{"id":10963,"date":"2024-03-22T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=10963"},"modified":"2024-04-02T03:58:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:58:17","slug":"invitation-letter-of-attending-vesak-day-celebration-and-ceremony-for-a-westerner-to-be-ordained-as-a-novice-monk-at-phap-nhan-temple-sunday-june-9-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/invitation-letter-of-attending-vesak-day-celebration-and-ceremony-for-a-westerner-to-be-ordained-as-a-novice-monk-at-phap-nhan-temple-sunday-june-9-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation letter of attending Vesak Day Celebration and Ceremony for a Westerner to be ordained as a Novice Monk at Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple, Sunday, June 9, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 160%; color: #282828;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/category\/author\/phap-nhan-temple\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/category\/author\/ven-thich-trung-sy\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Ven. Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10964 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/en-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/en-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/en-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/en-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/en-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 160%; color: #ff0000;\">Invitation Letter of Attending the 2568th Vesak Day Celebration and Ceremony for a Westerner to be ordained as a Novice Monk<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 180%; color: #ff00ff;\">\u00a0Sunday, June 9, 2024<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\"><em>Dear Venerable Monastic and Lay Buddhist Devotees<\/em>,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\">We respectfully listen to the Buddha\u2019s Birthday poem:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">The Buddha having been present in life<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">Propagates the right Dharma to illuminate both gods and human beings.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">Now the Four Assemblies in the presence\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Jointly study and practice the Dharma, all regions get peaceful and happy<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\">As we know every year when the great Vesak festival returns to different places around the world, whether we are Buddhists or non-Buddhists, whether we are workers, officials, or teachers, etc. \u2026, whether at the Temple, at the Monastery, or even in an office, all of us share the same good thoughts and organize together to practice and study the Buddha Dharma, and review the life of Shakyamuni Buddha to help us live a life of peace, joy, and happiness for the many right here in the present life.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\">In order for this year\u2019s Vesak Day to increase more solemn parts, we would like to wholeheartedly invite the Venerable Monastic and lay Buddhist devotees to spend your precious time coming to Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple to attend this great event. Your presence and witnesses are a great blessing to our Temple. We are deeply grateful to you for your presence.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 150%; color: #ff0000;\">Program of Vesak Day will take place as follows:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">09:30 am: Welcome you all to the Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">10:00 am: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Celebration of Vesak Day<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">10:30 am: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ceremony for the Westerner to be ordained as a Novice Monk<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">10:50 am: Read the message of Vesak Day<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">11:00 am: The Meaning of Vesak Day &#8211; The<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Most Venerable Master<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">11:20 am: Vesak chanting and new-born Buddha Bathing Ceremony<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">12:00 pm: Make offerings to the Sangha and have friendly lunch together<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">01:00 pm: Singing offerings to Vesak Day<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">02:00 pm: The Ceremony of Taking Refuges and transmitting the Five Ethical Trainings <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #0000ff;\">03:00 pm: Closing.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\">Wishing the great Sangha infinite peace and infinite auspiciousness.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Abbot of Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Venerable Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 200%; color: #282828;\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; color: #ff0000;\">* <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 80%;\">Please write your full name, date of birth, and enclose an ID-sized photo sent to Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple as soon as possible at the above address so that the Temple can fill in the Certificate of Ordination for you.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10965 \" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/t-dai-ENG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"1217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/t-dai-ENG.jpg 960w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/t-dai-ENG-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/t-dai-ENG-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/t-dai-ENG-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"35B1HgLArT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/tv\/thu-moi-tham-du-dai-le-phat-dan-va-le-xuat-gia-cho-nguoi-my-o-chua-phap-nhan-chu-nhat-ngay-9-6-2024\/\">Th\u01b0 m\u1eddi tham d\u1ef1 \u0110\u1ea1i L\u1ec5 Ph\u1eadt \u0110\u1ea3n v\u00e0 L\u1ec5 Xu\u1ea5t Gia cho ng\u01b0\u1eddi M\u1ef9 \u1edf Ch\u00f9a Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n, Ch\u1ee7 Nh\u1eadt, ng\u00e0y 9\/6\/2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9 Invitation Letter of Attending the 2568th Vesak Day Celebration and Ceremony for a Westerner to be ordained as a Novice Monk \u00a0Sunday, June 9, 2024 Dear Venerable Monastic and Lay Buddhist Devotees, We respectfully listen to the Buddha\u2019s Birthday poem: The Buddha having been present in life [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[224,247,1,217,331,233,223],"tags":[651],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10963"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11007,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10963\/revisions\/11007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}