{"id":13423,"date":"2026-02-09T07:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=13423"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:26:54","slug":"memorial-tribute-for-the-late-most-venerable-master-thich-phap-quang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/memorial-tribute-for-the-late-most-venerable-master-thich-phap-quang\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Tribute for the Late Most Venerable Master Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;\">HT. Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0By <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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13425 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p2-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p2-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p2-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; color: #ff0000;\">MEMORIAL TRIBUTE FOR THE LATE MOST VENERABLE MASTER TH\u00cdCH PH\u00c1P QUANG<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pdzTXHqu24\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/tv\/bai-tuong-niem-giac-linh-hoa-thuong-an-su-dao-hieu-thich-phap-quang\/\">B\u00e0i t\u01b0\u1edfng ni\u1ec7m Gi\u00e1c Linh H\u00f2a th\u01b0\u1ee3ng \u00c2n S\u01b0 \u0111\u1ea1o hi\u1ec7u Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;B\u00e0i t\u01b0\u1edfng ni\u1ec7m Gi\u00e1c Linh H\u00f2a th\u01b0\u1ee3ng \u00c2n S\u01b0 \u0111\u1ea1o hi\u1ec7u Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang&#8221; &#8212; Phap Nhan Temple\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/tv\/bai-tuong-niem-giac-linh-hoa-thuong-an-su-dao-hieu-thich-phap-quang\/embed\/#?secret=pdzTXHqu24\" data-secret=\"pdzTXHqu24\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: impact, sans-serif;\">Nam M\u00f4 A Di \u0110\u00e0 Ph\u1eadt.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">Respectfully, to the Most Venerable Elders presiding, Monks and Nuns,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">Dear fellow Buddhist Devotees,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\"><em>and all distinguished Guests<\/em>,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">In Majjhima Nik\u0101ya 37, the Shorter Discourse on the Destruction of Craving, the Buddha taught as follows:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; color: #0000ff;\">Birth is ended; <\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; color: #0000ff;\">the holy life has been fulfilled; <\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; color: #0000ff;\">what had to be done has been done; <\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">there is no further return to any state of existence<\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tang l\u1ec5 C\u1ed1 H\u00f2a Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang-The funeral of the Late Most Ven. Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang 2-4-26.\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1ret_dcQhA?list=PL7hSPEhKYWcDLX0XzzBJIrAvIeWx7-Okb\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13426 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p11-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p11-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p11-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p11-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p11-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p11.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">In the Dhammapada, verse 41, the Buddha teaches:<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">Before long, this body<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">Will lie stretched upon the ground\u2014<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">Cast aside, devoid of consciousness,<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">Like a rotten log.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13367 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ch-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ch-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ch-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ch.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">All beings in this world exist only for a limited time and must eventually depart. This is the law of impermanence, from which no one can escape. In daily life, when alive, while studying and practicing the Anatt\u0101-lakkha\u1e47a Sutta (Discourse on the Characteristic of Non-Self), our Venerable Master often reminded us: \u201cThe body is very fragile and impermanent; it can pass away at any moment. If the breath comes in but does not go out, one will be reborn in another life. When impermanence arrives, we cannot hold on to this body, let alone anything else, including our loved ones and material possessions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0110\u00f4i l\u1eddi tri \u00e2n c\u1ee7a Ban T\u1ed5 Ch\u1ee9c, m\u00f4n \u0111\u1ed3 Ph\u00e1p quy\u1ebfn, Gia quy\u1ebfn trong Tang l\u1ec5 C\u1ed1 HT Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uw_NwoiZ4QU?list=PL7hSPEhKYWcDLX0XzzBJIrAvIeWx7-Okb\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13427 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p7-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p7-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p7-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p7-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p7-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p7.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">With this clear understanding, while we are still breathing in and out, we should speak wholesome words, think wholesome thoughts, and do wholesome deeds to benefit ourselves and others right here and right now in this very life. When this body is gone, we should contemplate and practice the Buddha&#8217;s teachings daily, as our Most Venerable Master further taught, and not cling to it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">The eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the mouth, the body, and the mind are not me, not mine, and not my own self.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13428 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p8-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p8-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p8-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p8-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p8-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p8.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">Furthermore, in the Great Discourse on the Final Passing, D\u012bgha Nik\u0101ya 16, the Buddha teaches that:<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">All conditioned things are impermanent;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">They arise and pass away. <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">When arising and passing away cease, <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Peaceful cessation is bliss<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13429 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p6-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p6-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p6-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p6-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p6-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p6.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">Indeed, in harmony with the law of impermanence, our Most Revered Master, Venerable Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang, passed away peacefully at Bodhi Am Hermitage, on January 21, 2026, at 3:38 AM. He lived for 76 years and had 36 years of monastic life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13430 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p9-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p9-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p9-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p9-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p9-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p9.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">Today, in the presence and with the blessings of the Most Venerable Elders, Senior Venerables, and Venerable Monks and Nuns, through the memorial tribute presented above, we sincerely and respectfully invite all of you to wholeheartedly pray that the Enlightened Spirit of our Most Venerable Master may ascend to the Buddha\u2019s Abodes, swiftly return to this world, continue the mission of propagating the True Dharma, and bring benefit to all beings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13431 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p0-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p0-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p0-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p0-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p0.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\">On behalf of the Austin Buddhist Community and the surrounding regions, as well as the disciples, family, and Dharma supporters of Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple, we sincerely pay our respects and express our deepest gratitude for your presence and blessings. We respectfully wish you abundant health, peace of body and mind, and success in all your Buddhist endeavors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #282828; background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; background-color: #ffff00;\">With the deepest reverence, we wholeheartedly pay homage to<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%;\">The Late Most Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhisattva, Dharma name Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang, the founder of Bodhi Am Hermitage, Elgin, Texas, who peacefully passed away on January 21, 2026, at the age of 76, having completed 36 years of monastic life. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">May the Enlightened Spirit of the Most Venerable Master compassionately abide upon the lotus seat and graciously bear witness<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 170%; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; color: #282828;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Namo Buddhaya, Namo Dharmaya, Namo Sa\u1e45ghaya<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13432 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/p3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HT. Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0By Ven. Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9 MEMORIAL TRIBUTE FOR THE LATE MOST VENERABLE MASTER TH\u00cdCH PH\u00c1P QUANG B\u00e0i t\u01b0\u1edfng ni\u1ec7m Gi\u00e1c Linh H\u00f2a th\u01b0\u1ee3ng \u00c2n S\u01b0 \u0111\u1ea1o hi\u1ec7u Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang Nam M\u00f4 A Di \u0110\u00e0 Ph\u1eadt. 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