Nalanda Buddhist Society

13 March 2015

Welcoming Ajahn Sumedho to Malaysia

Dear friends, the highly-respected Dhamma teacher in Ajahn Chah’s forest tradition, Venerable Ajahn Sumedho, will be in Kuala Lumpur this weekend!  Let’s not miss this wonderful opportunity to meet with, and learn the Dhamma from Venerable Ajahn in person. Read more

11 March 2015

Ajahn Sumedho to visit Nalanda Centre

We are very pleased and honoured to welcome Venerable Ajahn Sumedho to Nalanda Centre this weekend!  Ajahn Sumedho is a highly-respected senior monk in the Thai forest tradition.  He was ordained in Thailand in the 1960’s and trained for years with the late Ajahn Chah, being the famous Dhamma Master’s senior-most Western disciple.

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10 March 2015

Memorial Service at Sentul Buddhist Temple

On Wednesday 4 March, a team of Nalandians attended a memorial service at Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple in Sentul, for the late Madam L. M. Bisomanike, mother of the temple’s Abbot Venerable Sri Saranankara Nāyaka Thero.  The late Mdm. Bisomanike passed away peacefully on 2 March in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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9 March 2015

Successful and inspiring General Meeting

Nalanda Buddhist Society Malaysia yesterday (8 March) held one of its most inspiring Annual General Meetings (A.G.M.) since establishment.  The 12th A.G.M. was held in a joyous and celebratory spirit as members gathered at the newly-completed Nalanda Centre to acknowledge the support of donors, the hard work put in by the Building Committee, as well as the contribution by Nalanda members from near and far!

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8 March 2015

Celebrating Women’s Role in Human Development

It was Mao Zedong who famously quipped that “Women hold up half the sky!”  Statistically, women indeed constitute half of humanity.  However, in terms of influence, the female gender exerts proportionately more.

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8 March 2015

MH370 – 1st Anniversary, 8 March

Today marks the first anniversary of Malaysia Airlines MH370′s mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean.  After one year of intensive and extensive search under challenging conditions, the wreckage of the B777 aircraft is still not found.  Many questions therefore remain unanswered as to the fate of that flight, and its 239 passengers and crew.

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6 March 2015

Nalanda Buddhist Society’s 12th A.G.M.

Calling all Nalanda members!  The 12th Annual General Meeting of Nalanda Buddhist Society Malaysia will be held this Sunday, 8 March 2015, starting at 1.30 pm.  The A.G.M. will be held at our recently-expanded ‘spiritual home’ – Nalanda Centre, Sri Serdang.

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6 March 2015

Special Memorial Service for MH370

8 March 2015 marks the 1st anniversary of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370′s mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean, with 239 passengers and crew on board.  We invite everyone to participate in a Special Memorial Service dedicated to the victims of this tragedy.  Let us be united in our compassion and generate thoughts of mettā (loving-kindness) to the grieving families.

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5 March 2015

Happy “Chap Goh Meh” 恭祝大家元宵节快乐!

Today is the full-moon of the first lunar month, and thus marks the ending of the 15-day Lunar New Year celebrations.  In Malaysia, this festival is popularly known as “Chap Goh Meh” (literally, ‘the fifteenth night’) in the local Hokkien dialect, and is a significant day for the Chinese community.

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4 March 2015

‘Day of Gratitude’ at Nalanda Dharma School

On Sunday 1 March, Nalanda Dharma School (NDS) organized a traditional “Tea Ceremony” at Nalanda Centre in conjunction with the Lunar New Year.  This year, the Chinese delicacy of “tang yuan” was served instead of the usual tea.

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