GCRA leader extend congratulatory visits to Buddhist dignitaries on Buddha’s Birthday

05/11/2020

Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Vũ Chiến Thắng has visited several Buddhist dignitaries of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Hanoi and Bac Ninh province, on the occasion of the 2564th Buddha’s Birthday.  

On May 6, Chairman Vũ Chiến Thắng visited and met with Most Venerable Thích Bảo Nghiêm, Vice President of the Central VBS’s Executive Council cum Chairman of the Central VBS’s Buddhist Propagation Committee, at Ba Da pagoda located in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district.

During the visiting reception, the chairman conveyed greetings of the Party and State leaders to Most Venerable Thích Bảo Nghiêm and all Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and lay people on occasion of the Buddha Birthday Festival 2020.

From May 6-7, the GCRA leader visited and extended Vesak greetings to Senior Venerable Vice President of the central VBS’s executive council cum Deputy Director of the Vietnam Buddhist Studies Institute Thích Thanh Quyết at the Buddhist studies institute in the city’s Soc Son district; Most Venerable Vice President of the central Buddhist executive council cum Chairman of the VBS’s Information and Communications Committee Thích Gia Quang at Lien Phai pagoda in the city’s Hai Ba Trung district; and Senior Venerable Vice President cum General Secretary of the Buddhist executive council Thích Đức Thiện at Phat Tich pagoda in Bac Ninh province’s Tien Du district.

GCRA chairman visits Senior Venerable Vice President of VBS’s executive council Thích Thanh Quyết at Vietnam Buddhist Studies Institute

Chairman Vũ Chiến Thắng visits Most Venerable Thích Gia Quang at Lien Phai pagoda

GCRA delegation visits Senior Venerable Thích Đức Thiện at Phat Tich pagoda

 

Nguyên Hải