Vietnam says it with flowers at UN Vesak celebrations in Sri Lanka

[Godman]

Vietnam says it with flowers at UN Vesak celebrations in Sri Lanka
May 11, 2017 07:21 AM GMT+0530 | 0 Comment(s)

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ECONOMYNEXT - Student monks and nuns from Vietnam in Sri Lanka have built a stall abloom with floral decorations to showcase Buddhist traditions in their country, as part of UN International Vesak Day celebrations, which is drawing wide interest from visitors.

Set in an international Vesak zone near Sri Lanka's parliament, the stall aims to educate visitors on three Buddhist sects found in Vietnam; Mahayana, Theravada and the relatively recent Khất Sĩ mendicant school.

"This is an effort by Bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs from all three Bhuddist schools studying in Sri Lanka," says Venerable Thanh Au, a monk involved in building the exhibits.

Over 50 Vietnamese monks are studying in Sri Lanka, he said.

Some are reading for doctorates and others are following master's programs.

Visitors who come through the entrance facade pass a map of Vietnam set out in flowers.

Flowers for the stall was brought from Vietnam, Venerable Hue Phat said. Flowers are widely used in Vietnam to celebrate all occasions and are widely available.

A representation of Vietnam's One Pillar Pagoda set in a lotus pond, flanked by two florally decorated dragons greet visitors inside the stall.

Venerable Lien Vien, a nun studying at Peradeniya University, says the dragon's body was made with everlasting flowers (Hoa bất tử) found in Da Lat city in Vietnam.

In the Vietnamese tradition, dragons are powerful and beneficial beings, and are closely associated mythology involving the origins of the country and its people, much like the lion in Sri Lanka.

The One Pillar Pagoda is a historic temple in the Vietnamese capital of Ha Noi.

The temples had been built by Emperor Lý Thái Tông in 1049, out of gratitude for having been blessed with a son after being childless. He had dreamed of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara handing him a son while seated on a lotus flower.

Inside the stall visitors who queued to can read about the Buddhism in Vietnam and see more floral decorations.

Vietnam is a socialist republic, where a large majority of the people claim to follow no religion.

Along with Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, parts of Vietnam had been under Indianized Hindu-Bhuddist cultural influence.

The country's several Buddhists sects make up at least 16 percent of the population according to some estimates followed by Christians (mainly Catholics) and followers of Cao Dai.

But according to a 2009 government census about 81 percent the population had said they had no particular religious affiliation. Ancestor veneration is widespread as in several other parts of South East Asia.

http://www.economynext.com/Vietnam_...esak_celebrations_in_Sri_Lanka-3-7910-13.html

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[Godman]

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

- Student monks and nuns from Vietnam in Sri Lanka have built a stall abloom with floral decorations to showcase Buddhist traditions in their country, as part of UN International Vesak Day celebrations, which is drawing wide interest from visitors.

Why not have warrior monks dripping head to toe in the blood of their enemies? Arguably a better representation of buddhist traditions that not a lot of people are familiar with,quite fearsome and deadly warriors that should be respected and represented all over the world if I must say.

 

[Godman]

Why not have warrior monks dripping head to toe in the blood of their enemies? Arguably a better representation of buddhist traditions that not a lot of people are familiar with,quite fearsome and deadly warriors that should be respected and represented all over the world if I must say.

The Sōhei are a branch of buddhist monks who adopted to the warlike culture of feudal Japan. Its forbidden for Monks to fight unless attacked first and military service is forbidden while robbed. Vesak is also the Birthday of Gautan Buddha alongside his Enlightenment and achievement of Nirvana, violence distances from Nirvana

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

The Sōhei are a branch of buddhist monks who adopted to the warlike culture of feudal Japan. Its forbidden for Monks to fight unless attacked first and military service is forbidden while robbed. Vesak is also the Birthday of Gautan Buddha alongside his Enlightenment and achievement of Nirvana, violence distances from Nirvana

Then your monks are BORING

I will stick with buddhist warrior monks, way cooler.

 

[Godman]

Then your monks are BORING

I will stick with buddhist warrior monks, way cooler.

Most monks had martial arts training back then. Some like Theraputthabhya even commanded armies in Sri Lanka against Chola invaders(After disrobing) and after winning the war he became a monk again.

 

[Viet]

Vietnam says it with flowers at UN Vesak celebrations in Sri Lanka
May 11, 2017 07:21 AM GMT+0530 | 0 Comment(s)

ECONOMYNEXT - Student monks and nuns from Vietnam in Sri Lanka have built a stall abloom with floral decorations to showcase Buddhist traditions in their country, as part of UN International Vesak Day celebrations, which is drawing wide interest from visitors.

Set in an international Vesak zone near Sri Lanka's parliament, the stall aims to educate visitors on three Buddhist sects found in Vietnam; Mahayana, Theravada and the relatively recent Khất Sĩ mendicant school.

"This is an effort by Bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs from all three Bhuddist schools studying in Sri Lanka," says Venerable Thanh Au, a monk involved in building the exhibits.

Over 50 Vietnamese monks are studying in Sri Lanka, he said.

Some are reading for doctorates and others are following master's programs.

Visitors who come through the entrance facade pass a map of Vietnam set out in flowers.

Flowers for the stall was brought from Vietnam, Venerable Hue Phat said. Flowers are widely used in Vietnam to celebrate all occasions and are widely available.

A representation of Vietnam's One Pillar Pagoda set in a lotus pond, flanked by two florally decorated dragons greet visitors inside the stall.

Venerable Lien Vien, a nun studying at Peradeniya University, says the dragon's body was made with everlasting flowers (Hoa bất tử) found in Da Lat city in Vietnam.

In the Vietnamese tradition, dragons are powerful and beneficial beings, and are closely associated mythology involving the origins of the country and its people, much like the lion in Sri Lanka.

The One Pillar Pagoda is a historic temple in the Vietnamese capital of Ha Noi.

The temples had been built by Emperor Lý Thái Tông in 1049, out of gratitude for having been blessed with a son after being childless. He had dreamed of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara handing him a son while seated on a lotus flower.

Inside the stall visitors who queued to can read about the Buddhism in Vietnam and see more floral decorations.

Vietnam is a socialist republic, where a large majority of the people claim to follow no religion.

Along with Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, parts of Vietnam had been under Indianized Hindu-Bhuddist cultural influence.

The country's several Buddhists sects make up at least 16 percent of the population according to some estimates followed by Christians (mainly Catholics) and followers of Cao Dai.

But according to a 2009 government census about 81 percent the population had said they had no particular religious affiliation. Ancestor veneration is widespread as in several other parts of South East Asia.

http://www.economynext.com/Vietnam_...esak_celebrations_in_Sri_Lanka-3-7910-13.html

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