Nalanda Centre

21 May 2025

Gimhāna Retreat B.E. 2569

For 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.

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19 May 2025

Learning with Āyasmā Aggacitta at Gradual Training Sutta Study

On Saturday 10 May, the first programme of Nalanda’s Buddha Day Observance B.E. 2569 commenced early in the morning at Nalanda Centre with 60 participants joining the Gradual Training Sutta Study and Meditation Workshop guided by Āyasmā Aggacitta.  The participants and facilitators who had begun preparations with pre-workshop discussions online, joyfully met up to learn in-person from Āyasmā.

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18 May 2025

Blood Donation Drive today at Nalanda

Pusat Darah Negara staff has just arrived and together with volunteers have set up the Blood Donation Drive at Nalanda Centre from 10am to 4pm.  The first batches of blood donors are already doing their good deed.  We invite you and your loved ones to join us today and donate blood, a life-saving gift that we can give out of compassion and kindness.  Do also visit the Buddha Jayanti and Wisdom Park Exhibitions on display until today. 

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16 May 2025

Come for Blood Donation Drive at Nalanda

Just a pint of blood can save up to 3 lives!  Blood donation is safe, painless, simple, and noble.  It is also one of the most wholesome deeds one can perform this Wesak.  We can make a life and death difference for others in need by coming forward to donate blood.

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16 May 2025

Uplifting visits to Buddha Day Exhibitions

For the past week since Saturday 10 May, visitors to Nalanda Centre have been touring the Buddha Jayanti Exhibition, organised by Nalanda Dhamma School.  Showcasing the carefully designed work of the School’s facilitators, students and parents, Teenage Dhamma School students guide each visitor to uncover about the messages of developing wisdom and compassion in each exhibit.

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14 May 2025

Significance of Wesak on Buddha Day Eve Service

On the morning of Sunday 11 May, Nalanda members and devotees came together for the Buddha Day Eve Service to prepare in spirit and mind to welcome and celebrate Buddha Day.  Sis. Paruadi Ramasamy gave a Dhamma talk on the significance of Wesak, for devotees to gain a better understanding on why and how we can observe Wesak meaningfully.

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12 May 2025

Welcome to Buddha Jayanti Exhibition

The Buddha Jayanti Exhibition has just been launched this morning and we invite you to come and view the exhibitions prepared by Nalanda Dhamma School.  The Buddha Jayanti Exhibition is a special highlight of Wesak Observance to share the Buddha’s teachings in creative ways. 

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11 May 2025

Dhamma teaching by Ven. Luang Por Dumrong

With reverence and joy in this holy Vesākha month, we warmly invite you to an evening of reflection and spiritual nourishment through the timeless teachings of the Buddha.  Join us to welcome Ven. Luang Por Dumrong, a senior monk from the late Ajahn Chah tradition for a Dhamma teaching on Wednesday 14 May, 8.00pm at Nalanda Centre.  Ven. Luang Por Dumrong will deliver the Dhamma teaching in Thai, with English translation provided by Ven. Ajahn Dton Dhirapañño.

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10 May 2025

2 days to Buddha Day – significance of flowers, water and candle during puja offering

The offering of lights, flowers, fruits and water is a common practice in the Buddhist tradition and Wesak Day during Pūja.  Instead of doing this as a ritual, let us better understanding the significance of these offerings, so that we can reinforce our faith and devotion, as well as enhance one's spiritual practice.  

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10 May 2025

Getting to Nalanda for Buddha Day

We warmly welcome you to Nalanda Centre this coming week for Buddha Day programmes held from today to 18 May.  If you are taking the MRT Putrajaya line which covers areas from Kwasa Damansara, Kepong Baru, Jalan Ipoh, KLCC, to Putrajaya Sentral, alight at the UPM Station which is just 1 km or a 13-minute minute walk from Nalanda Centre.

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