HÀ NỘI –Most Venerable Thích Chơn Thiện, deputy head of the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam, passed away on Tuesday morning in Huế city.
The 74-year-old Buddhist leader was a deputy of the newly-elected 14th National Assembly as well as the previous 11th, 12th and 13th national representative body. He was also the Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Peace Committee and a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Presidium.
Born in Huế on December 1, 1942, Most Venerable Thích Chơn Thiện whose real name is Nguyễn Hội, ordained to be a Buddhist monk at the age of 18 and later obtained a PhD in Buddhism in India.
During his lifetime, he was awarded the Order of Independence, second-class, the Order for the Cause of the National Unity and merit certificates from the Prime Minister and the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam for his dedication to the development of the country and Buddhism in Vietnam.
The Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam announced his eight-day mourning ceremony to be held in Tường Vân pagoda yesterday where Thiện lived his last days.
Source: vietnamnews.vn
