On 24 and 25 December 2017, Nalanda Centre will be hosting Ven. Ajahn Kalyāno, the abbot of Lokuttara Buddhist Monastery in Skiptvet, Norway, a branch monastery in the Thai forest tradition of Ajahn Chah. Join us for a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Kalyāno on Sunday 24 December, at 8.00pm.
Read moreFollowing the successful two-week ‘Dhammayatra’ (pilgrimage) for Nalandian youths which just concluded on 4 December, another group of 70 adults from Nalanda Buddhist Society Malaysia and the Buddhist Fellowship of Singapore began their journey of Dhamma discovery to India and Nepal early this morning.
Read moreThis afternoon, Nalanda Dhamma School Director Sis. Sunanda Ong led a group of 30 youths and students on a mission to Johor Bahru to help conduct a holiday Dhamma-learning camp there.
Read moreNalanda Buddhist Society is currently constructing the ‘K. Sri Dhammananda Centre’ (KSDC) – a new facility offering more places for children and teenagers to attend Dhamma School in Sri Serdang. The 4,500 sq.ft building will enable 120 students to learn Dhamma in a conducive and comfortable environment.
Read moreWe invite you to offer alms to monks at the Jalan Besar morning market and Pasar Rakyat in Seri Kembangan on Saturday, which is Nalanda’s last educational Pindacāra of 2017. The day’s programme begins at 7.30am with chanting at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang, followed by alms-round in nearby Seri Kembangan starting 8.30am.
Read moreMessage from Vijaya Samarawickrama, Chairman of Nalanda Education Committee
One of our most fascinating preoccupations concerns our origins as human beings. Our earliest ancestor can be traced back to a tiny microbe called Saccorhytus which ‘lived’ 500 million years ago and whose fossil remains were discovered in China recently. After millions of years of evolution we left the members of the animal world behind and eventually earned the title of ‘manussa’ – ‘that which has a mind which can be developed’.
Read moreConstruction of the ‘K. Sri Dhammananda Centre’ (KSDC), which started in September 2017, is progressing well on schedule. The contractors have finished piling works, ground beams, and casting the ground-floor slab. We are blessed with the best weather in Sri Serdang, which helps greatly with structural work.
Read more8 December saw the start of two simultaneous teenagers’ learning camps organised by Nalanda Dhamma School – one at NEO Centre Sungai Petani in Kedah; and another at Wat Prachumthat Chanaram in Tumpat, Kelantan.
Read moreMalaysian devotees and Nalandians would like to extend our warmest greetings to Venerable Sri Pandita Henepola Gunaratana Nāyaka Māha Thero and wish him the best of health and fulfillment on his 90th birthday, today!
Read moreTwo teams of Nalandians comprising Dhamma School Director Sis. Sunanda, EXCO member Sis. Buddhini, Dhamma School facilitators and senior students gathered for chanting at Nalanda Centre before departing for Dhammaduta trips to Kedah and Kelantan.
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