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President Phuc affirmed that since Buddhism was introduced into Vietnam, Lord Buddha's birthday has become a sacred holiday for Buddhists nationwide, and also a common spiritual and cultural festival of the society, bringing a message of love, solidarity, harmony, and development. The consistent policy of the Party and State regarding religions is to respect and ensure people's right to freedom of belief and religion, and create favorable conditions for dignitaries and followers of religions to well perform their spiritual practice and fulfill their duties to the nation, he affirmed. The State leader also expressed his hope that the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will continue to demonstrate its role and prestige in building the great national unity and the solidarity among religions; promote the power of religions, beliefs and culture; and affirm and spread the preeminent values of a peaceful religion, thus contributing to further developing the country. Most Venerable Thich Tri … [Read more...] about State President, VFF leader congratulate Buddhists on Lord Buddha’s birthday

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits Hue Nghiem pagoda (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited Hue Nghiem and Minh Dao pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 14 on the occasion of Lord Buddha’s 2 ,566th birthday, extending his greetings to local Buddhist dignitaries and followers. President Phuc affirmed that since Buddhism was introduced into Vietnam, Lord Buddha's birthday has become a sacred holiday for Buddhists nationwide, and also a common spiritual and cultural festival of the society, bringing a message of love, solidarity, harmony and development. The consistent policy of the Party and State regarding religions is to respect and ensure people's right to freedom of belief and religion, and create favourable conditions for dignitaries and followers of religions to well perform their spiritual practice and fulfill their duties to the nation, he affirmed. The State leader also expressed his hope that the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will … [Read more...] about President, VFF leader congratulate Buddhists on Lord Buddha’s birthday

The Vietnamese diplomat stressed that in the context that the world is facing unprecedented challenges and crises like today, the Lord Buddha's philosophy is more meaningful than ever and has become a "guideline" to help people end suffering and bring peace to humanity. He said that it is necessary to strengthen policy and action cooperation and coordination, promote the values of peace, inclusiveness, compassion and equanimity, contributing to making the nirvana a reality, thus creating a favorable environment for peace and development. Representatives of countries and the U.N. all agreed that the Lord Buddha’s noble teachings and the Buddhist philosophy on love, harmony, empathy, sharing, tolerance, respect and mutual understanding are the fulcrum and source of spiritual strength for the international community to overcome challenges of hatred, war, conflict, pandemic, and climate change. They underlined the need for countries to honor and popularize these overarching values, … [Read more...] about Vietnam spotlights Buddhist philosophy on Int’l Day of Vesak

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc visited Minh Đạo pagoda in HCM City on Saturday to offer greetings to Buddhist community and dignitaries on the occasion of the Buddha's birthday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HCM CITY — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc visited Huệ Nghiêm and Minh Đạo pagodas in HCM City on Saturday on the occasion of Buddha’s 2,566th birthday, extending his greetings to local Buddhist dignitaries and followers. President Phúc affirmed that since Buddhism was introduced into Việt Nam, Buddha's birthday had been not just a sacred holiday for Buddhists nationwide, and but also a popular spiritual and cultural festival in Vietnamese society, bringing a message of love, solidarity, harmony and development. "The consistent policy of the Party and State regarding religions is to respect and ensure people's right to freedom of belief and religion, and create favourable conditions for dignitaries and followers of religions to perform their spiritual practice and fulfil their duties to … [Read more...] about State President, VFF leader congratulate Buddhists on Buddha’s birthday

The cleric, who had travelled by ferry from the Indonesian port of Batam to Singapore on Monday has a large online following in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country. "Somad has been known to preach extremist and segregationist teachings, which are unacceptable in Singapore's multi-racial and multi-religious society," Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement. Somad, along with six companions, was denied entry after being interviewed by border officials at a ferry terminal in Singapore. "Somad has preached that suicide bombings are legitimate in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and are considered 'martyrdom' operations," MHA said. "He has also made comments denigrating members of other faith communities, such as Christians, by describing the Christian crucifix as the dwelling place of an 'infidel jinn (spirit/demon)'. In addition, Somad has publicly referred to non-Muslims as 'kafirs' (infidels)," it said. Somad did not immediately … [Read more...] about Singapore denies entry to Indonesian cleric, cites extremism concerns