Province commemorates Lord Buddha’s 2563rd birthday

On the evening of May 18 (April 14 of lunar calendar), provincial Buddhist Sangha Executive Board grandly held a ceremony to celebrate Lord Buddha’s 2563^rd birthday anniversary.

The event was attended by Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon, Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Council, central and local Buddhist dignitaries; Tran Thanh Liem, Vice-Secretary of provincial Party Committee, Chairman of provincial People’s Committee; Nguyen Van Loc, Head of provincial Party Committee’s Mass Mobilization Commission, Chairman of provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Vice-Chairman of provincial People’s Council; Dang Minh Hung, Vice-Chairman of provincial People’s Committee together with leaders of sectors, departments in the province.

At the event, delegates heard a message of the VBS Supreme Patriarch about Lord Buddha’s 2563^rd birthday anniversary…Accordingly, the 16^th UN Day of Vesak hosted by Vietnam welcomed leaders from countries around the world and Vietnam in order to share and seek solutions to successfully implement the UN's Millennium Development Goals for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world…

On behalf of provincial leaders, Mr.Hung send his congratulations to Buddhist dignitaries, nuns, monks and followers on Lord Buddha’s 2563^rd birthday anniversary. He also acknowledged contributions by them in social welfare while wanting them to further realize patriotic emulation movements and well realize social charity activities.

Rituals of releasing balloons to pray for national peace and prosperity, bathing Lord Buddha…were also organized at the event. On this occasion, provincial Buddhist Sangha Executive Board donated charity houses, scholarships and gifts worth nearly VND2.5billion to the local poor people

Reported by Thanh Le-Translated by K.T