Releasing balloons as a prayer for peace and prosperity for the nation.

On May 31st, the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Association (VBA) of Can Tho City organized the Grand Buddha's Birthday Celebration for the Buddhist year 2570, Gregorian year 2026.

Leaders of Can Tho City and venerable monks and nuns performed the ritual of offering incense and bathing the Buddha statue to pray for national prosperity, peace, and world peace.

At the ceremony, the Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Can Tho City read the message for the Buddha's Birthday Celebration, Buddhist Calendar 2570, from the Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, and the Buddha's Birthday address for the Buddhist Calendar 2570, Gregorian Calendar 2026, from the Venerable Elder Chairman of the Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

Along with that, delegates, venerable monks and nuns, and Buddhist followers performed the ritual of offering incense and bathing the Buddha statue to pray for national prosperity, peace, and world peace…

Ms. Ho Thi Cam Dao, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Can Tho City, delivered a congratulatory speech on the occasion of the Buddha's Birthday celebration.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Ho Thi Cam Dao, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Can Tho City, extended greetings and congratulations to the Venerable religious dignitaries, as well as all monks, nuns, lay Buddhists, and followers.

Ms. Ho Thi Cam Dao emphasized that commemorating the Buddha's birthday holds special significance for monks, nuns, and Buddhists worldwide, and especially in Vietnam. The Buddha's birthday is celebrated annually by the United Nations as a global religious festival to honor the profound humanistic values ​​of Buddhism for peace among humankind.

Venerable monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers offer incense and pray for national prosperity, peace, and world peace.

“Having accompanied the nation for over two thousand years, Vietnamese Buddhism has always been closely linked to the destiny of the country, promoting the tradition of patriotism and the spirit of protecting the nation and ensuring the people's well-being, making important contributions to the cause of national liberation, building and defending the Fatherland. In every historical period, the Buddhist Church and its followers have always been active and reliable members of the great national unity,” affirmed Ms. Ho Thi Cam Dao.

She stated that, over the past period, along with the overall development of the city, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of the city and all monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers have made many practical contributions to social welfare activities, caring for the poor and vulnerable, building new rural areas and civilized urban areas, protecting the environment, caring for community health, promoting education and talent, contributing to the widespread dissemination of the good values ​​of Buddhism in social life.

Buddhist followers perform the ritual of bathing the Buddha statue.

Religious dignitaries, officials, monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers have always faithfully implemented the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws; actively participated in patriotic emulation movements and campaigns launched by the Fatherland Front; and contributed to maintaining political stability, social order and security, and consolidating national unity.

Delegates and venerable monks released balloons as a prayer for national peace and prosperity.

Ms. Ho Thi Cam Dao expressed her wish that the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Can Tho City would continue to uphold the tradition of patriotism, solidarity, and harmony; guide monks, nuns, and Buddhists to live "a good life and a beautiful faith," closely accompanying the nation; continue to actively participate in social welfare activities, environmental protection, climate change adaptation, digital transformation, and building cultural life in residential areas; and focus on training and nurturing a successor generation of monks and nuns to meet the development requirements in the new situation.
Continue to promote the role of religious leaders, officials, and influential figures in the Buddhist community; strengthen efforts to encourage monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers to strictly adhere to the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws; and contribute to building Can Tho City into an increasingly civilized, modern, compassionate, and sustainably developed city.

At the same time, we will uphold the fine national traditions of Vietnamese Buddhism, contributing to the solemnity of the Church in accordance with the spirit of the Buddha's Birthday Message of the Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Association.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tha-bong-bay-cau-nguyen-quoc-thai-dan-an-dai-le-phat-dan-2521194.html