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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.
Read moreDuring 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.
Read moreToday 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.
Read moreFor seven weeks after the Buddha’s Enlightenment on Wesak full-moon in May, He contemplated on the Dhamma with His perfectly clear faculty of comprehension. Then, He travelled for seven days from Uruvela to Sarnath, where He preached the ‘Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta’ on Asalha Day, the full-moon in July.
Read moreDuring the annual Gimhāna Period, Nalanda members and devotees uphold a tradition to dedicate themselves to cultivating the 5 Daily Practices. The 5 Daily Practices are (1) Morning chanting & making noble aspirations, (2) Meditation, (3) Listening to a Dhamma talk / reading a Dhamma book (4) Performing an act of generosity and kindness (5) Evening chanting & reflection.
Read moreOn Saturday 6 July, the coming Uposatha new-moon day, we invite you to join us for a day of learning and meditation at Nalanda Centre. Held in conjunction with the Gimhāna Retreat, this Cultivation Day will be guided by Ven. Ajahn Narindo, a monk of Chinese-Malaysian descent who was ordained in 2012 by Luang Por Amaro at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Read moreOn the coming Full-moon Day of ‘Jeṭṭha’ month this Thursday 20 June, we invite Buddhist practitioners to spend this day wisely reflecting on the Dhamma, performing meritorious deeds, and deepening our practice by observing the Eight Precepts.
Read moreYesterday evening, on Thursday 6 June, devotees joined the first Gimhana Uposatha Service at Nalanda Centre, in the company of good spiritual friends on the new-moon day of the Jettha month. In the serenity of Nalanda Centre, we calmed our minds with evening chanting, meditation and refreshed our understanding of the Gimhana Retreat with Sis. Nandinī Tan.
Read moreToday is the New-moon Day for the month of ‘Jeṭṭha’ according to the Buddhist Calendar. On observance days such as these, we invite all Buddhist practitioners to spend this day wisely reflecting on the Dhamma, performing meritorious deeds, and deepening our practice by observing the Eight Precepts.
Read moreThe Gimhana Retreat spans 6 June to 21 July this year and during this period, we endeavour to commit ourselves to a period of relatively intensive Dhamma learning programme and group-practice. We welcome everyone to come and understand the Dhamma through guided, progressive, communal, and personal practice. The first Gimhana Uposatha Service is this coming Thursday 6 June, at 8pm. On this new-moon day, let us gather for meditation, chanting and to learn the Buddha’s teachings.
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