Ba Temple complex at Ba Den mountain in Tay Ninh was chosen as the place to hold the largest Tam Hoa X ordination so far, with the participation of more than 400 monks, nuns and monastics.
In Buddhist culture, Dai Gioi Dan is the most important festival, the place to celebrate rites of ordination, transmission and ordination. Taking place in 4 days from August 5 to August 8, the Tam Hoa X Grand Precept has become the biggest event of the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Tay Ninh province. The Tam Hoa X Great Ordinance is held every 8 years by the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in the province, in order to impart the Dharma precepts, to meet the aspirations of the monastics inside and outside the province to study and practice religion. dignify themselves, contributing to the dignification of the Church. Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain
The great ordination of Tam Hoa X has 232 precepts registered for ordination. The ordination for monks was held at Linh Son Phuoc Trung pagoda at the foot of Ba Den mountain and the ordination for nuns was held at Long Chau Phuoc Trung pagoda, belonging to the Ba pagoda complex. Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain
The Ba pagoda complex consists of 6 pagodas at Ba Den mountain, of which Linh Son Tien Thach Tu is the oldest temple with the age of 300 years, associated with the legend of Linh Son Thanh Mau, which is revered as a Bodhisattva and a symbol of faith. threshold of the people of the South. Photo: Ngo Tran Hai An
After the closing ceremony of the Tam Hoa X Grand Precept on the morning of August 8, 8 monks, nuns and disciples went to Ba Den Peak to admire the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son on the highest mountain in Asia. and a large-scale Buddhist exhibition at the foot of the statue. Photo: Giang Chau Phuong
The disciples paid their respects in front of the relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, who were solemnly seated in a two-story lapis lazuli stupa in the middle of the sacred relic space at the Buddhist exhibition center at the foot of the Tay Bo Da Son Buddha statue. This is the jade relic of the Buddha given to Vietnam by the World Buddhist Federation in Bodhgaya, India in 2014, and makes Ba Den Mountain a rare place in Vietnam to be chosen to keep "treasures". of the Buddhist world”. Photo: Giang Chau Phuong
The large square on the top of the mountain with the Prajna sutras engraved with 12.000 Tibetan words inlaid with gold is overwhelmed in the color of the monastic robes. For practitioners, the Bat Nha Sutra is the torch that illuminates the path to enlightenment, and the journey of worshiping the Bat Nha Sutra is considered a journey for the disciples towards wisdom, peace, and great meaning. dash of the path to enlightenment. Most Venerable Thich Thien Thuc - Deputy Head and Chief Secretary of the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Tay Ninh province shared: "The complex on the top of Ba Den mountain is a relic, and I have an intuition here. very sacred and magical”. Photo: Giang Chau Phuong
Monks and nuns pray and spin the wheel of the Sutra at the second floor of the Buddhist exhibition area at the foot of the great Buddha statue of Tay Bo Da Son on the top of the mountain. This is a type of Dharma tool used by Tibetan Buddhists for the practice of chanting. It is believed that the wheel of the Sutra can rotate as a way to create immeasurable merit in the simplest way, just touching the prayer wheel is a great purification in removing karma. Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain
In the large space of the exhibition area, the disciples also visited the display area with imitation versions of classic Buddhist art works, including many famous Buddha statues of Vietnam and the world. . Many versions of antiques in wooden and stone Buddhist architecture dating from the XNUMXth to XNUMXth centuries are also displayed in the Buddhist exhibition on the top of Ba Den mountain. Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain
The 3D mapping movie theater is a place where the worlds learn and explore the universe in Buddhist conception through video mapping technology with the world's leading modern audio and projection equipment. Photo: Giang Chau Phuong
The 3D Hologram technology park offers monks the experience of contemplating 16 ancient temples, dating from 200 years old such as Bo Da pagoda, Vinh Nghiem, Phat Tich, Perfume pagoda, But Thap, Thien Mu ... , in floating three-dimensional space. Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain
Considered the most sacred mountain in the South, Ba Den Mountain is not only the place where many major Buddhist cultural events take place in Tay Ninh province, but also a leading destination for worship and pilgrimage in the Southern region. . According to the statistics of Sun World Ba Den Mountain tourist area, in only 7 months of 2023, there were 3,7 million visitors taking the cable car up the mountain, and this number is expected to continue to increase in the last months of the year when there are many large-scale spiritual and cultural events to be organized such as the Vu Lan ceremony of filial piety, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the ordination ceremony of Quan The Am, etc. Photo: Nguyen Minh Tu.
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