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Today is the full-moon day for the month of Jettha – an important period in Buddhist history because after His Enlightenment, the Buddha spent this whole month pondering upon deep Dhamma. We welcome everyone to join us at Nalanda Centre tonight for an evening of meditation, pūja, chanting, and Dhamma teaching by Bro Tan. Come experience the joy of learning and practising in the company of like-minded spiritual friends. All are welcome!
Read moreArticle by Gan Bee Ching | Photographs by Gan Jia Cheng
Read moreIt is truly inspiring to learn and practise Dhamma with like-minded friends in a supportive and friendly community. We welcome everyone to join us tomorrow (1 June) at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang for the first Service Sunday of the Gimhāna Period. There will be meditation, chanting, and Dhamma teaching by Bro. H S Tan. Vegetarian lunch will be served to all devotees after the Service. See you at Nalanda. Sukhihontu!
Read moreOn Wednesday 28 May, devotees congregated at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang to participate in the first meditation session of the 7-week Gimhāna Retreat. After meditation, Nalanda Founder Bro. Tan was invited to give a Dhamma talk.
Read moreToday is the new-moon day for the month of Jeṭṭha, and the first Uposatha Observance day during our annual ‘Gimhāna Period’. We welcome everyone to join us at Nalanda Centre tonight for an evening of meditation, pūja, chanting, and Dhamma teaching by Bro Tan. The programme tonight starts at 8.00pm. Come experience the joy of learning and practising in the company of like-minded spiritual friends. All are welcome!
Read moreEvery year between the Full-moon days of May and July, Nalanda organises a 7-week period of Dhamma immersion where devotees can gather for meditation, chanting, Dhamma discussions, and communal service. This 7-week programme is called the ‘Gimhāna Retreat’ at Nalanda. This year it begins on 28 May and ends on 16 July.
Read moreThe 7-week Nalanda Gimhana Period came to a joyful conclusion on 22 July – the Asalha Full-moon ‘Dhamma Day’. This year’s Gimhana Retreat began on 8 June also on an Uposatha Day. Throughout these weeks, there were Dhamma teachings on Sundays and meditation sessions on Wednesdays. Besides, devotees were encouraged to practise daily morning and evening chanting at home, meditate, perform wise reflections, and do good altruistically everyday!
Read moreIn Buddha’s teachings, ‘light’ is often used to symbolise wisdom. Viewed through the human eye, light is seen as a beam of bright translucence. In fact, the true nature of light is a combination of spectrums with different lengths of electro-magnetic waves. We are unable to see this without the help of various tools, which help us see things that have always been there, but just not visible to us before.
Read moreOn 30 June, Bro. Benny Liow, Editor of YBAM’s Buddhist journal – the “Eastern Horizon”, gave a Dhamma talk on the “Five Daily Reflections”. Bro. Benny quoted from the Upajjhatthana Sutta (AN 5.57) on the five facts of life that should often be reflected upon.
Read moreThe following is a summary of Bro. Tan’s teaching on 26 June, the third group meditation in conjunction with the Gimhana Retreat held at Nalanda Centre.
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