The Invitation Letter of TẾT
in the New Year of the Tiger–2022
To Monastics, lay Buddhists, and everyone,
“On New Year’s new day, Maitreya was born
with his much good virtue and peaceful mind,
we who respectfully pay homage to him,
pray peace for all over living beings.
The New Day gives life more fresh colors
The old and young open their merry smiles
All people and families that cultivate together
Welcome the New Year with their peaceful minds.”
We know that, in the first days of the new year, according to Vietnamese culture and tradition, Tet is a good opportunity for people to go to the Temple for paying homage to the Buddha at the beginning of the year, planting merit, cultivating the spiritual life, praying peace and happiness for families, schools, and society.
This year, in the United States, the New Year’s Eve Celebration falls on a Monday, so that you can easily go to the Temple, we will hold a LUNAR NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY NIGHT, a program to celebrate Tết, the Lunar New Year of the Tiger 2022 at Pháp Nhãn Temple will be organized as follows:
Sunday, on January 30th 2022, the Lunar New Year’s Eve Celebration
5:00 pm: Repentant Ceremony
6:00 pm: Ceremony of Welcoming the Happy Lunar New Year’s Eve, wishing Tết for you, granting a New Year’s lucky gift to you.
Tuesday, the First Day of the Lunar New Year, February 1st 2022
10:00 am: Ceremony of Celebrating Maitreya Buddha Spring
Wednesday, the Second Day of the Lunar New Year, February 2nd 2022
10:00 am: Ceremony of New Year Prayers
Thursday, the Third Day of the Lunar New Year, February 3rd 2022
10:00 am: Chanting the Greatest Happiness Sutta
Sunday, February 6th 2022
10:00 am: Opening Medicine Master Sutra and Dharma talk
Sunday, February 13th 2022
10:00 am: Offerings to the Full Moon Day of Lunar January and Ceremony of becoming the Buddha’s Children.[1]
On the occasion of the New Year, we wish you and your loved Ones full of health, peace, joy, and happiness.
Tết arrives, all people rejoice in the Buddha- dharma
Spring comes, all places fill with peace – joy.
The Abbot of Pháp Nhãn Temple
Venerable Thích Trừng Sỹ
[1]Please write your full names, DOB, and an ID photo, send them to Phap Nhan Temple soon in order that the Master will fill them in Certificates of Ordination for you.
