The 705th commemorative anniversary of the attainment of Nirvana ofKing-Monk Tran Nhan Tong will take place on Yen Tu Holly Mountain,northern Quang Ninh province on December 3. The King is known as thefounder of Vietnamese Zen Buddhism.
Tran NhanTong was born in 1258 and died in 1308. He was the third emperor of theTran dynasty. Ascended to the throne at the age of 21, the king is famedfor defeating Mongol invaders.
He abdicated his throne at theage of 35 and spent the rest of his life on the Yen Tu Mountainpractising and propagating Buddhism. He founded the Truc Lam School ofZen, or the Bamboo Forest School .
During that time, the King-Monk worked to unify different sects of Vietnamese Buddhism into Vietnamese Zen Buddhism.
TheVietnam Buddhist Sangha Central Committee has long observed the dayKing Tran Nhan Tong attained Nirvana - the first day of the eleventhlunar month - as the national anniversary of Vietnamese Buddhism.
MostVenerable Thich Thanh Quyet, Head of the Quang Ninh Buddhist Sangha’sExecutive Board said the most outstanding ideology of King-Monk TranNhan Tong was that of patriotism, national defence and development,which is associated closely to the Vietnamese nation. It was theinheritance of Buddhism ideology of many Vietnamese generations.
On the occasion, a bronze statue of the Kink-Monk Tran Nhan Tong willbe placed on Yen Tu Mountain. The 15 metres high statue is made byartisans from Bac Ninh and Nam Dinh provinces.
Other activities and festivals will be held at the time.
According to Nguyen Minh Hong, Director of the Quang Ninh Departmentof Information and Communications, the province has held many bigevents, so that he believes the commemorative ceremony will besuccessful. Quang Ninh has stood ready for it, he added.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha is working with other agencies to compilea dossier on King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong to seek UNESCO’s recognitionfor him as a World Cultural Celebrity and for the Yen Tu historical siteas a world cultural heritage.-VNA
Tran NhanTong was born in 1258 and died in 1308. He was the third emperor of theTran dynasty. Ascended to the throne at the age of 21, the king is famedfor defeating Mongol invaders.
He abdicated his throne at theage of 35 and spent the rest of his life on the Yen Tu Mountainpractising and propagating Buddhism. He founded the Truc Lam School ofZen, or the Bamboo Forest School .
During that time, the King-Monk worked to unify different sects of Vietnamese Buddhism into Vietnamese Zen Buddhism.
TheVietnam Buddhist Sangha Central Committee has long observed the dayKing Tran Nhan Tong attained Nirvana - the first day of the eleventhlunar month - as the national anniversary of Vietnamese Buddhism.
MostVenerable Thich Thanh Quyet, Head of the Quang Ninh Buddhist Sangha’sExecutive Board said the most outstanding ideology of King-Monk TranNhan Tong was that of patriotism, national defence and development,which is associated closely to the Vietnamese nation. It was theinheritance of Buddhism ideology of many Vietnamese generations.
On the occasion, a bronze statue of the Kink-Monk Tran Nhan Tong willbe placed on Yen Tu Mountain. The 15 metres high statue is made byartisans from Bac Ninh and Nam Dinh provinces.
Other activities and festivals will be held at the time.
According to Nguyen Minh Hong, Director of the Quang Ninh Departmentof Information and Communications, the province has held many bigevents, so that he believes the commemorative ceremony will besuccessful. Quang Ninh has stood ready for it, he added.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha is working with other agencies to compilea dossier on King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong to seek UNESCO’s recognitionfor him as a World Cultural Celebrity and for the Yen Tu historical siteas a world cultural heritage.-VNA
