Nalanda Bulletin

9 July 2016

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 34

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 34 is now available for your reading pleasure at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang and our branch centres.  This latest issue highlights events at Nalanda in May and June 2016, including a special 6-page segment on “Wesak Tradition at Nalanda”.  We thank our Publication and Editorial team for producing this bimonthly bulletin for our information and education.  Sadhu anumodana!

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1 May 2016

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 33

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 33 is now available at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang and our branch centres. This latest issue highlights events at Nalanda over March and April 2016. Get a copy and read the latest news and updates on our activities. We thank our earnest Publication and Editorial team for producing this bimonthly bulletin for our reading pleasure. Sadhu anumodana!

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7 March 2016

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 32

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 32 is now available at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang and our branch centres. Get a copy and read the latest news and updates on our activities. We thank our earnest Publication and Editorial team for producing this bimonthly bulletin for our reading pleasure. Sadhu!

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4 March 2016

Dhamma is our ‘safety net’

On Sunday February 28, Achariya Tan Siang Chye gave a Dhamma talk on living in accordance with the Dhamma. He explained that the root word of ‘Dhamma’ in Pāli, and ‘Dharma’ in Sanskrit’ is ‘dhṛ’ which means ‘to hold up or maintain’; while the Buddhist meaning of Dhamma is the teachings of the Buddha.  Hence, when we live the Dhamma, it is to hold us up, and stop us from falling into the woeful states of existence, and to fulfill our potential for Nibbāna.

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18 February 2016

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 31

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 31 is now available at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang and our branch centres. Get a copy and read the latest news and updates on our activities. We thank our earnest Publication and Editorial team for producing this bimonthly bulletin for our reading pleasure. Sadhu!

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3 December 2015

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 30

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 30 is now available at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang and our branch centres.  Get a copy and read the latest news and updates on our activities.  We thank our earnest Publication and Editorial team for producing this bimonthly bulletin for our reading pleasure.  Sadhu!

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6 October 2015

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 29

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 29 (September-October 2015) is now available at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang and our branch centres.  Get a copy and read about the latest news and updates on our activities.  We thank our earnest Publication and Editorial team for producing this bimonthly bulletin for our reading pleasure.  Sadhu!

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13 August 2015

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 28

The Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 28 is now available for reading on-line!  Get a copy of the bulletin from Nalanda Centre or any NEO Centres near you, and read about recent news and updates on Buddhist programmes and activities.  We thank our earnest Publication and Editorial team for again giving us the pleasure of reading the Nalanda Bulletin.  Sadhu anumodana!

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8 May 2015

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 27

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23 April 2015

History of the Buddhist Flag

The Buddhist Flag was first hoisted in Sri Lanka on Wesak Day, 28 April 1885, when the country was still under British colonial rule.  At that time, the majority Sinhalese Buddhist population felt discriminated against by the colonial authorities when carrying out their religious activities, as well as pressurized by relentless foreign evangelism.  The Buddhists needed an icon to peacefully rally around, and hence, the idea of the ‘Buddhist Flag’ was conceived.

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