News & Updates

21 January 2025

Leadership exchange on engaging volunteers with BUBS

On Sunday 12 January, Nalanda leaders welcomed Bandar Utama Buddhist Society's President Bro. John Lee and their core leaders for a learning exchange on how to recruit, manage and engage volunteers who are crucial in spiritual organisations. Nalanda President Sis. Buddhini Tan led the exchange together with the Secretariat, Volunteer Management and Training & Enhancement Team.

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20 January 2025

Nalanda Centre closed for Chinese New Year

Please note that Nalanda Centre, Youth Centre and Pustaka Nalanda (the Library) in Sri Serdang will be closed for a week from Sunday, 26 January to Sunday, 2 February in conjunction with Lunar New Year celebrations.  Nalanda Centre will reopen on Monday, 3 February at 10 am.

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19 January 2025

Young Working Adults discuss wise associations at work

On Tuesday 14 January, the Young Working Adults gathered for their first meeting of 2025 at the Nalanda Education & Outreach Centre in Happy Garden. The youths joyfully reunited with good friends and meet new friends to continue in their learning to apply Dhamma at the workplace with Bro. Lee Kong Foo, who shared about associating with the wise to build meaningful connections at work.

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18 January 2025

Register for 2025 free school classes now

Nalanda Free School tuition class schedules for the coming 2025 academic year at Sri Serdang and Johor Bahru are available at https://www.nalanda.org.my/free-school/ , covering core subjects such as English, Mathematics, Science. The School, established in 2010, has been providing free tuition, quality teaching, personal attention, and other educational support to academically weak and needy students.

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18 January 2025

Communications team welcome new members

Daily postings on Facebook, Nalanda Bulletin & Website, Dhamma videos & articles and more are all within the purview of the Communications Centre at Nalanda. These mediums reach out to the community with Dhamma content and opportunities to join educational programmes. To strengthen this outreach platform, Nalanda Communications Centre welcomed new members on Saturday 11 January to further enhance its initiatives.

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17 January 2025

Meditation Workshop by Bro. Tan Siang Chye

We invite you to register for a One-day Meditation Workshop led by Bro. Tan Siang Chye, a dedicated practitioner with many years of meditation experience.  Held on a public holiday, this workshop is designed to help participants deepen their Vipassana practice and enhance their intensive retreat experience for optimal results.

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17 January 2025

Join ‘Meet the Author’ with Ach. S. Vijaya tomorrow

We invite you to join us tomorrow for a review by Achariya Vijaya Samarawickrama on the book authored by him – “A Buddhist Reflects on Ending Pain, Feeling Joy”.  Organised by Pustaka Nalanda, the ‘Meet the Author’ session will start at 2.30pm at Nalanda Centre.

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16 January 2025

Nalanda leaders rejoice at Ariya Vihara groundbreaking

Sunday 12 January marked the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the 1st Theravada Bhikkhuni Sima, Nunnery and Dhamma Training Centre of Ariya Vihara at Kwasa Damansara, Selangor. Nalanda leaders and members joined dozens of Buddhist community leaders and supporters in this milestone event, on the land which was gazetted for this use on 18 March 2021 by the State Government.

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15 January 2025

Youths start the year with spiritual aspirations

On Sunday 5 January 2025, Nalanda Youths began the year with spiritually at the first Youth Sunday Service of 2025 with Sis. Sunanda Ong who shared about two types of search – the Ignoble Search and the Noble Search.  One embarks on the Noble Search having seen that we are subject to birth, aging, illness, death, sorrow and defilement, thus one seeks happiness in what is unborn, aging-less, illness-less, deathless, sorrowless and undefiled.

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14 January 2025

Full-moon Uposatha of Phussa month

Today is the Full-moon day of the month Phussa. Uposatha days such as today are good occasions to renew our dedication and strengthen our Dhamma practice. We can observe the Eight Precepts, allocate time and effort to wisely reflect on the Dhamma, and perform meritorious deeds.

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