Vietnamese American Buddhist Association of Austin, TX

Phap Nhan Temple - A nonprofit Organization

136 The Ranch Road, Del Valle, TX 78617
Tel: 512-366-2686
www.phapnhan.net/ www.phapnhantemple.com
Email: phapnhantemple@gmail.com

The Invitation Letter of Attending the 2641th Vesak Season - 2017

To: Dear Monastics, lay Buddhists, and everyone,
Respectfully pay homage to the World-Honored One, who is the Gentle Father of the three Realms, with his
loving-kindness, compassion, and wisdom, shines all over the directions. We who express our wholehearted
hearts take toward refuge in the Teacher of gods and human beings. Indeed, the Sakyamuni Buddha, the
Founder of Buddhism, the path of enlightenment and peace to the many right in the present life, has appeared in
the world for more than the past twenty centuries.
Wherever Buddhism has been spread, there people live more peacefully, gently, and better if they together learn,
understand, practice, and apply the Buddhadharma into their daily lives to contribute to bringing fruits and
flowers of peaceful joy and happiness to living things and living beings all over the planet.
On occasion of the Vesak Season in this year, Phap Nhan Temple1 has a good chance to invite the American, Sri
Lanka, and Vietnamese Monastics at the Temples in the vicinity of Austin, Texas, to welcome you all to the Phap
Nhan Temple for learning, teaching, and practicing the Buddhadharma together.
Schedule for the Vesak Ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 28, 2017.
09:00 am: Welcome you all to the Temple
09:30 am: Perform the Vesak Ceremony
10:00 am: Read the Vesak message of the United Nations
10:20 am: Dharma talk of the Vesak meanings
11:20 am: Chant the Vesak Sutra, perform the Ceremony of bathing the newborn baby Buddha
12:00 am: Make offerings to the Sangha and have mindfulness lunch together
01:00 pm: Take a rest
02:00 pm: Perform the Ceremony of Taking Refuges and transmit Five Ethical Trainings2
03:00 pm: The close of activities.

You are cordially invited to attend the Vesak Ceremony at the Php Nhn Temple with your appropriate
time. May you all be well and happy in the Dharma.

The Abbot of Phap Nhan Temple

Venerable Dharma Teacher Thch Trng S

1
Instructions to Php Nhn Temple: From the My Thanh Supermarket in the North Austin, TX, you can drive on US -183 South,
turn left, on FM 812, turn left, on 2430 (Mesa) Dr. turn right, on The Ranch Road, the Temple is on the left hand side.
2
Please write your full name, DOB, and an ID picture, and then send them soon to the Phap Nhan Temple so that Dharma Master will
fill them in the Certificate of Ordination for you.