On the evening of January 2, Quang Ninh province officially announced the incident of Ba Vang Pagoda organizing a procession and worshiping of an object believed to be “Buddha’s hair relic”.
Accordingly, in recent times, some activities of Ba Vang Pagoda such as: Ceremony to request death, exonerate bondholders, request to convert to the Nam Tong Kinh sect, statements causing disunity related to mother worship beliefs. , procession and display of objects believed to be “Buddha’s hair relics” from Myanmar, causing complicated public opinion, potentially causing insecurity and order in the area, causing confusion in public opinion.
Tens of thousands of people flock to Ba Vang Pagoda to process and worship the “Buddha’s hair relic”. Photo: Ba Vang Pagoda
From December 23 – 27, 2023 (ie November 11 – 15 of the lunar calendar), Ba Vang Pagoda organizes a procession, display, and worship of objects believed to be “Buddha’s hair relics” for people to worship. and some activities do not comply with the provisions of the law on subjects as well as registration time according to the Law on Beliefs and Religions and Decree No. 162/2017/ND-CP dated December 30, 2017 of the Government regulating details a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Belief and Religion.
Organizing Buddhists to worship the object said to be the “Buddha’s hair relic” is an exhibition activity. Therefore, it violates the regulations in Decree No. 23/2019/ND-CP dated February 26, 2019 of the Government on exhibition activities.
Quang Ninh Province has directed the Provincial Religious Affairs Committee to coordinate with the People’s Committee of Uong Bi City to continue checking, clarifying, consolidating records, and reporting to competent authorities to handle relevant entities that have caused incidents to occur. violating regulations.
In addition, Quang Ninh province requested Ba Vang Pagoda not to compile or produce videos, images, documents… and remove all information introducing the object said to be “Buddha’s hair relic”. was posted on the information pages of Ba Vang Pagoda and Venerable Thich Truc Thai Minh as well as social networking sites related to the above incident, causing complicated public opinion, affecting security, order and activities. Normal religious and belief activities in the area.
