lit a lamp to offer as an offering to the Buddha, with a large number of laymen and young people participating in the event.
“For this Vesak celebration made a great impression on the international clergy It is a great Buddhist event. which saw the unity and unison Including the faith of Vietnamese Buddhists who came out to welcome the procession inviting the Buddha image in the posture of birth, leading the Dhamma Yatra procession along both sides of the road continuously over a route of more than 8 kilometers. The large number of Vietnamese people of all ages and genders who attended this event were also delighted to see the Dharma Yatra processions of Vietnamese monks, heads of monks and leaders of over 10 international Buddhist organizations from over 10 countries coming together to hold this event.” Sanitwong said.
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