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| United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations 2008 |
The United Nations Day of Vesak celebrations 2008 have wrapped up but its echoes seem to exist forever. Above all rituals and belief, the Vesak celebrations 2008 have brought to people a strong belief in a future world, a world of peace, contentment and immense benevolence. |
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| United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations 2008 |
The United Nations Day of Vesak celebrations 2008 have wrapped up but its echoes seem to exist forever. Above all rituals and belief, the Vesak celebrations 2008 have brought to people a strong belief in a future world, a world of peace, contentment and immense benevolence. |
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| Vietnam, a Meeting-place of Buddhism all over the World |
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The year 2008 will be a memorable year to Buddhism followers throughout the world because the United Nations Day of Vesak (UNDV), one of the biggest religious and cultural festivals of the United Nations has been solemnly organised in Vietnam, a peaceful and hospitable country. At the UNDV celebrations, the guests and international friends will meet with Vietnamese Buddhists who have tolerance, love for religion and life, together with a huge treasure of Buddhist heritage, from pagodas to prayer-books and steles, which Vietnamese Buddhism had built up and accumulated through almost 2,000 years of formation and development. |
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| Dau Pagoda – An initial Source of Buddhism in Vietnam |
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Dau Pagoda is located in Thanh Khuong village, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh Province, about 30km from Hanoi. Being a center of the ancient Luy Lau Citadel that dates back to the second century A.D, this pagoda is considered the most ancient religious structure and an initial source of Buddhism in Vietnam. |
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| The Places Where Buddhist Talents Are Honed |
The construction and development of Buddhist Institutes in Vietnam is not only aimed to meet the increasing demand for Buddhist study throughout the country but also to provide places for the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha to educate and select those who have the qualifications and virtue to undertake the work of Buddhism. |
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| The Elderly Bonze at Vien Minh Pagoda |
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For nearly 100 years, this monk had enjoyed cultivating of the land, regarding praying as his career, holding both pens and ploughs at times, saying prayers in the mornings and reading scriptures in the evenings, keeping wholehearted allegiance to Buddhism. All this may provide an outline of the portrait of Patriarch Thich Pho Tue, the verger of Vien Minh Pagoda, secularly named Rang Pagoda, in Quang Lang Commune, Phu Xuyen District, Ha Tay Province. |
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| Revitalization from Buddha’s Gate |
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Situated on the bank of the Red River in Bo De Ward of Long Bien District in Hanoi, Bo De Pagoda is the home to many abandoned children, street children, helpless old people and unfortunate women. Over dozens of years, many of these people have been revived at this Buddha’s gate. |
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| Buddhism in Daily Activities |
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Like millions of Buddhists worldwide, Vietnamese Buddhists, in the past and at present as well, always pay respect to Buddhism. Therefore, coming to Vietnam, you will see the presence of Buddhism mingling with the daily activities of people in this beautiful country. |
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| Meeting between West and East |
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The photo exhibition entitled “West-East: Snow and Flowers” consisting of 108 photographs from the collection by Venerable Thich Minh Hien, the verger of the Huong Pagoda in Ha Tay Province, have brought to Vietnamese art-lovers interesting discoveries about the two Buddhist cultures in Xizang (China) and Japan. |
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| Yen Tu, a Sacred Land |
A stop in Yen Tu allows visitors to learn a bit about the place where King Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308) led a religious life after he gave up the throne. He founded the Truc Lam meditation sect and established a great Buddhist centre in Vietnam. |
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