{"id":5425,"date":"2020-08-26T11:59:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T04:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2020-08-27T06:03:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T23:03:48","slug":"invitation-letter-of-the-great-ceremony-of-vu-lan-2564-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/invitation-letter-of-the-great-ceremony-of-vu-lan-2564-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation Letter of the Great Ceremony of VU LAN Online 2564 &#8211; 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/category\/author\/phap-nhan-temple\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5423\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vu-lan-m\u1ef9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vu-lan-m\u1ef9.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vu-lan-m\u1ef9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vu-lan-m\u1ef9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vu-lan-m\u1ef9-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%; color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Namo The Original Master Sakyamuni Buddhaya<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">To:<em> Dear Monastics, lay Buddhists, and everyone,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">Discourse on Showing Great Gratitude to Parents states: \u201c<em><strong>On the Full Moon Day of yearly lunar July, people with filial piety and deep gratitude have to repay their parents<\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d Indeed, when the Vu Lan Ceremonial Season comes, everyone spends their free time going to the Temple so that they can practice the Buddhadharma and attend the Vu Lan Ceremony together happily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">The Vu Lan is the most important Spiritual Cultural Festival yearly to Vietnamese Buddhists, consisting of the following events: The first is praying blessings for the living parents arousing virtuous merit and longevity. The second is praying blessings for those who passed away were born up to a peaceful realm. The third is praying blessings for oneself and for others getting peaceful joy and happiness, and the fourth is praying blessings for the world peace, people obtaining peaceful joy. Through learning, understanding, practicing, spreading, and applying the Dharma into our daily lives, we can enjoy flowers and fruits of the Dharma pleasure for ourselves and for others right here and right now in the present life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">This year, because pandemic spreads everywhere, to contribute to preventing epidemics, Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple will hold the <strong><u>ONLINE VU LAN \u2013 Parents\u2019 Day Ceremony on Sunday, September 6, 2020<\/u><\/strong>. Please <strong><u>send your dead loved Ones\u2019 names <\/u><\/strong>or <strong><u>your living loved Ones\u2019 names<\/u><\/strong> <strong><u>to the Temple at the address above<\/u><\/strong> so that the Temple can chant and pray peace for them all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">Wholeheartedly praying for effectively early vaccines to treat this pandemic quickly being ended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">The schedule for the Ceremonial Day will take place as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">09:30 am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Great Ceremony of <strong>VU LAN<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">10:00 am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>VU LAN<\/strong> Chanting<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">10:30 am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Dharma talk<\/strong> about the <strong>meanings of <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the VU LAN Ceremony<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">11:30 am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ceremony of Roses being pinned <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 on garment chests<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">12:00 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Make offerings to the Sangha and<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 have cordial lunch<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">01:00 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Ceremony of Taking <strong>ONLINE Refuge<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 in the Three Jewels<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">02:00 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Closing\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">May you and your loved ones be well, healthy, and happy in the Dharma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\"><strong><em>Namo the Great Filial Piety of Moggall\u0101na Bodhisattva.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Abbot of the Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">Dharma Teacher Th\u00edch Tr\u1eebng S\u1ef9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Please write your full name, date, month, year of birth, and a photo ID, send to Phap Phap Temple early for the Temple to fill out the Certificate of Ordination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Please download the Memorial Form below<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/S\u1eda-C\u1ea6U-SI\u00caU-2020-VI\u1ec6T-ENGLISH-0.pdf\">S\u1eda-C\u1ea6U-SI\u00caU-2020-VI\u1ec6T-ENGLISH <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ph\u00e1p Nh\u00e3n Temple Namo The Original Master Sakyamuni Buddhaya To: Dear Monastics, lay Buddhists, and everyone, Discourse on Showing Great Gratitude to Parents states: \u201cOn the Full Moon Day of yearly lunar July, people with filial piety and deep gratitude have to repay their parents.\u201d Indeed, when the Vu Lan Ceremonial Season comes, everyone spends [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[226,231,273,269,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425"}],"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=5425"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5440,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425\/revisions\/5440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}