Deputy PM congratulates Buddhist dignitaries on Vu Lan Festival
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on August 19 visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Ho Chi Minh City to congratulate the dignitaries, monks and nuns on the occasion of the Vu Lan Festival 2023.
At Vietnam National Pagoda in District 10, Quang inquired into the health of Thich Tri Quang, supreme patriarch of the Patronage Council of the VBS, and Thich Thien Nhon, president of the Executive Council of the VBS.
He congratulated the dignitaries, as well as other Buddhist monks and nuns on Vu Lan festival 2023, an important religious ritual of Buddhists during the year.
He expressed his belief that the VBS together with the dignitaries, monks and nuns and Buddhist followers will actively take part in patriotic emulation movements and charity activities, while making further contributions to the common work of the country.
Supreme patriarch Thich Tri Quang briefed his guest on the VBS’s recent activities, saying after the VBS successfully held the ninth National Buddhist Congress in November 2022, the Patronage Council and Executive Council of the VBS have worked out plans of actions to realize the resolutions and objectives adopted at the congress.
The superior monk also talked about the significance of the Vu Lan festival (Ullambana festival). The festival, an important Buddhist ritual, is usually held on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month during which Buddhist followers show filial piety to their parents.
