Minh Lý Đạo - Tam Tông Miếu

Worship

On the Main Sanctuary, at the center of the Buu Dien (Sacred Hall), stands the Heaven Altar (Thien Ban), arranged in five tiers:

Tier 1: Tablet enshrined

DIEU TRI KIM MAU (The Golden Mother of the Jasper Pool)

Tier 2: Tablets enshrined

NGOC HOANG THUONG DE (The Jade Emperor, Supreme God), HONG QUAN LAO TO (Patriarch Hong Quan)

Tier 3: Tablets enshrined

THAI THUONG LAO QUAN (Taoist Patriarch Laozi), THICH CA PHAT TO (Sakyamuni Buddha), VAN TUYEN KHONG THANH (Confucius)

Tier 4: Tablets enshrined

DIA TANG BO TAT (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva), VAN THU BO TAT (Manjushri Bodhisattva), QUAN AM BO TAT (Avalokitesvara/Guanyin Bodhisattva), PHO HIEN BO TAT (Samantabhadra Bodhisattva)

Tier 5: Tablets enshrined

NGU VI TINH QUAN (The Five Star Lords), CHU PHAT – CHU TIEN (All Buddhas and Immortals)

In addition to the Heaven Altar in the Sacred Hall, the Sanctuary also holds altars for: LICH DAI TO TIEN (Ancestors of Past Generations), DIA MAU TU TON (the Venerable Earth Mother), PHUOC CHANH THAN (Guardian Spirits of Blessing), LONG THAN HO PHAP (the Dragon Spirit Protector of the Dharma), THAP DIEN DIEM VUONG (the Ten Kings of the Underworld), and MON QUAN THO DIA (the Guardian Spirits of the Gate and Land).