Paris and surrounding areas participated in the Buddhist festival Vu
Lan, which was held at the Truc Lam Monastery on Sept. 12.
Vietnamese Ambassador to France Le Kinh Tai, the embassy staff, Head
of the Propagation of Faith of the Thua Thien-Hue Buddhist Sangha Most
Venerable Thich Quang Nhuan and Head of the Truc Lam Monastery Most
Venerable Thich Phuoc Duong also joined the event.
Most Venerable Thich Quang Nhuan preached to Buddhist followers about
the legend of Bodhisattva Muc Kien Lien’s filial piety to save her
mother. The followers prayed for good things, health, happiness, peace
of the nation and security of people.
Vu Lan
festival is organised annually on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month.
The main objective of the festival is for the people to express their
gratefulness and appreciation to their dead parents and ancestors.
The Truc Lam Monastery belongs to the Truc Lam Yen Tu sect which was
founded by King Tran Nhan Tong. The pagoda was inaugurated in 1990 and
has become a familiar destination of Vietnamese students and Buddhist
followers in France./.
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