Youths cleaning the water features, stone by stone.

In the past weeks, Nalanda members, devotees, volunteers, Dhamma School facilitators and students have been coming together to prepare for this year’s Buddha Day Observance.  With a line-up of programmes over a week, everyone has been able to contribute their skills and many even developed new skills as they stepped up to help.

Working harmoniously together as a community, appreciation abounds for the mutual support and care shown for each other.  Learning from direct experience, volunteers find that any work, however challenging or voluminous, becomes much easier when there is mutual respect, humility and cooperation as friends work together.

Strongmen setting up the banners on the Centre’s façade.

Parents ironing the clothes for the parasols to be hoisted during the Heritage Procession.

Parents ironing the clothes for the parasols to be hoisted during the Heritage Procession.

Parents cleaning the display racks.

Parents and youths preparing Buddhist flags for the Centre’s façade.

Setting up the banners on the KSDC façade.

As the final touches are put in place today, we look forward to welcome the wider community for a meaningful and spiritual Wesak.  Do invite your friends and family along for the programmes at Nalanda Centre and NEO Centres in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and Sungai Petani.  For the full list of programmes, visit www.wesak.org.my.  See you at Nalanda!

Sisters preparing lunch for everyone after a hard day’s work.

Briefing on the Heritage Procession for all item bearers and volunteers.

Buddha-sedan bearers learning how to carry the sedan with dignity and stateliness.

Dhamma School students form the ensemble team that guides the procession with traditional beating of drums and gongs.

Dhamma School students bearing the Buddhist flags practising.

Achariya Vijaya coaching the Dhamma-through-Drama cast in projecting their voice.

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