TENNESSEE MIDDLE BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION - USA

HOANG NHON EAST AND WEST TEMPLE

1046 Louisville Hwy – Goodlettsville – TN 37072

Tel. 615 938 1556 (Cell Phone); 615 239 8066 (Home phone)

Email: phuocbinhpagoda_2009@yahoo.com

Web: http://www.chuaphuocbinh.com

INVITATION

THE GREAT FESTIVAL OF VU LAN (ULLAMBANA)

PL. 2567 - DL. 2023

The immense sea water is not filled with Mother's Love,

The clouds in the sky do not cover Father's Love.

NAMO FUNDAMENTAL TEACHER SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA

NAMO DAI HIEU MỤC KIEN LIEN BODHISATTVA

Dear Venerables Monks and Nuns,

Dear Fellow Buddhists,

In order to express our gratitude to the great Masters who have raised us to be the good monks and nuns who are born and raised, and lost their parents, we would like to solemnly celebrate Vu Lan Festival and commencement of construction of the Temple with the proof of Venerable monks and nuns as follows:

1. Most Venerable Thich Minh Dien

2. Most Venerable Thich Hue Thanh

3. Venerable Thich Minh Dieu

4. Venerable Thich Hue Son

5. Venerable Thich Nhuan Minh

6. Venerable Thich Nguyen Lai

7. Venerable Thich Hanh Hieu

8. Venerable Thich Tu Trung

9. Venerable Thich Nhuan Quang

10. Venerable Thich Dong Tung

11. Venerable Thich Thong Tu

12. Venerable Thich Minh Hue

13. Venerable Thich Tam Thanh

14. Venerable Thich Phuong Tri

15. Venerable Thich Nhuan Lam

16. Venerable Thich Tam Vuong

17. Venerable Thich Phuoc Hien

18. Venerable Thich Chau Dat

19. Venerable Thich Hanh Tinh

20. Venerable Thich Thien Tri

The Program of Vu Lan Festival includes:

*Saturday – September 9, 2023 (July 25/The Year of Cat)

-20h00: Worshiping the Soul and Offering Food for The Soul

-21h00: Dharma Talk of Venerable Master Minh Dien

*Sunday – September 10, 2023 (July 26/TheYear of Cat)

-10:30: Buddhists Gather

-11h 00: Vu Lan Festival Program (There is a separate program)

-12h 00: Worshiping Commencement of Construction of the Three Jewels Temple

-12:30: Offering Ceremony (Dana) to the Sangha

-13h00: Buddhists Enjoy the Meal and Music Program (Sing to each other)

-14h00: Ceremony of the Three Refuges and Five Precepts (If any) and Completion

-Time: At 10:30 a.m. on September 10, 2023 (July 26 / Quý Mão)

-Location: Phuoc Binh Pagoda - 1046 Louisville Hwy - Goodlettsville - TN 37072

On behalf of the Buddhist Temple, we would like to invite Buddhists near and far to take a moment to return to the Temple to attend the above-mentioned Great Ceremony. Your presence is a great encouragement for us on the way to propagate the Dharma.

Sincere gratitude.

Tennessee - July 21, 2023

TM. Organizing Committee

Abbot

Bhikkhu Thich Hue Son