Dhamma Practice

1 June 2025

Gimhāna daily practice #5 – evening chanting & reflection

The fifth daily practice during the Gimhāna Retreat is do ground ourselves in evening chanting and reflection of our day.  Take time at the end of the day to recollect and reflect on our actions, speech and thoughts throughout the day. The more that we reflect, the clearer we can see our progress and journey.

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31 May 2025

Gimhāna daily practice #4 – acts of generosity and kindness

Honing wholesome habits would not be complete without efforts to perform acts generosity and kindness towards others as part of our daily practice. Giving (Dāna) can be performed in everyday life, even when we don’t leave out home; donating online, purchasing requisites to be delivered to another, or even a kind word to someone suffering.

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30 May 2025

Gimhāna daily practice #3 – reading & listening to Dhamma

One of the wholesome habits we can develop is to dedicate time to read Dhamma books and listen to Dhamma talks.  Just as how we brush our teeth daily to ensure healthy teeth and gums, and to prevent tooth decay, we nourish our minds with Dhamma daily so that we purify our minds from the stains of defilements.

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29 May 2025

Gimhāna daily practice #2 – meditation to calm the mind

In the Gimhāna Retreat, the second daily practice that we can do is meditation to cultivate calmness and clarity of the mind. Our quality of life and happiness is directly linked to the degree of our mental development.  Our minds create many problems in our lives when untrained.  With tremendous mental proliferation, there is little peace and tranquillity in life. 

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28 May 2025

Gimhāna daily practice #1 – morning chanting & making noble aspirations

During the seven-week Gimhāna Retreat, we can undertake the Five Daily Practices to develop new wholesome habits. The first daily practice is morning chanting and making noble aspirations.

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27 May 2025

Gimhāna starts today

Today is the new-moon Uposatha day of the month Jeṭṭha, which also marks the start of the summer season, Gimhāna. For seven weeks after the Buddha’s Enlightenment, He contemplated on the Dhamma with His perfectly clear faculty of comprehension. At Nalanda, it marks the start of our annual Gimhāna Retreat where we come together to deepen our understanding and practice in the Dhamma.

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23 May 2025

Dhamma learning with Ven. Luang Por Dumrong

On Wednesday 14 May, Nalanda members and devotees were honoured to welcome Thai Forest monks Ven. Luang Por Dtumrong, Ven. Luang Por Dumrong, Ven. Ajahn Dton, Ven. Phra Mahāpuñño and Ven. Phra Mettacitto to Nalanda Centre.  We were honoured to be able to learn with Ven. Luang Por Dumrong, who had last visited us in 2013, in the evening Dhamma teaching.

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12 April 2025

Full-moon Uposatha of Citta month

Today is the full-moon Uposatha day of the Citta month, a good time to dedicate ourselves to strengthen our Dhamma practice.  On this day, many practitioners observe the Eight Precepts and deepen their meditation practice, as well as listen to Dhamma talks and reflect on the teachings.

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27 March 2025

Dhamma teaching by Ajahn Cagino

Nalanda Centre is honoured to host Venerable Ajahn Cagino on Sunday, 6 April. Join us in welcoming Ajahn Cagino for a day of Dhamma practice. Let us come together to offer dāna and learn from him. You may bring vegetarian food or fruits as offerings. For more information, please contact Nalanda Office at 03-8938-1500.

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25 March 2025

Tribute to our benefactors on ‘Patron’s Day’

On Saturday 15 March, Nalanda members and volunteers commenced the observance of Patron’s Day with Bro. Benny Liow, with his reflections and sharings on the book he edited “K. Sri Dhammananda – A Pictorial Retrospect”. Heartfelt stories of his time with Ven. Dhammananda, our late Spiritual Advisor brought participants closer to the multitude of contributions that Ven. Dhammananda had brought to Buddhism in Malaysia.

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