FUNERAL PROGRAM
The Late Most Venerable Elder Master Thích Tịnh Đức
Depute Supreme Patriarch of the Oversea Vietnamese Theravada Buddhist Sangha
The Head Monk of Đạo Quang Temple
3522 N. Garland Avenue, Garland, TX 75040
Phone: 909-455-2555
FRIDAY, January 21, 2022
(on December 19 of the Ox Year)
09:00 am:
- Ceremony of Putting the Master’s physical body into the Casket at RESTLAND Funeral Home 13005 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75243 * (972) 238-7111
10:00 am:
- Wholeheartedly welcoming his Casket to be located at the Dharma Hall of Đạo Quang Temple (Rites of two Traditions of the Northern and the Southern Buddhism)
11:30 am:
- Making offerings to Monastics
- Honored Guests and Buddhists have lunch
01:00 pm – 06:00 pm:
- Visiting and Praying
05:00 pm:
- Dinner
07:00 pm:
- Ceremony of Chanting and Praying
- Dharma talk by (The Most Venerable Elder Supreme Patriarch Thích Pháp Nhẫn)
SATURDAY, January 22, 2022
(on December 20 of the Ox Year)
05:30 am:
- Morning Chanting and meditation practice
07:00 am:
- Breakfast
08:00 – 10:00 am:
- Visiting and Praying
10:00 am:
- Memorial Celebration (Rites of the Northern Buddhism), First Evening, Visiting the Buddha and Dharma Patriarchs
11:30 am:
- Making offerings to Monastics
- Honored Guests and Buddhists have lunch
01:00 pm – 06:00 pm:
- Visiting and Praying
05: pm:
- Dinner
7:00 pm:
- Ceremony of Chanting and Praying
08:00 pm:
- Memorial Night
- Poem Recitation performance of the Late Most Venerable Elder Master Thích Tịnh Đức
SUNDAY, January 23, 2022
(on December 21 of the Ox Year)
5:30 am:
- Morning Chanting and meditation practice
7:00 am:
- Breakfast
8:30 am:
- Visiting and Praying
10:00 am:
- Making offerings to Monastics
- Honored Guests and Buddhists have lunch
11:00 am:
- Memorial Ceremony of Meritorious Conduct of the Late Most Venerable Elder Master (There is a separate program)
01:30 pm:
- Ceremony of Moving the Master’s Casket
- His Casket is respectfully invited and taken to the Vehicle to go to the Funeral Home
02:00 pm:
- Cremation Ceremony
03:30 pm:
- Ceremony of Inviting His Enlightened Soul to be peacefully located at the Ancestral Hall of Đạo Quang Temple
04:30 pm:
- Sharing the Merits
- Perfection of Activities Closing
Senior Venerable Thích Chánh Niệm, chief disciple of the Late Most Venerable Master Thích Tịnh Đức
The Most Venerable Elder Master Thích Chơn Trí, the Chief Monk, Abbot of Pháp Vân Temple, the Head of the Funeral Organizing Committee and Senior Venerable Thích Chánh Niệm, putting on Sanghati or Kasa Robe for the Late Most Venerable Master Thích Tịnh Đức
Chương Trình Tang Lễ của Cố Trưởng Lão Hòa thượng Thích Tịnh Đức
