This Thursday 28 September, Nalanda Youth Centre will be welcoming over 90 participants for the 6th Dhamma-Living Camp for Young Adults at Wisdom Park. This camp, themed ‘Making Wise Choices in Life’, is an excellent opportunity for youths to deepen one’s own understanding of the Buddha-Dhamma and to incorporate the practice at this impressionable stage of life.
Read moreJust two days ago, on Saturday 23 September, Nalanda Family Dhamma School went for an excursion to Wisdom Park. On this ‘Day of Learning’, the families spent quality time together strengthening the values of care and respect for each other.
Read moreFor the past several weeks, Nalanda Youth Centre leaders and volunteers have been working hard together in preparations for the Dhamma-Living Camp for Young Adults. Bringing together 100 young adults between ages 18 to 30, this year’s camp will be held from 28 September to 1 October at Wisdom Park and will explore the theme ‘Make Wise Choices in Life’.
Read moreSince 2005, Nalanda Dhamma School focuses its earnest effort in providing holistic and quality Buddhist education. The School imparts necessary knowledge, skills, and most importantly, religious and moral values to equip students for worldly responsibilities and eventually experience spiritual awakening in their lives.
Read moreOn Sunday 17 September, Achariya S. Vijaya gave a rousing talk on how we can stay firm in facing the eight winds in life, especially when challenges arise. If the mind is untrained, it flutters like the leaf blown by the wind, because it reacts impulsively based on our likes or dislikes. As Buddhists, we can develop the mind, through learning, practising and realising the profound Dhamma, so that we can distance ourselves from unwholesome mental factors.
Read more‘Sangha Day’ is an important occasion at Nalanda for the lay community to honour the virtues and contributions of the Māha Sangha (monastic order) in preserving and propagating Buddhism. This is an occasion to express gratitude to monks and nuns who strive diligently to bring happiness and peace to mankind. Devotees in return offer robes, food, medicinal support, educational support, and other requisites to them.
Read moreOn Saturday 16 September, Nalanda leaders joined in the ‘Sanghika Dana’ organised by Serdang Buddhist Association in Seri Kembangan. This meritorious event, which has been held yearly for the past 8 years, is aimed at reinforcing the connection and support between the Sangha and lay communities. In the presence of over 100 venerable monks and nuns, the Buddhist community made offerings to the Maha Sangha, with hearts of joy and gratitude.
Read moreNalanda Youth Centre is organising the Fellowship Undergraduate Network (F.U.N.) programme with the theme ‘Leading with Purpose’. F.U.N. is a 6-session programme open to all university students aged 18 – 23 years old and will be held at Nalanda Centre, Sri Serdang.
Read moreOn the evening of Assayuja New-moon, on Friday 15 September, Nalanda members and devotees learned more about the cultivation of virtues and the factors leading to harmony from Ven. Ariyadhammika. Putting the congregation’s knowledge to the test, venerable sir engaged them in a quiz and embedded the teachings of Buddha when he expounded on each answer.
Read more60 years ago, the peoples of Malaya and the former British colonies of North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak and Singapore decided to form a federation of 14 states and territories under a federal government based in Kuala Lumpur. On 16 September 1963, a country named ‘Malaysia’ was born of that aspiration. In August 1965, Singapore left the federation to become an independent republic. The other 13 states have continued to persevere as a nation until today.
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