The Buddha's Birthday ceremony at Ba Den Mountain will begin with the ritual of chanting Buddha's name to pray for blessings - a moment for Buddhists to commemorate the great merits of the Buddha, to direct their hearts towards his compassion and wisdom, and at the same time pray for the world to be peaceful and sentient beings to be at peace. In the sound of chanting Buddha's name echoing in the sacred peak, each person seems to be calmed down after the busyness of life, to send good wishes and nurture faith in peace.
One of the most sacred rituals in the Buddha's Birthday season is the Buddha bathing ceremony, which will also be solemnly held in the square at the foot of the Buddha Maitreya Buddha statue at Sun World Ba Den Mountain. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha bathing ritual evokes the event of the Buddha's birth, and at the same time carries the meaning of purifying the body and mind, removing worries, nurturing a clean mind and a good life.
On the evening of May 23, the great lantern offering ceremony to celebrate Buddha's Birthday will be held at a large square, where thousands of lanterns are lit on the sacred mountain peak, carrying prayers for peace and happiness. The lantern offering ceremony to celebrate Buddha's Birthday is also continuously held every Saturday evening of the 4th lunar month, creating sacred moments at the highest mountain peak in the South.
Visitors to Ba Den Mountain on this occasion cannot fail to admire the relics of Buddha Shakyamuni. This is the jade relics of the Buddha donated to Vietnam by the World Federation of Buddhist Religions at Bodh Gaya, India in 2014, and the top of Ba Den Mountain has been honored with red blessings on the occasion of Vesak in 2023, Buddhist calendar 2567.
At the top of the mountain, the jade relics of Buddha Shakyamuni are solemnly seated in a two-story stupa, in the solemn relics space at the Buddhist exhibition center at the foot of the Buddha statue of Ba Tay Bo Da Son. As a rare place in Vietnam chosen to preserve "treasure of the Buddhist world", for Ba Mountain in particular and Tay Ninh in general, this is a great blessing.
In addition to the sacred rituals, an art performance program celebrating the Buddha's Birthday will also be held on the top of Ba Den mountain on the mornings of May 23 and 24. The Buddha's dance of Cau Na Ham, the majestic kim sac god, the dance Under the Bodhi tree, or the unique Chay-dam drum dance of the Khmer people in Tay Ninh will create an emotional art space during the Buddha's Birthday season.
The journey to Ba Den Mountain during Buddha's Birthday is also a Buddhist journey to the land of Buddha, home to magnificent spiritual cultural works. That is the highest bronze statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya Buddha in Asia, which has long become a spiritual symbol of Tay Ninh. That is the statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya Buddha made of sa thạch, the largest in the world, bearing a joyful smile, representing the spirit of peace, bliss and fulfillment. Also here, the statue of Bodhisattva Cau Na Ham Mau Ni An, located between the golden lotus pond and Thuu Dam Waterfall at the highest point of the "Southern roof", will be a symbol of wisdom and fortune. The three special statues create a connecting thread of the past – present – future, creating a journey to balance the Body and Mind for visitors during the Buddha's Birthday, where each person contemplates themselves and seeks peace in the present moment.
