The entire ashram solemnly holds the ceremony to erect Dai Tung Lam Hoa Sen gate

With that sacred mission and significance, in the framework of the gate erection ceremony, the entire Dai Tung Lam Hoa Sen association reverently worshipped the Three Jewels and pledged their devotion to the Ten-Direction Buddhas, the Compassionate Father Amitabha, the Great Bodhisattvas, the Holy Monks, and other compassionate beings who reside on the B'Nom Lu'Mu mountain, to witness and radiate longevity and blessings to the ceremony's successful completion. 

All unanimously aspire to the Buddha's ten directions of proof, to assist in achieving the perfect success of the ceremony

The gate of a pagoda is the meeting point between the world of purity and the world of the mundane, inside and outside of these two worlds are completely different in terms of consciousness and spirituality. From ancient times until now, the Gate symbolize the "three liberations" including the gate of non-action, the gate of non-thought, and the gate of non-being, to help practitioners enter the realm of Nirvana. It can be said that the Gate is the barriers that separates spirituality, opening up two opposing yet connected worlds between life and enlightenment. On the path of enlightenment as well as in life, humans must go through many gates and obstacles, but there is only one way to reach the truth, which is to turn back to the gate of the Buddha. 

Dai Tung Lam Hoa Sen - A place to practice and study the Pure Land Dharma, to seek rebirth in the West of Ultimate Bliss

Dai Tung Lam Hoa Sen Pagoda is a place for monks, nuns, lay practitioners, and Buddhist temples from various parts of the country to practice Pure Land Buddhism and seek rebirth in the Western Pure Land. Therefore, the ceremony of erecting the Three Gates on the occasion of the anniversary of Compassionate Father Amitabha Buddha's birth has the meaning of opening up the Pure Land for all people to have the opportunity to come to this sacred place to practice and return to the teachings of the Buddha, living in the righteous path and Dharma of the Buddha.

After performing the ritual of offering incense to the white Buddha and reciting prayers, the gate of Dai Tung Lam Hoa Sen officially began its construction process and is expected to be completed by the beginning of the year 2023

We pay homage to the infinite enlightened one, and wish that all who step into the Dai Tung Lam Hoa Sen pagoda may have a firm faith, a genuine aspiration for spiritual cultivation, rely on the merits of Amitabha Buddha, and share a common goal on the path of learning, maintaining the sacred teachings of Buddhism and the supreme fate of the Pure Land Dharma, which the Compassionate Father had attained after countless lifetimes of practice as a bodhisattva, thus establishing the paradise of Ultimate Bliss.

Namo Amitabha Buddha,
the great compassionate one in the western Pure Land!  

Below are some photos taken at the gate construction ceremony of Dai Tung Lam Hoa Sen Pagoda in the Middle monastery: