Welcoming him and the Sangha was Most Venerable Thich Duc Thien, Abbot of Phat Tich Pagoda, Vice President and General Secretary of the Executive Council, Deputy Head of the Sangha Committee, Head of the International Buddhist Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.
Most Venerable Thich Duc Thien also shared with him about Vietnam entering a new era towards the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 2045. National policies under the direction of the Party and State focus strongly on digital technology development.
Vietnamese Buddhism also integrates into this era, actively transforming to apply and deploy technology in Buddhist activities of practicing and propagating Dharma, using management software, data integration, artificial intelligence...
His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa also shared that his Indian and Nepalese headquarters are also actively transforming digitally and praised the vision of Vietnam, as well as his desire to learn and cooperate with Vietnamese Buddhism.
Venerable Thich Duc Thien added that Buddhism is also science, 2500 years ago Buddha also built the foundation of Buddhism as a science. And now is the time for Buddhism and society to re-equip themselves with modern advanced scientific and technological foundations.
After the visit, His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa and the Sangha left Phat Tich Pagoda and visited the Great Stupa Mandala Tay Thien (Dai Dinh, Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc), preparing for the Dharma assembly schedule in Tay Thien, especially the Great Compassionate Avalokiteshvara Dharma Assembly at the Great Stupa (from the 10th to the 12th of Tet).
It is known that Phat Tich Pagoda is a special national heritage with a history of 1,000 years with 2 sacred stone treasures and a stone statue of Amitabha Buddha, Pho Quang Stupa, on the top of the mountain.
Pho Quang Tower is a construction to commemorate the presence of an ancient tower over 40m high built by King Ly in the past.
The tower is over 5m high, with 14 floors gradually getting smaller, on top of the tower hangs Dai Hong Chung - a large bell to ring on special occasions. Thousands of tourists are very excited to visit the temple for spring festival.
