A ceremony to commemorate the 705th anniversary of the attainment ofNirvana of King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong, the founder of Vietnam ZenBuddhism, was held at Yen Tu Mountain in northeastern Quang Ninh onDecember 3.
Prominent among the guestsat the event, co-organised by the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) CentralCommittee and the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, was VicePresident Nguyen Thi Doan and Deputy Prime Ministers Vu Duc Dam and PhamBinh Minh.
On this occasion, a bronze statueof the King-Monk was placed on Yen Tu Mountain where his passage toNirvana took place. The statue, weighing 138 tonnes and measuring 15metres in height, was made by artisans from the northern provinces ofBac Ninh and Nam Dinh at a cost of 72 billion VND.
Addressing the event, Deputy PM Dam said the ceremony manifestspeople’s respect to King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong as well as the Party andState’s consistent policies of respecting religious and belief freedom,and approving religions to accompany the country’s development journey.
Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308), the third kingof the Tran dynasty, ascended the throne when he was just 21. He isfamed for defeating Mongol invaders twice during his 15-year reign.
The King abdicated the throne when he was 35 and spent the rest ofhis life on Yen Tu Mountain practising and propagating Buddhism. Hefounded the Truc Lam School of Zen and worked to unify differentVietnamese Buddhism sects into Vietnamese Zen Buddhism.
The VBS Central Committee has long observed the day King Tran NhanTong attained Nirvana (the first day of the 11th lunar month) as thenational anniversary of Vietnamese Buddhism.
The committee has also coordinated with ministries and branches tocompile a dossier to be submitted to UNESCO for its recognition of theMonk-King as a World Cultural Celebrity and the historical and culturalsite of the Tran dynasty in Dong Trieu district and the sacred Buddhisthistorical site of Yen Tu as part of the World Cultural Heritage.-VNA
Prominent among the guestsat the event, co-organised by the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) CentralCommittee and the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, was VicePresident Nguyen Thi Doan and Deputy Prime Ministers Vu Duc Dam and PhamBinh Minh.
On this occasion, a bronze statueof the King-Monk was placed on Yen Tu Mountain where his passage toNirvana took place. The statue, weighing 138 tonnes and measuring 15metres in height, was made by artisans from the northern provinces ofBac Ninh and Nam Dinh at a cost of 72 billion VND.
Addressing the event, Deputy PM Dam said the ceremony manifestspeople’s respect to King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong as well as the Party andState’s consistent policies of respecting religious and belief freedom,and approving religions to accompany the country’s development journey.
Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308), the third kingof the Tran dynasty, ascended the throne when he was just 21. He isfamed for defeating Mongol invaders twice during his 15-year reign.
The King abdicated the throne when he was 35 and spent the rest ofhis life on Yen Tu Mountain practising and propagating Buddhism. Hefounded the Truc Lam School of Zen and worked to unify differentVietnamese Buddhism sects into Vietnamese Zen Buddhism.
The VBS Central Committee has long observed the day King Tran NhanTong attained Nirvana (the first day of the 11th lunar month) as thenational anniversary of Vietnamese Buddhism.
The committee has also coordinated with ministries and branches tocompile a dossier to be submitted to UNESCO for its recognition of theMonk-King as a World Cultural Celebrity and the historical and culturalsite of the Tran dynasty in Dong Trieu district and the sacred Buddhisthistorical site of Yen Tu as part of the World Cultural Heritage.-VNA
