The working trip to Ba Den Mountain is one of the important activities of ICDV to prepare for the biggest festival of Buddhists in the world, Vesak Festival, which will take place from May 6-8, 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City.
From early morning, nearly 100 delegates were present at Ba Den Mountain, a sacred mountain associated with the religious life of the people of Southern Vietnam. Here, the delegation performed the ritual of worshiping before the relics of Buddha Shakyamuni. The relics were presented to Vietnam by the World Buddhist Federation in 2014.
During the discussion program on the 2025 Vesak Festival, Most Venerable Phra Brahmapundit - Chairman of ICDV expected that this event will attract more than 1,000 delegates from 80 countries to Ba Den Mountain to visit and admire the vibrant Buddhist culture in Vietnam.
Venerable Phra Brahmapundit also praised the scenery and climate of Ba Den Mountain, calling it a precious destination. "Vesak 2025 will have a series of important programs at the Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City, in which Ba Den Mountain is a precious gem, a major highlight for this entire event," he added.
Venerable T. Dhammaratana - Vice President of ICDV also gave special compliments to this spiritual destination: "When the cable car goes through the fog to Sun World Ba Den, it creates a very interesting feeling."
During the working trip, the delegation visited the Buddhist cultural system with the tallest Buddha statue in Asia located on the top of the mountain, the largest sandstone statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya in the world, and visited the Buddhist exhibition space displaying simulated versions of classic Buddhist works in the world and Vietnam, watching a 3D mapping film about the formation of the universe...
According to Venerable Thich Duc Thien - Vice President and General Secretary of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, Ba Den Mountain was chosen as the place for international delegates and international Buddhists to visit and participate in cultural and religious festivals on the last day of the Vesak Festival, May 8, 2025. "The reason Ba Den Mountain was chosen is because this is a sacred mountain, a mountain that has gone down in history and is in the consciousness of the Vietnamese people. This is also a place that contains spiritual and historical origins and brings a sense of peace to everyone."
Thus, on the occasion of the 2025 Vesak Festival, thousands of delegates from countries, United Nations agencies, and leaders of Buddhist Sangha at home and abroad will come to Ba Den Mountain to organize sacred ceremonies at Ba Den Mountain. This is considered a meaningful and important activity in the series of activities of Vesak 2025, affirming the interest of the international Buddhist community in the traditional values of Vietnamese Buddhism in general and Ba Den Mountain - a symbol of religious life in Southern Vietnam in particular.
The 2025 Vesak Festival is the fourth time Vietnam has hosted the world's most important Buddhist festival, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Vietnam's national reunification and the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day. The event is expected to have the participation of 2,000 official delegates, including: 1,000 international guest delegates from 80 countries and territories, including heads of state and leaders of United Nations agencies; leaders of Buddhist churches and sects, scholars, and researchers; and 1,000 domestic guest delegates from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.
Ngoc Minh
Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/doan-dai-bieu-vesak-2025-tham-nui-ba-den-2327353.html
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