The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) held a ceremony in Quan Su pagoda (Hanoi city) on December 4 to mark the 713th anniversary of the attainment of Nirvana of King-Monk Trần Nhân Tông, the founder of Vietnam Zen Buddhism (1308-2021).
Present at the event included Most Venerable Thích Thanh Dũng, Deputy Patriarch cum Secretary of the VBS’s Central Discernment Council; Most Venerable Yoshimizu Daichi, former Chairman of the Japanese Pure-Land Buddhist Church; members of the VBS’s Central Discernment Council and Executive Council, heads of the VBS’s central functioning committees, the VBS executive committees in Hanoi and Northern provinces.
Distinguished guests at the event included Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Ngô Sách Thực and Deputy Director of the Buddhist Affairs Department under the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Đào Huy Cường.
The event recalled life and contributions of King – Monk Trần Nhân Tông to country and Vietnam Buddhism, and offered incense and prayers for peace.
Also, a similar ceremony was held in Vietnam Quoc Tu pagoda, Ho Chi Minh city by the VBS’s Executive Committee in the city.
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A ceremony commemorating King – Monk Trần Nhân Tôn held in Vietnam Quoc Tu pagoda
On the same day, in Dong Trieu town, the VBS’s Executive Committee in Quang Ninh held a ceremony to commemorate the 713th death anniversary of King –Monk Trần Nhân Tông and inaugurate Ngoa Van Thuong pagoda.
After the commemoration, participants attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a project upgrading Ngoa Van Thuong pagoda.
King – Monk Trần Nhân Tông (1258-1308) was a hero who led the country to defeat the powerful Mongolian invasion army of the Yuan Dynasty two times in 1285 and 1287. He was also the founder of the Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen Buddhism.
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