News & Updates

11 February 2024

Nalanda Sungai Petani Branch A.G.M.

Members of Nalanda Sungai Petani Branch will convene for their 11th Annual General Meeting on Saturday 24 February 2024 at 12.30pm.  The meeting will be held at Nalanda Education and Outreach (NEO) Centre, Sungai Petani.  All registered members of the Branch are invited to this important meeting to chart the way forward, and to elect the Branch Management Committee for 2024-2026. 

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10 February 2024

Wishing you a joyful Lunar New Year

On this first day of the New Lunar year, Nalanda wishes you and your loved ones the blessings of good health, happiness and harmony.  In this time of festivities and reunions, let us also embed gratitude, care and love in all that we, so that we create conditions for joyful and meaningful celebrations. To friends who are travelling home, we wish you safe journeys.  新年快乐!

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9 February 2024

Happiness through gratitude this New Lunar Year

The Lunar New Year of the Dragon is tomorrow and Chinese communities around the world are celebrating with family reunions and gatherings from tonight.  In this festive season, we share with you this series on “Happiness through gratitude”.  May we be catalysts to bring about joy and harmony this festive season. 

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8 February 2024

Youths learn about mindfulness with Bro. Jeff Oliver

On Sunday 28 January, youths gathered at Nalanda Youth Centre to learn from Bro. Jeff Oliver, a Vipassana meditation teacher.  Bro. Jeff shared the importance of maintaining mindfulness in our daily lives as much as we can, in order to train the mind to stay in the present moment.  This helps us to gradually understand the realities of life, and greatly enables our progress in meditation.

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7 February 2024

Joyful Pindacāra (Alms Round)

On Saturday 3 February, members and volunteers gathered for the monthly Pindacāra (monks on alms-round) at OUG and Happy Garden markets.  Amongst the hustle and bustle of pre-new year preparations, devotees and stall operators were eager to perform the meritorious deed of making offerings to the Sangha.

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6 February 2024

Nalanda Centre closed for Lunar New Year

We would like to inform you that Nalanda Centre, Youth Centre and Pustaka Nalanda (the Library) in Sri Serdang will be closed for a week from Wednesday 7 February to the following Wednesday, 14 February for the Lunar New Year holidays. The Centre and Library will reopen on Thursday, 15 February at 10am. We wish everyone a joyous celebration of Lunar New Year! May you and your loved ones be well and happy always.

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5 February 2024

Hosting Ven. Chuan Wen and Buddhist leaders at Wisdom Park

On Sunday 21 January, we welcomed Ven. Chuan Wen 传闻法师, abbess of Hoeh Beng Buddhist Temple 鹤鸣禅寺 and leaders from Chempaka Buddhist Lodge 千百家佛教居士林 to Wisdom Park.  The group toured the campus and rejoiced in its peaceful environment which is conducive for Dhamma learning and spiritual cultivation.

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3 February 2024

Family Dhamma School – Testimony by Parents

In 2023, Nalanda Kuala Lumpur branch launched the inaugural Family Dhamma School, a unique platform where parents and children learn Dhamma together, nurturing family well-being and spiritual progress. Watch this video as parents share their enriching experiences and progress over the year.

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2 February 2024

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 64

Nalanda Bulletin Issue No. 64 (January 2024 edition) is now available for collection at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang, as well as our branches in Happy Garden, Johor Bahru and Sungai Petani.  We invite you to peruse through the bulletin to rejoice and learn more about the Dhamma programmes in the past months, and upcoming programmes. 

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1 February 2024

Hosting Ajahn Dhammasīha at Wisdom Park

On Saturday 20 January, we joyfully welcomed Ajahn Dhammasīha, Abbot of Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, in Brisbane, Australia to Wisdom Park.  In this short visit on his transit from Thailand, Ajahn toured the educational campus with members, who shared the Park’s objectives and Dhamma programmes hosted here.

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