60 days on, 120 more to go!
It has been two months since work started on the Nalanda Centre Expansion Project. We are happy to report that renovation is progressing very well. Our spirited workers are now bricking up Levels 1 and 2. Plumbing and electrical contractors have also started their portions.
Read more‘Dhamma Day’ commemorates the preaching of Buddha’s first discourse after His Enlightenment – the ‘Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta’ – where He taught His initial disciples the fundamental teachings of ‘Four Noble Truths’. We welcome you to join us at Nalanda Centre at 9.00 am on Sunday 13 July, for a joyful and spiritual Morning Service with meditation, chanting, and a special Dhamma teaching by Nalanda Founder Bro. H S Tan.
Read moreAccording to Theravada Buddhist tradition, monks are required to observe ‘Vassana’ or ‘Rains Retreat’ for a duration of 3 months beginning the day after the full-moon of Asalha month, which is today. The tradition of ‘Rains Retreat’ was started by the Buddha Himself in the year 588 BCE, where the Lord and 60 bhikkhus resided in Sarnath near Varanasi. The monks learned and practised Dhamma intensively under the direct guidance of the Buddha; at the end of that period, all of them had attained the highest spiritual goal of Arahantship.
Read moreOn Sunday 29 June, devotees continued the ‘Gimhana Retreat’ with more learning at Nalanda Centre. Sis. Sunanda Ong gave a lively and interactive Dhamma sharing where she encouraged everyone to cultivate a ‘good mind’ daily in order to have calmness and peace.
Read moreNalanda will be organising our annual ‘Family Fun Fair’ on 24 August 2014 to raise funds for our Building & Development Fund, and to support educational programmes of Nalanda Free School, Nalanda Dharma School and Nalanda Institute. The theme for this year’s fair is ‘Building for the Community’, in line with our current building expansion project in Sri Serdang.
Read moreAccording to Theravada tradition, Asalha (month) Full-moon Day marks the anniversaries of the Bodhisatta’s Conception, His Great Renunciation, and the Buddha’s preaching of the first sermon – the ‘Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta’ (Discourse on ‘Turning the Wheel of Dhamma’).
Read moreEvery year between the Full-moon days of May and July, Nalandians observe 7 weeks of Dhamma immersion where we often gather for meditation, chanting, Dhamma discussions, and communal service. This 7-week programme is called the ‘Gimhana Period’ at Nalanda.
Read moreReport & Photographs by J. J. Tan
On Tuesday 1 July, Nalandians from Sri Serdang and NEO Centre Kuala Lumpur gathered at the Sri Petaling night market to engage the public on Nalanda’s upcoming ‘Pindacāra’ (monks on alms-round) and ‘Family Fun Fair’ events.
Read moreToday is the 79th Birth Anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. We wish the Spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhists a long fruitful life with good health, joy and peace!
Read moreBro. Tan has invited the Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to volunteer at a ‘soup kitchen’ in order to witness their operations first hand. “The Honorable Minister can ‘turun padang’ (go down to the field) to see whether soup kitchens cause littering or dirty the surroundings. It is also the best way to get to know the homeless and destitute in Kuala Lumpur, and to understand why they became so,” said Bro Tan.
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