Episode 8 of NalandaTV reports on the official launching of Nalanda Youth Centre on 1 May 2014. The joyous occasion was presided over by Ven. Sri Saranankara Nayaka Thero, and attended by more than 200 Nalanda members and devotees. The Guest of Honour was Bro. Goh Qing Song, President of Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM). Watch inspiring scenes and interviews with young Nalandians in this interesting episode!
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Episode 7 of NalandaTV reports on the recent “Nalanda Walkathon 2014” held in Sri Serdang, Selangor. Despite the haze and drizzle, around 1,500 participants and volunteers turned up to support this charity “Walk for Education”. Watch inspiring scenes and interviews in this interesting episode!
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Dear friends, Episode 6 of NalandaTV is now available for your viewing here! The release of this episode was originally scheduled for 8 March, but was pushed back until now as the country was in shock over the disappearance of MH370.
Episode 6 features recent programmes organised by Nalanda Dharma School and Nalanda Youths. There are also reports on the Sungai Petani Branch AGM, Berjaya Founder’s Day, and interviews with Nalanda officers.
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This Lunar New Year, we are pleased to present you with a special and lively episode of NALANDA TV! Please click on the screen to view the broadcast, and do SHARE it with your family and friends, as it is more joyful to watch it together!
Read moreEpisode 4 of Nalanda TV features many happy kids, a prancing lion, and singing Nalandians! Follow recent happenings at Nalanda, including the Dharma School trip to Putrajaya, Nalanda Walkathon 2014, and the latest news at Nalanda Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru branches.
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Episode 3 of NALANDA TV is on air now! Catch up with recent happenings at Nalanda, including the visit by Member of Parliament for Serdang, Y. B. Dr. Ong Kian Ming, news on Nalanda Free School, NEO Centre Johor Bahru, the Youth Centre and the Dharma School.
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We are pleased to present Episode 2 of NALANDA TV today! This episode features recent happenings at Nalanda, and interviews with Ven. Sing Kan, Ven. Neishu of Japan, and Chairman of Nalanda Building Committee Bro. Mittananda Chong.
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We are pleased to announce the launching of Nalanda Buddhist Society Malaysia’s new multimedia channel – Nalanda TV.
Read morePindacāra, the practice of collecting alms-food, is observed by Theravada Buddhist monks who have gone forth from ‘home-life’ to ‘homelessness’. A Buddhist monk is known in Pāli Language as a ‘bhikkhu’ - meaning ‘one who lives on alms’.
Read moreBeginning the day after the full-moon of Asalha month (around July every year), Theravada Buddhist monks are required to observe Vassana or ‘Rains Retreat’ for a duration of 3 months. The Vassana period from July-August to October-November corresponds with the monsoon season in South and Southeast Asia (which were historically Buddhist strongholds), thus making traveling very difficult and even dangerous. Monks and nuns were often invited by Buddhist communities to reside in village Aramas (monasteries and nunneries) for the duration of the ‘rains’.
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