Prime Minister attends and congratulates Buddha's Birthday 2024 at Quan Su Pagoda

(Dan Tri) - On the morning of May 22, at the Central Headquarters of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha at Quan Su Pagoda, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and congratulated the Great Ceremony to celebrate the Buddha's birthday in 2024 (Buddhist calendar 2568).

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On the morning of May 22 (April 15 of the lunar calendar), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and congratulated the dignitaries of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), monks, nuns and Buddhists on the occasion of the 2568th Buddha's Birthday in 2024 at Quan Su Pagoda (Photo: Nhu Y).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the Buddha statue bathing ceremony with the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha. The Prime Minister sent congratulations to the leaders of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and conveyed congratulations from General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to Buddhists nationwide on the occasion of Buddha's birthday (Photo: Nhu Y).

Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon - Deputy Supreme Patriarch, Chairman of the Central Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha - respectfully thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the delegation for coming to congratulate the Buddha's Birthday at Quan Su Pagoda. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh took a souvenir photo with the dignitaries of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, monks, nuns and Buddhists (Photo: Nhu Y).

For the past two weeks, Quan Su Pagoda - the headquarters of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha - has been brilliantly decorated, as the venue for the grand ceremony to celebrate Buddha's birthday in 2024 (Photo: Huu Nghi).

A large number of people and Buddhists came to Quan Su Pagoda to offer incense and celebrate the occasion of Buddha's Birthday. 2,568 years ago, on the full moon day of the fourth lunar month, in Lumbini Garden, flowers bloomed to celebrate the birth of Prince Siddhartha, son of King Suddhodana and Queen Maya (Photo: Huu Nghi).

Many celebratory activities were also held with the joy of Buddhists from all over the world. In the photo is the Buddha Relic Procession Ceremony to celebrate Buddha's Birthday 2024 at Quan Su Pagoda (Photo: Huu Nghi).

This is the 8th time the program "Vu Lan - Filial Piety & Nation" has been organized in the past 10 years, aiming to promote the virtues of filial piety, the spirit of gratitude and repayment, gratitude to ancestors and Buddhist teachings (Photo: Huu Nghi).

This is the event that monks, nuns and Buddhists in Hanoi look forward to the most every Buddha's birthday season. Therefore, wherever the procession goes, it radiates the energy of peace and joy (Photo: Huu Nghi).

Previously, on the afternoon of May 21, the Central Communications Department of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held a press conference on the program "Vu Lan - Filial Piety & Nation 2024" linking a series of social security activities with the journey towards Dien Bien Phu. In the photo, Venerable Thich Gia Quang - Vice Chairman of the Executive Council, Head of the Central Communications Department, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha - shared information at the press conference (Photo: Huu Nghi).