(Baonghean.vn) -Ha Pagoda (Hung Tien Commune, Nam Dan District) has just held a grand ceremony to celebrate Buddha's birthday 2016, Buddhist calendar 2560.
This year, the Great Ceremony to commemorate the birth of Buddha Shakyamuni coincides with the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, especially when Buddhists and people across the country are joyfully welcoming the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 term.
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| Art performance to welcome the ceremony. |
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| Buddhists offer flowers to Buddha. |
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| The Buddha bathing ceremony is performed very solemnly. |
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| Venerable Thich Dong Tue - abbot of Ha pagoda, head of the organizing committee, donated 10 million VND to the Hung Tien commune scholarship fund (Nam Dan). |
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| At the end of the ceremony, all the monks and delegates released balloons to celebrate Buddha's birthday and pray for peace. The message of this year's Buddha's birthday celebration in Vietnam is: Each person, with the most practical actions, should protect the sustainable environment and respond to climate change that is threatening our own lives... |
Thanh Cuong
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