Van Phat Pagoda District 5
( Ten Thousand Buddhas Pagoda )
The temple received a Vietnamese record with more than 10,000 Buddha statues
ARCHITECTURE OF THE TEN-BUDDHA Pagoda
This Van Buddha Pagoda has an area of 200m2 with a total of 5 floors. With 3 floors, 1 ground floor and 1 terrace. Looking from a distance, Van Phat Pagoda looks like a building with a bright red color. In the beliefs of the people, red flowers are the color of luck, so this is the main color of this Ten Thousand Buddhas Pagoda.
With a 5-storey design, each floor at Van Phat Pagoda has extremely unique and impressive Buddha statues. In particular, the most magnificent and magnificent statue is the one located in the main hall of Van Phat Pagoda, also known as the Quang Minh Great Hall. This work brings together both large and massive statues and other small statues such as: Sakyamuni, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. In addition to the Buddha statue, the main hall is also decorated with statues of the Four Heavenly Kings placed according to the four scents. In addition, Van Phat Pagoda also owns extremely pure Medicine Buddha statues.
Coming to Van Phat Pagoda, you will not only be able to visit Buddha and visit the architecture, but you will also be able to experience the cultural and style of the Chinese people. From there you will have more knowledge and understanding for yourself. Not only that, with a peaceful and tranquil space, this place will definitely be a place where you can nestle away from the hustle and bustle out there. Van Phat Pagoda is a place for you to let go of your burdens and difficulties to make your soul lighter.
Most especially, within the grounds of Van Phat Pagoda, there is also an area to deposit ashes for the deceased with the hope that after their loved ones pass away, they will receive the Buddha's protection and soon return to the realm of bliss. This is also an area where people often come to make incense and worship on every major holiday of the year.
RECORD-RATED TEMPLE WITH A SYSTEM OF MORE THAN 10,000 BUDDHA STATUES
The Ten Thousand Buddhas Pagoda impresses visitors with its record of more than 10,000 Buddha statues. For a temple with only 200 square meters to own up to 10,000 real Buddha statues is impossible. All Buddha statues come in many sizes, many materials and extremely diverse types, all creating an extremely sacred space. Some outstanding Buddha statues at Van Phat Pagoda include:
Statue of the Four Heavenly Kings: One of the other statues placed inside the main hall is the statue of the Four Heavenly Kings carved extremely delicately and meticulously. According to Chinese legend, the Four Great Heavenly Kings are the guardians of the world and Buddhism.
Medicine Buddha Statue: This is a statue located on the 2nd floor. According to Buddhism, the Medicine Buddha helps sentient beings recover from mental and physical illnesses. He is the one who neutralizes dangers, obstacles and three extremely dangerous poisons in the physical world: attachment, ignorance and hatred.
Painting of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva with Thien Tai Dong Tu Long Nu standing on the clouds: This is considered the most obvious spiritual cultural feature of the Chinese people and the painting is also placed solemnly in the grounds of Van Phat Pagoda.
Statue of Bodhisattva with thousand eyes and thousand hands: this is an extremely realistic statue. Dressed in a yellow shirt, the extremely shining statue seems to be emitting a brilliant halo right behind the statue. This Bodhisattva statue is placed right at the door of Ten Thousand Buddhas Pagoda inside the altar cabinet.
Shakyamuni Statue: This is the largest Buddha statue placed on a lotus with 1,000 petals cast entirely in bronze. This Buddha statue is placed right in the middle of the main hall and behind it are 10,000 small Buddha statues arranged very neatly. This is the extremely majestic and magnificent space of Van Phat Pagoda
AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE AT THE TATTOO MACHINE OF THE TEN TEN BUDDHA Pagoda
Van Phat Pagoda not only impresses tourists and pilgrims with its architecture and massive Buddha statue system, but recently, Van Phat Pagoda also attracts tourists with its automatic tattoo application form. Getting a tattoo is an extremely interesting and unique custom of the Chinese people. However, with great demand from tourists, many temples in Singapore or Taiwan have tattoo machines, and in Vietnam there have also been tattoo machines at Van Phat Pagoda.
This is an extremely interesting and unique activity at Van Phat Pagoda, you can try to experience this activity right at the entrance to the temple. From the outside, the device looks like a game console because it is designed with a hole to put in copper and glass from the outside to look inside. The inside is designed like a palace and there is a fairy who comes out to get tattoo hexagrams for the inviter.
All you need to do is stand in front of the machine, clasp your hands in prayer, then take the coin next to it and put it into the machine. At this time, the fairy will take out a tattoo hexagram from inside. This is an extremely interesting experience, you can visit Van Phat Pagoda and try out this tattoo machine.
