Over 600 monks and nuns from 22 provinces and cities in southeast andsouthwest regions sat side by side with their clerics at an on-goingconference on “Vietnamese Buddhists’ Role in Integration and NationalDevelopment”.
Most Venerable Thich Thien Duyen,Head of the Central Buddhists Guidance Board, who chairs the conference,highlighted the close-to-2,000 year history of Vietnamese Buddhismwhich, the cleric said, has been always going up and down with thenation.
“Measures to follow the Buddha’s teachingshave, therefore, been adapted to the integration era in an effort tospread the value of Buddhism doctrine in an effective way,” said thesenior Buddhist cleric.
The cleric urged theentire Buddhist community to warm up the country’s social life with thelight of Buddhism and strengthen unity among different religiouscommunities.
The three-day conference, which wasopened in Can Tho city on July 15, is to focus on major issues such asupholding the identity of Buddhist culture, orientation on daily andreligious life for Khmers and other ethnic minority groups in the regionand experiences in holding religious training courses.
Also high on the event’s agenda are experiences in leading aprogressive and happy family life among Buddhists in line with theconcept of Buddhism and teachings for younger generations on what to dofor the nation in the current integration and development stage.
As part of the conference, there will be manyBuddhist-bound programmes such as a camp of Buddhists’ families, charityevents, a ceremony to adopt 500 new monks and nuns to the Sangha andpreaching courses by lecturers from the Central Department forPropagation of Faith.
On this occasion, theorganising board has distributed 900 sets of gifts for poor peopleacross Can Tho city and presented 100 bicycles for poor, giftedstudents. Organisers also held free medical check-ups and grantedmedicines and milk for some 1,000 poor patients in the city./.
Most Venerable Thich Thien Duyen,Head of the Central Buddhists Guidance Board, who chairs the conference,highlighted the close-to-2,000 year history of Vietnamese Buddhismwhich, the cleric said, has been always going up and down with thenation.
“Measures to follow the Buddha’s teachingshave, therefore, been adapted to the integration era in an effort tospread the value of Buddhism doctrine in an effective way,” said thesenior Buddhist cleric.
The cleric urged theentire Buddhist community to warm up the country’s social life with thelight of Buddhism and strengthen unity among different religiouscommunities.
The three-day conference, which wasopened in Can Tho city on July 15, is to focus on major issues such asupholding the identity of Buddhist culture, orientation on daily andreligious life for Khmers and other ethnic minority groups in the regionand experiences in holding religious training courses.
Also high on the event’s agenda are experiences in leading aprogressive and happy family life among Buddhists in line with theconcept of Buddhism and teachings for younger generations on what to dofor the nation in the current integration and development stage.
As part of the conference, there will be manyBuddhist-bound programmes such as a camp of Buddhists’ families, charityevents, a ceremony to adopt 500 new monks and nuns to the Sangha andpreaching courses by lecturers from the Central Department forPropagation of Faith.
On this occasion, theorganising board has distributed 900 sets of gifts for poor peopleacross Can Tho city and presented 100 bicycles for poor, giftedstudents. Organisers also held free medical check-ups and grantedmedicines and milk for some 1,000 poor patients in the city./.
