Nguyen Tien Trong (second from left), vice chairman of the Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs, meets with representatives of the Cao Dai Temple (Tay Ninh Holy See) in HCM City on September 20 (Photo: VNA)Nguyen Tien Trong, vice chairman of the committee,expressed his sympathies for the Cao Dai Temple’s representative board over thedifficulties in organising religious activities amid the complex COVID-19situation in HCM City.
He pledged to create favourable conditions for therepresentative board, dignitaries, and followers of Caodaism to practice theirreligion and carry out disease prevention measures.
The official appreciated the board’s encouragement totheir dignitaries and followers to comply with the anti-pandemic rules issuedby the Government, the Health Ministry, and the HCM City administration.
Trong also applauded their active efforts to supportthe poor and those hit hard by the pandemic and assist frontline forces,voicing his hope that the representative board, dignitaries, and followers ofCaodaism will continue engaging in charitable activities and supporting theCOVID-19 fight in HCM City.
Thanking leaders of the committee fortheir attention, Professor Thuong Sang Thanh, head of the Cao Dai Temple’srepresentative board in HCM City, said despite complex developments of COVID-19,Cao Dai followers still have a stable life and have seriously adhered toanti-pandemic regulations.
They have also stayed united to help pandemic-hitpeople, encourage their descendants to take part in voluntary programmes toassist frontline forces, and support other followers who have contracted thedisease, he added.
“Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung” is the biggest festival of CaoDai followers in a year. It is a great religious banquet for the GreatMother and nine female immortals of the Dieu Tri Palace (Jasper Pond Palace)held annually on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month – the Mid-Autumn Festival,which falls on September 21 this year. Followers believe the banquet implies apractice that enables them to achieve their goal of liberating themselves fromthe cycle of birth and death. They pray for good weather, nationalpeace, and prosperity on this occasion./.
VNA
