{"id":4501,"date":"2020-03-10T00:53:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T17:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=4501"},"modified":"2020-05-07T07:42:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T00:42:58","slug":"the-invitation-letter-of-attending-the-2644th-vesak-season-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/the-invitation-letter-of-attending-the-2644th-vesak-season-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Invitation Letter of Attending the 2644th Vesak Season &#8211; 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/category\/author\/phap-nhan-temple\/\">Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5072\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vk\u00e2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vk\u00e2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vk\u00e2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vk\u00e2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vk\u00e2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">To: <em>Dear Monastics, Buddhists, and Everyone,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Pay respectful homage to the World-Honored One \u2013 the Master has shown the way of Peace to living beings all over the planet. His loving kindness, compassion, and wisdom shine all over the directions. We express our deeply wholehearted hearts to him to be directed toward the admiration of the Master of gods and human beings.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">We know that the <em>Sakyamuni Buddha,<\/em> the Fully Enlightened One, the Founder of Buddhism, the path of awakening, enlightenment, and peace to the many right in the present life, has appeared in the world for over the past two thousand and six hundred years. Wherever Buddhism has been spread, there anciently as well as presently, a religious war has never happened. Wherever Buddhism has been present, there it contributes to bringing authentic joy, happiness, and peace to many people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">To express our gratitude to the Buddha, Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple has a wholesome opportunity to invite the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Most Venerable Monk Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang, Bhante Gnanaratana, Bhante Thilakarathana, Senior Venerable Monk Th\u00edch T\u00e2m \u0110\u1ea1o, Th\u00edch Nhu\u1eadn T\u00e1nh, Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng Ch\u01a1n, Venerable Nun H\u1ea1nh Hu\u1ec7, and Nun H\u1ea1nh Minh<\/span>, to attend the Great Ceremony of the Vesak Day and preach the Dharma.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">On occasion of this year Vesak Day, you are cordially invited to spend your proper time going to the Temple for your attending this major event. May you all be well, healthy, and happy in the Dharma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">Schedule for the <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Buddha\u2019s Birthday Ceremony<\/strong><\/span> will take place on <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sunday, April 26, 2020<\/span>.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">09:00 am:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Welcome you all to the Phap Nhan Temple\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">09:30 am:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Sangha is respectfully invited<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">10:00 am:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Celebrating <strong>the Great Ceremony of the Buddha\u2019s\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Birthday <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">10:20 am:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Reading the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>message of the Buddha\u2019s Birthday <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">10:40 am:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Dharma talk about<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> meanings of the Vesak Day<\/span> \u2013 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Master Th\u00edch Ph\u00e1p Quang<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">11:20 am:\u00a0 \u00a0 Chanting the Vesak Sutra, the Ceremony of bathing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the newborn baby Buddha<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">12:00 am:\u00a0 \u00a0 Make offerings to the Sangha and have a cordial lunch\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">01:00 pm:\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Performance of the Vesak songs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">02:00 pm:\u00a0 \u00a0 The Ceremony of Taking Refuges and <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 transmitting Five Ethical Trainings<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\">03:00 pm:\u00a0 \u00a0 Closing of activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 The Abbot of Phap Nhan Temple<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 160%;\"><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Venerable Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Please write your full name, DOB, and an ID picture, and then send them soon to the Phap\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nhan\u00a0Temple so that Dharma Master\u00a0will fill them in the Certificate of Ordination for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple To: Dear Monastics, Buddhists, and Everyone, \u201cPay respectful homage to the World-Honored One \u2013 the Master has shown the way of Peace to living beings all over the planet. His loving kindness, compassion, and wisdom shine all over the directions. We express our deeply wholehearted hearts to him to be directed toward [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228,207,226,206,1,218,225,233],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501"}],"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=4501"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5074,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501\/revisions\/5074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}