Thay’s 2-Year Memorial Ceremony

On January 29, more than 400 monastics from all Plum Village centers, alongside venerable monks and nuns of Hue and lay practitioners from over 30 countries gathered in Tu Hieu Root Temple to honor Thay. This grand memorial ceremony...

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Thay’s 2-Year Memorial Ceremony

On January 29, more than 400 monastics from all Plum Village centers, alongside venerable monks and nuns of Hue and lay practitioners from over 30 countries gathered in Tu Hieu Root Temple to honor Thay. This grand memorial ceremony recognized Thay as the Fifth Patriarch of Tu Hieu and the founder of the Plum Village tradition.

Here, Brother Phap Dung shares with us the deeper meaning of this occasion.

Full broadcast of the memorial ceremony with English commentary
Inviting the ceremony mastersCeremony mastersSr. Chan KhongPurifying the Deep Listening HutBr. Phap HaiPlum Village elders playing respect to the most venerablesInviting Thay’s relicsBr. Phap Ung, Br. Tu Dao (acting abbot of Tu Hieu), Br. Phap AnMidday offering to the BuddhaProcession of Plum Village eldersChanting the Heart SutraChanting “Repentance and Taking Refuge for Life”Thay’s sanghatiBr. Phap Luu carrying Thay’s alms’ bowlBr. Phap Ung and Br. Phap Niem carrying the “Dragon Plaque”Br. Phap An leading the procession to the ancestral hallAsking permission of ancestral teachers to allow Thay to rest alongside them in the ancestral hallVenerable nunsBr. Phap Thuyen, Sr. Dao Nghiem and Sr. Hien DucLay supporters

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