The 2556 Vipassana Learning Program, 1 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vxCLYz0Pwk

September 8, 2012
Source: http://www.templenews.org/2012/09/08/the-2556-vipassana-learning-program-1-of-6/

The 2556 Vipassana Learning Program takes place at the Peace Meditation Center within Wat Kiry Vongsa Bopharam, Leverett, Massachusetts United States under the Vipassana Buddhist Teacher Ven. Dejapanno Pheap Phorn, Vipassana student of the late and renowned Vipassana Buddhist Master of Cambodia, the Maha Thera Ketodhammo Som Bunthoeun, and abbot of Wat Kiry Vongsa Bopharam on Thursday the 3rd Waxing Moon of Āsāḷha B.E.2556, June 21, A.D.2012 to Sunday the 13th Waxing Moon of Āsāḷha B.E.2556, July 1, A.D.2012

Le Programme d’apprentissage Vipassana 2556 a lieu au Centre de Méditation de la paix au sein de Wat Kiry Bopharam Vongsa, Leverett, Massachusetts États-Unis sous le Vénérable Maître bouddhiste Vipassana. Dejapanno Pheap Phorn, étudiant Vipassana de feu et célèbre maître bouddhiste Vipassana du Cambodge, le Maha Thera Ketodhammo Som Bunthoeun, et l’abbé de Wat Kiry Bopharam Vongsa jeudi la Lune gibbeuse 3ème Asalha BE2556, Juin 21, AD2012 au dimanche Lune gibbeuse 13 Asalha BE2556, Juillet 1, AD2012

An Interview with Senator Thach Setha

An interview with Senator Thach Setha, Executive Director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community, KKC, born in Kampuchea Krom, on 1. Preparation for the 63rd Annual Kampuchea Krom Commemoration and the Offering Ceremony to 1,949 Buddhist monks, 2. Role of Buddhist monks, 3. Supreme Patriarch, mid-level ranking monk officials and police violatedly detained Ven. Loun Sovath against his will with no wrongdoing and 4. The arrest and imprisonment of the Boeng Kak villagers, land owners

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5oLf2nr18

Respected Venerables
Dear Compatriots,

Vesak: The 2600th Anniversary of the Buddha’s Enlightenment at UN HQs

Video: The United Nations Vesak and the 2600th Anniversary of the Buddha’s Enlightenment at the United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York United States of America on Monday the 14th Waxing Moon of Visakha B.E.2554, May 16, A.D.2011 Year of the Rabbit

Watch video: http://www.templenews.org/2012/05/07/vesak-the-2600th-anniversary-of-the-buddhas-enlightenment-at-un-hqs/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejRdHwjqELs

Enjoy Vesak and thank you for watching.

Templenews TV

Pictures from the Funeral & Memorial Services of The Most Ven. Sovannapanno Thach Suon

Respected Venerables,
Compatriots, Press,
Ladies & Gentlemen,

Please find below the link to the recent pictures taken during the 15th and 16th days of the Funeral and Memorial Services for The Most Venerable Sovannapanno Thach Suon. His Most Ven. passed away at the age 80 at Wat Kampuchea Krom in Northern Virginia.

http://www.templenews.info/galleries/galleries.htm

His Most Ven. Sovannapanno Thach Suon was born in Kampuchea Krom (former territory of Cambodia). His holy body will be transported back to his hometown from the United States.

He fled Kampuchea Krom due to human and religious rights oppression and crackdown in the 1980s by communist Vietnamese authorities.

France transferred Kampuchea Krom to Vietnam on June 4, 1949.

Templenews TV and staff have the final opportunity to capture the activities at the services.

We wish to share these auspicious and sad events with you, your family, Buddhist clergies, and our beloved compatriots.

Please kindly visit us again as Templenews staff continue to upload more pictures from the ceremony.

Loving Kindness and Compassion,

Templenews