Whenever a Malaysia Airlines flight from overseas lands at KLIA, there will always be that welcoming and reassuring on-board announcement – “…and to all Malaysians, ‘Welcome home’”. For many citizens, that simple but familiar greeting never fails to warm our hearts.
Read moreToday marks exactly 5 months since ‘MH370’ vanished over the Indian Ocean on 8 March 2014. The mystery of its disappearance remains unsolved; and the memory and pain of those who lost their loved ones remain fresh. Since ‘MH370’, we have again been shocked by the crashing of a few other airliners in July, including another Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 – the ‘MH17’ – with a great loss of lives.
Read moreOn this festive occasion, Nalanda Buddhist Society wishes our Muslim friends ‘Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri’!
Read moreThe 2014 Commonwealth Games is now underway in Glasgow, Scotland. At the Opening Ceremony of the “friendly games”, the arena observed a minute’s silence in memory of those who perished with MH17. The Malaysian contingent marched into the stadium led by the flag-bearer carrying the national flag at half-mast, followed by Malaysia Airlines cabin crew and athletes – all wearing black arm-bands. The contingent received a warm reception and ovation at the ceremony as a mark of empathy and solidarity over the tragic losses of MH17 and MH370. Thank you, Scotland!
Read moreThe Malaysian Government today called for flags to be flown at half-mast until Monday 21 July, to mourn the loss of 298 lives on board MH17. At tomorrow morning’s Service Sunday, Nalanda Founder Bro. Tan will offer a reflection on the tragic air-crash as well as recite prayers for the victims and their loved ones.
Read more18 July 2014 marked the late Nelson Mandela’s 96th birth anniversary. This year, we do not have the good fortune of celebrating his birthday with the man himself, as he had passed on in December last year. This is Mandela’s first birthday, without Mr. Nelson Mandela.
Read moreNews agencies reported yesterday evening (17 July) that a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 – flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur – has crashed in the Ukraine. It was reportedly shot while flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters over the eastern part of that country, and crashed shortly afterwards. 280 passengers and 15 crew members were on board; all 295 were feared dead.
Read more7 July 2007 (popularly celebrated back then as “777”) witnessed the first programme ever organized by the newly-established ‘Nalanda Institute Malaysia’. It was the ‘BPS138 Commentarial Course on Mangala Sutta’, conducted by Nalanda Institute’s Founder-Director Bro. H S Tan. The main hall of the old ‘Nalanda Dharma Centre’ was packed with more than 70 participants all deeply inspired after attending the full-day course.
Read moreToday is the 79th Birth Anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. We wish the Spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhists a long fruitful life with good health, joy and peace!
Read moreMessage from the Director of Nalanda Institute
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