Mother's Day.

If the day becomes a national holiday in honor of the mother, the Vietnamese have another festival that can tighten solidarity between people who are not of the same religion.

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The Vietnamese were a people living in agriculture and soon developed wet rice civilization. When the commercial industry has not developed, all year long people worry about sowing, transplanting rice and harvesting when the rice is ripe. For a long time, the Vietnamese know how to do rice twice a year; The rice growing season is in the lunar harvest in May of the lunar year, and the rice crop in the highlands is harvested in the lunar October.

When the planting or harvesting is complete, people only have to wait for the next crop. In the fertile fields, in the rainy season, and in the demographic age, there is no overwork, the pressure of work is not heavy, people have entertainment needs. It is possible that the days of the Highlands (the full moon in January), the Central Highlands (the full moon in July) and the lowlands (the full moon in October) were chosen to celebrate the festival because they were also in the most prosperous times. in year.

However, July is the rainy month. In the wet, rainy day of the rainy season, enjoying the affluence of the new harvest from the season of rice just finished in May, people tend to remember the past whom they think It is blossoming at the top of the tree. Thus, the festival of Plenty means remembrance of the ancestors or the deceased.

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As a people with strong vitality and soon know how to settle down to build wet rice civilization, the Vietnamese have a culture of their own before coming into contact with the Chinese. However, it certainly has changed profoundly with the influence of the Han Chinese when the Chinese have been under Chinese domination for more than a thousand years. In the process, the festivals of the Vietnamese gradually bring a bit toward the Chinese festival.

In southern China, the influence of the Taoist regime was very important. The Chinese have developed the art of mantras and concepts of a particular cosmic order that have been influenced by Buddhism since the first century. Perhaps the notion of social life, the breaking of hell ... on the fifteenth day of the seventh month was a mixture of Buddhist concept of causation and reincarnation with views on the cosmic order of Buddhism. Hoang Lao. The concept was also Vietnamese.

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Vietnamese people on the ocean coasts between India and China, so if Buddhism in Vietnam before the Chinese is also an explanation. Either before or after, it is clear that the Vietnamese have been influenced by Buddhism for more than two thousand years, and it can be said that it was thanks to the Buddhist thought that the Vietnamese had nurtured to rebuild their independence. always chase foreign invaders in later stages.

Under the first independent dynasties of the Vietnamese, Buddhism played the role of national religion. Thus, for the Vietnamese, besides the meaning of the Lunar New Year, the full moon day of July is also the feast of Vietnam.

In the Great History of the record of Ngô Sĩ Liên, Ban Ky, Ly dynasty, Book III, paragraph about Nhan Tong emperor, "The Year of the Dog, the 9th Daqing Wall (1118 in the Western calendar) , autumn, July, beach table holiday Tet Trung Nguyen because of meeting Vu Van Lan, supper for the spiritual queen ". Next, the chapter on the Emperor Tong wrote, "The Year of the Body, The First Tale (1128 in the West), autumn, July, details of the Central Highlands, the Emperor of Thien An, the celebrant. Because it was the day Vu Van Lan super bowl for Nhan Tong should not put the feast. Thus, the kings of the Ly dynasty had for their fathers (in the case of Ly Than Tong) and their mothers (in the case of Ly Nhan Tong), who set their lavish tables on the Lunar New Year to focus on celebrating the feast. Vu-lan, the bridge for the birth of the escape.

For "the gentleman like the wind, the gentleman as grass, the wind blowing the grass", when the king did not think of the best table to take care of filial piety, must be Vietnamese now The celebration of the Tet holiday gives more attention to the celebration of vietnam, focusing on filial piety for the parents of many dead.

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The festival is a festival of Buddhists, organized according to the teachings of the Buddha, recorded in the Vajrayana Buddhist Sutra, commonly referred to as the Vajrayana, a short prayer perhaps. is known and recited the most. This story tells the story of God-Monk-contradictory dignity of the Buddha and the monks in hell to save mother on the day of monks.

In the time of the Buddha, the Fourth Day was the day when the monks ended the three-month period. On that day, monks entrust themselves to the Sangha to judge their conduct during their stay. During the time of settling, monks are trying to live in harmony, so on monks, monks sincerely wish to increase them only errors that most people do not have errors, so the Buddha joy.

When the Sun-sphere-inter-Buddhist pray for the only way to save mother suffering in hell, the Buddha advised the monks should offer monks on the fourth day to rely on their power to increase the net bar disaster for his mother. On the date of self-tu year, Sun-Seogendent-practice practice according to the Buddha. Then, with his supernatural powers, he realized that his mother had escaped hell. The Buddha and the Buddha only teach the offerings on the Fourth Day for everyone. In that way, the Buddha advised the people, if they want to solve the suffering of hell for parents of many generations ago, wait until the day of self-centered offerings to monks pure net will be like.

According to the Mahayana tradition, monks began to settle on April 16th of the lunar calendar and the events of the monks were conducted on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, so Vietnamese Buddhists as well as Chinese Buddhists The festival is held on the full moon day of July each year, with the desire to tell tastes to parents of many dead.

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Having thought of filial paternity for the parents of many dead, obviously Buddhists must also think of filial piety to parents present. Besides the Vu-lan, on the theme of filial piety, Buddhists also chanting the Buddhist doctrine of auxiliary Model Grand Master. This book tells the Buddha to guide A-nan Sun to know the difference in the dry bone, where the bones of men are women's bones. Then, the Buddha explained in detail the mother's grace to the child, from which, advised his son to know the newspaper to repay the parents.

Here, the children have to know the money for their parents. To inform parents of money, the Buddha taught Buddhists: If parents have not resided in the Dharma, help and lead parents to stay in the dharma; If the parents have not yet settled in the law, guide parents to stay in the good; If parents have not used the Three Jewels, should create conditions for parents to take refuge. Only when the parents are liberated, happy the child's piety is accomplished.

Although the conclusions of the Buddhist doctrine of maternal grandfather mention grace of gratitude to parents, but the contents of the prayer only mention the specific gratitude of the mother, especially about the time of nine months when ten people You are still in the womb. Thus, for parents present, the presentation of the child's happiness is somewhat of a mother nature. This is also psychologically appropriate because the father is less interested in expressing emotions, while the mother is more likely to be touched or moved by the attitude of the offspring.

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In recent years, taking advantage of the trend of integration, besides the 25-12 Christmas holiday has become popular and familiar to the masses nationwide, many are seeking to introduce other Western festivals Vietnamese Valentine's Day (Valentine's day) and more recently, Father's Day and Mother's Day. Only a few years into the cultural life of the Vietnamese, Valentine's Day has clearly shown the commercial nature of the carnival without cultural content.

Mother's Day intends to import from the West a US-derived festival set for Sunday in May. About 150 years ago, an Appalachian woman, Anna Jarvis, celebrated a day of publicity aimed at raising public awareness of poor sanitation in its community, a proposal We believe that when raised by mothers, there will be more attention; The chicken called it "Mother's Work Day". In 1905, when she died, her daughter, also named Anna Jarvis, continued her work. The notion that Anna Jarvis was the mother of a will testifies to a mothers day, because until now, Westerners have had so many days for men that they never spoke. about women. By perseverance, Anna Jarvis has campaigned for the second Sunday of May every year to be recognized as Me's Day. In 1914, General Woodrow Wilson enacted a law that recognized Mother's Day as a public holiday nationwide. At first, Americans celebrated this day by going to church, writing letters to moms, sending moms gifts, greeting cards and flowers. However, when commercial organizations jump into this holiday by over-advertising the gifts for their mothers, Anna Jarvis himself is offended. She argues that the spirit of this day has been sacrificed for greed and profit. Prior to his death in 1948, it was alleged that Anna Jarvis had publicly expressed his regret for having promoted Mother's Day to become the national holiday of the nation. President Woodrow Wilson enacted a law that recognizes Mother's Day as a public holiday nationwide. At first, Americans celebrated this day by going to church, writing letters to moms, sending moms gifts, greeting cards and flowers. However, when commercial organizations jump into this holiday by over-advertising the gifts for their mothers, Anna Jarvis himself is offended. She argues that the spirit of this day has been sacrificed for greed and profit. Prior to his death in 1948, it was alleged that Anna Jarvis had publicly expressed his regret for having promoted Mother's Day to become the national holiday of the nation. President Woodrow Wilson enacted a law that recognizes Mother's Day as a public holiday nationwide. At first, Americans celebrated this day by going to church, writing letters to moms, sending moms gifts, greeting cards and flowers. However, when commercial organizations jump into this holiday by over-advertising the gifts for their mothers, Anna Jarvis himself is offended. She argues that the spirit of this day has been sacrificed for greed and profit. Prior to his death in 1948, it was alleged that Anna Jarvis had publicly expressed his regret for having promoted Mother's Day to become the national holiday of the nation. greeting cards and flowers. However, when commercial organizations jump into this holiday by over-advertising the gifts for their mothers, Anna Jarvis himself is offended. She argues that the spirit of this day has been sacrificed for greed and profit. Prior to his death in 1948, it was alleged that Anna Jarvis had publicly expressed his regret for having promoted Mother's Day to become the national holiday of the nation. greeting cards and flowers. However, when commercial organizations jump into this holiday by over-advertising the gifts for their mothers, Anna Jarvis himself is offended. She argues that the spirit of this day has been sacrificed for greed and profit. Prior to his death in 1948, it was alleged that Anna Jarvis had publicly expressed his regret for having promoted Mother's Day to become the national holiday of the nation.

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In the world, according to cultures and religions, there are also many peoples who celebrate Mother's Day. The ancient Greeks had the Cybele festival to celebrate Mother Earth, in fact, only myths; But with ancient Romans, in Matronalia to commemorate Juno, the women who were mothers often received gifts from their children. In Europe and in the United Kingdom, traditionally there is a Sunday in the vegetarian week (before Easter) held as a festival, on which mothers are given gifts. Most Christian communities choose to commemorate the feast of Mary in memory of the mother; While Muslim communities choose Mother's Day as the birthday of St. Mary's daughter Fatima.

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In the ethnographic literature, there are authors - including foreign authors, claiming that in Vietnam, the feast day is equivalent to Mother's Day.

That is also true, as there have been solemn festivities in the past in the country. On this occasion, besides praying for many parents before, the people also expressed the love and gratitude to the mother in the world. Recently, vietnamese ceremonies were held widely in many places in all temples. Buddhists came to the ceremony to pray for the parents of the deceased, praying for national security and memory of the heroes. martyrs of the nation and flowers on the chest to remember the mother.

However, the spirits of Vietnam today are not so much Vietnamese. And the forms of flower trade have also entered the vietnamese festival, if not corrected early, there may also be metamorphoses such as the introduction of a strange Mother's Day from the West took place in the past few years. It is also difficult to ascertain that the feast of Australia has become a festival of the whole nation.

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Unlike the concept of Mother's Day, popular Western traditions and popular Islamic traditions, the Passover celebration is not aimed at a particular mother's well-being in history. Holidays only show the taste and the will of every person.

Everyone has to have a new parent. The filial piety is the thing that everyone must think about, because the top of all virtue. Parents can make mistakes because parents are just ignorant beings may not understand the cause and effect, do not know the theory of reincarnation, never refuge good.

But it is because of wanting to teach children to be worried about their future that sometimes their parents commit evil. That is the grace of heaven both parents. The son, understand this, resolved to save his parents from the devil of evil. The resurrection is carried out based on the generosity of the Buddhas shown by the offerings of monks during the day. Self-righteous people are virtues that have been realized through an anguish.

The ritual represents the spirit of the Buddha. The ceremony also emphasized the gratitude of the mother for nine months in the womb. This meaning makes the day worthwhile to become a national festival to honor Me.

 

If the day becomes a national holiday to honor the mother, Vietnamese also have another festival that can tighten solidarity between people who are not of the same religion.

The arrival of the day has become a traditional day in every Vietnamese family for the purpose of fostering parents of many generations and expressing gratitude to the present mother as well as to all those who have contributed to the country. With the efforts of the Buddhist Church of Vietnam, we plan to mobilize each and every one of the Buddhists to heighten the sense of social morality, to uphold the virtue, to pay attention to the carrying out of their activities. the social significance of the day of v? olan, clarifying the spirit of the feast of vietnamese is a traditional cultural festival; From then on, the spirit of the day will shine, touching the consciousness of all members of the ethnic community, promoting a special tradition of filial piety not based on the image of any person. other than our own mind.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.25/8/2018.