Truc Lam Zen Monastery

Truc Lam Phuong Nam Buddhist Meditation Monastery is located in My Khanh Commune, Phong Dien District, Can Tho City. This is the largest monastery in the Southwest region.

The monastery was started construction in 2013 (year of the Snake), on an area of ​​38,016 m². After many months of construction, the monastery was inaugurated in 2014 (year of the Horse).

The main hall is a combination of Tran Dynasty and Ly Dynasty. The bell weighs 1.5 tons are made in the style of Keo pagoda bell tower in Thai Binh province. Notably, the wood in these categories is imported ironwood from South Africa.

Inside the main hall, in the middle is a 3,5 ton bronze statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, carved in a sitting posture and a handle of a lotus flower (symbols for the pure and enlightenment); on the two sides are the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva statue (he is sitting on a white elephant with 6 ivories symbols for wisdom and compassion) and Manjushri Bodhisattva (he is sitting on a green lions symbols for the wisdom and holding a sword symbols for cutting off the painful thinking) . Inside the campus is the statue of Bo De Dat Ma Grand Master and 3 Truc Lam Grand Masters. In addition to the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, which is cast in bronze, the other statues here are carved with a kind of pine wood (called limestone pine wood) with the age of 800 years.

The Truc Lam Yen Tu monastery of the Buddha Tran Nhan Tong in Tran Dynasty (1225-1400 with 14 reigns, he is the 3rth reign) - the king led Vietnamese against the Mongol invasion. When the country was peaceful, in 1299, the king left his throne to his son and went alone to Yen Tu Mountain to practice the Buddhism phylosophy and founded the Truc Lam Yen Tu Buddhism Meditation branch, creating an unity in belief of people.

In addition, the campus also has other items such as Quan Am temple, Di Lac Temple, One Pillar Pagoda, Library, Medicine Department, etc.

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