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31/10/201404:31(Xem: 17591)
Góp lời cầu nguyện cho Chùa Việt Nam, Houston
A roof of the prayer hall collapsed early this morning at the Vietnamese Buddhist Center in far Southwest Houston. The Houston Fire Department tells Eyewitness News that no one was inside at the time and no one was hurt.

An alarm went off about 1:45am this morning at the temple on Synott between Old Richmond and West Bellfort, alerting the monks who live on property the building to collapse. One Buddhist follower we spoke to says he received a phone call at home and just had to come see this for himself.




"At first we didn't really believe it... We drove out here. Luckily nobody was in the building," said Khoa Ngo.

The prayer hall can hold hundreds of people, and parts of the ceiling collapsed to the ground. HFD says engineers will inspect the building later today to determine what should happen next.


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Video clip: http://abc13.com/religion/roof-collapses-at-buddhist-center/372766/



Chua_Viet_Nam_Houston (15)


Vô thường


Chánh Điện Chùa con đã sập rồi,

Vô thường không chừa chổ lựa nơi

Uy nghiêm sừng sững sao sập dễ.

Cấu trúc phải kiên cố mọi thời

May mà giấc khuya không người tới

Chớ không đổ nát lại tiêu đời

Cảnh Báo Già Lam xây đồ sộ

Kỷ thuật cấu trúc chớ là lơi

Chuyện không tưởng nổi vậy mà tưởng nổi

Chánh Điện Chùa Việt Nam sập khuya nay

Không chúng sanh nào có mặt may thay !

Chỉ Phật, Bồ Tát, Kinh đầy đở cho.


Quảng An (Houston, TX)

 

Chua_Viet_Nam_Houston (3)


XÓT XA THAY KHI HAY CHÙA SỤP ĐỔ

 

Chùa là chỗ tựa tâm linh,

Cho bao sanh chúng náu mình về đây.

Vô thường nghiệt ngã lắm thay,

Hủy đi tất cả chẳng tày một ai.

Linh thiêng Phật Tổ Như Lai,

Như Như bất động trong tai họa này.

Cùng là cảnh báo từ nay,

Xây chùa dựng miếu phải xây cho bền.

Xây chùa lớn nhỏ tùy duyên,

Đừng nên xây lớn thiếu tiền bớt công.

Dã tràng xe cát biển đông,

Khổ cho đại chúng nhọc công Dã tràng.

Cấu trúc xây dựng đàng hoàng,

Thì đâu để sập dễ dàng hôm nay.

Cổ xưa cho tới ngày nay,

Chùa xây kiên cố chẳng lay chẳng sờn.

Bởi chùa là chỗ Thánh Nhơn,

Là nơi Phật hiển điển thiêng cứu đời.

Nay chùa sụp đổ thay lời,

Nhắc nhở tất cả người đời về sau.

Xây chùa đắn trước nghĩ sau,

Nhà Lam kiên cố đời sau lưu truyền.

Đừng nên tham lớn, tham cao,

Để rồi thiếu trước hụt sau không bền.

Chùa xây kiên cố vững bền

Giúp cho đại chúng bình yên tu hành

Nam Mô Bổn Sư Thích Ca Mâu Ni Phật.

 

Xin chia sẻ cùng chư Tôn Đức và Quý Phật tử Chùa Việt Nam Houston, Texas, Hoa Kỳ


Melbourne, Úc Châu 31-10-2014

Đệ tử Hiền Hỷ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Source: http://abc13.com/religion/roof-collapses-at-buddhist-center/372766/



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