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VIETNAM BUDDHIST CENTER – CHÙA VIỆT NAM
10002 Synott Rd. Sugar Land , TX 77498
Tel: 281/575 - 0910 * Fax 281/498 – 4540
Website: www.vnbc.org * Email: trungtamphatgiao@yahoo.com

ANNOUNCEMENT

-    Quan Âm Festival – A Day of Pilgrimage and Prayer - 2010
-    Venerating the Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace
-    Grand Requiem for Unjust Suffering and the Hungry Ghosts

Namo Sakya Muni Buddha

     Quan Âm Festival – A Day of Pilgrimage and Prayer, organized by the Vietnam Buddhist Center (VNBC) each year at the end of March, has become an annual traditional religious, cultural, and spiritual activity of Buddhists far and near. It is an opportunity for us to be thankful to the Loving Mother Quan Âm for Her blessings which protect us from dangers. May we take refuge in Her when we are faced with unforeseen dangers, adversities, and disasters.
   In the cultural and spiritual environment of this year’s Festival, we will have the auspicious opportunity to admire and venerate the Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace. This jeweled sculpture is presently the largest and most serene Buddha statue in the world which is carved from a rare boulder of translucent jade. In 2009, more than four millions people have had the good fortune to come and revere the jeweled statue, to pray for World Peace, for the well being of all sentient beings in this world of suffering.
    The Quan Âm Festival in 2010 will be a historical milestone. It marks the 20 years (1990 – 2010) of the establishment and the development of the VNBC in Houston , Texas, U.S.A. In memory of many who have departed; of beings which were destroyed during this development, of Vietnamese compatriots as well as the many others who lost their lives in the mountains, in the jungles, in the rivers, at sea, or in the air during the war or while seeking freedom, of people who met a sudden or wrongful death including unborn babies, VNBC will organize a Grand Requiem for Liberation of Unjust Suffering and the Hungry Ghosts.
   All of the above three events will take place continuously from Friday, 03/26/2010 to Sunday, 04/04/2010 (please see attached general program).
     VNBC respectfully invites the Bhikkhus, Bhikkhunis, and Buddhist lay practitioners from all over the world to come and join us in this Festival. We will admire and revere the Jeweled Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace. We will pray together for the success of the Grand Requiem so that all beings, deceased or alive, may derive great benefit from it.
Houston, December 12, 2009
Respectfully,

VIETNAM BUDHIST CENTER

VIETNAM BUDDHIST CENTER

CHUØA VIEÄT NAM

GENERAL PROGRAM
QUAN AM M FESTIVAL – 2010

Friday 03/26/2010:

6:00 pm : OPENING CEREMONY
Quan Âm Festival – A Day of Pilgrimage and Prayer – 2010
Ceremony Venerating the Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace
Flowers and Candle Lights Prayer – One Prayer One Prostration

Saturday 03/27/2010

07:00 am   :          The Thousand Eyes and Thousand Hands Supreme Assembly
12:00 noon:          Cultural Folklore Activities
05:00 pm   :          2010 Quan Âm Festival Main Ceremony
08:30 pm   :          Entertainment Theme “The Loving Mother, The Enchanted Moon”

Sunday 03/28/2010

Venerating the Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace
09:00 am : Raising The Dharma Flag
11:00 am : Opening Prayer Service

From Monday 03/29/2010 to Friday Morning 04/02/2010

Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace
09:00 am : Chanting the Repentance Prayer of Emperor Liang
03:00 pm : Chanting the Repentance Prayer of Emperor Liang the Venerating

Friday 04/02/2010

Venerating the Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace
05:00 pm : Grand Requiem For Liberation of Unjust Suffering.

Saturday 04/03/2010

Venerating the Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace
05:00 pm : Grand Requiem For The Hungry Ghosts.

Sunday 04/04/2010

11:30 am : THE CLOSING CEREMONY
Venerating the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace
Transferring Merits

PS:
1) From Friday evening 03/26 through Sunday 04/04/2010, every day from 5:30 am to 10:00 pm, the VNBC will be open to the public to come and pay respect to the Jade Buddha Statue for Universal Peace. For various congregations or delegations, who wish to have a private prayer service, please contact the Organizing Committee in advance to facilitate accommodations.
2) The Repentance Prayer of Emperor Liang is a special prayer, so as to Repent all the transgressions, to eliminate bad karma, to salvage beings in the three evil realms (hell, hungry ghosts, animals). From Monday 03/29 through Friday 04/02/2010, twice a day, the Repentance Prayer Service will be offered for the Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis, and the Buddhist practitioners to come and chant.
3) Details for the registration for the prayer service to liberate those who met a sudden or wrongful death shall be announced later.

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