On Sunday 7 September, devotees gathered at Nalanda Centre for Service Sunday with a Dhamma talk by Bro. Charlie Chia. After pūja, chanting and meditation, Bro. Charlie Chia shared about the way to be a happy and successful person. One needs the conditions of good kamma, being in the right environment, and making the right effort to be ‘successful’.
Read moreToday marks the 130th day since the Nalanda Centre Building Expansion Project began. In just another 50 days, the construction and renovation work should be wholly completed! Currently, work is concentrated at Level 4 and the roof structure. We have also started landscaping the surroundings of Nalanda Centre. Volunteers spent a few days last week to clean up the neighbourhood, and planted suitable shrubs to enhance the experience of visitors to the Centre.
Read moreReport by Lim Jie Sheng | Photographs by Gan Jia Cheng
31 August 2014 not only marked the 57th Independence Day of Malaya, but also the 8th anniversary of our late Spiritual Advisor Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda’s passing. Nalandians gathered on this day to commemorate our late teacher’s lifetime missionary work and celebrate his spirit and teachings that brought a huge impact to the Buddhist community.
Read moreOn Sunday 14 September, devotees gathered in strength at Nalanda Centre for our annual ‘Community Gardening Day’. Every year close to ‘Malaysia Day’, Nalandians and the surrounding community would work together to clean and green the Sri Serdang neighbourhood. This is one of our efforts to commemorate the country’s founding day – by taking care of cleanliness in our vicinity, and to plant suitable local trees and shrubs to create a better environment for everyone.
Read moreIt has been 2 months since the tragic downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukrainian airspace on 17 July, while on its routine flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The shock caused by this despicable act reverberated throughout the world – there was simply no excuse for such a horrific and senseless attack on an innocent civil airliner!
Read moreThe Nalanda Education Team ( N.E.T.) members had a meaningful “Malaysia Day” by holding their second meeting yesterday morning at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang. The meeting was chaired by N.E.T. Chairman Achariya Vijaya Samarawickrama, and attended by all Directors and Heads of Department from Nalanda Institute, Dharma School, Free School, Pustaka Nalanda, and Youth Centre.
Read moreToday, we mark the 51st anniversary of the formation of “Malaysia”. Our nation was born when the Federation of Malaya merged with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore in 1963. (Singapore, however left the federation in 1965 to forge its own destiny.)
Read moreNalanda Sungai Petani Branch Management Committee members Bro. Goo Chu Lai and Bro. Fong Chee Meng made a short visit to Nalanda Centre on Friday, 12 September. Joining them were Sis. Ong Yen See, who is the member in charge of ticketing sales for the branch’s upcoming charity concert, and Bro. Chiam, a youth leader at Kedah Buddhist Association.
Read moreSunday, 14 September is Nalanda’s annual ‘Community Gardening Day’! Every year close to ‘Malaysia Day’, Nalandians and the surrounding community will gather in Sri Serdang to clean and green the neighbourhood. This is one of our efforts to commemorate the country’s founding day, by taking care of cleanliness in our vicinity, and to plant suitable local trees and shrubs to create a better environment for everyone.
Read more‘September 11th’ – otherwise another mundane and beautiful date on the calendar – would forever be remembered with sorrow and disdain for the dastardly acts of terrorists hijacking airplanes, and using them as missiles in their assault on New York’s World Trade Center. Their immoral act caused the untimely deaths of nearly 3,000 innocent victims, and sent shock waves throughout the world.
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