The Nalanda Chinese-Language Communications Team was formed a month ago to publish news articles in Mandarin. The team’s objective is to propagate Dhamma and communicate more effectively with Mandarin-speaking communities. The team launched a Chinese Facebook page 10 days ago on 5 March, which has since garnered more than 370 ‘Likes’.
Read moreNalanda Walkathon 2014 is just 2 days away on SUNDAY, 16 MARCH. Come join 1,537 other walkers to “Walk for Education” in Taman Sri Serdang! Registration for participants starts at 7am in the soccer field opposite Nalanda Centre. We shall do warm-up exercises en masse before the flag off.
Read moreAfter 3 months of renovation, the Nalanda Youth Centre was finally opened for use on Saturday, 1 March. The Youth Section and Dharma School teenagers have started using the facility since then. Nalanda Free School classes will also be shifting there in stages beginning April.
Read moreOn Tuesday 11 March, 200 members and devotees gathered at Buddhist Fellowship (West) Centre in Singapore for an evening of Metta-recitation and meditation to dedicate merits to victims of MH370. We thank our earnest friends in Singapore for doing your bit to give moral support to the victims of this tragedy and their suffering families. Sadhu anumodana!
Read moreThe photograph above was taken at the family home of Firman Chandra Siregar in Medan. Firman is Indonesian, and one of the passengers on board MH370. His relatives, neighbours and friends have been gathering at his house to await news of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777.
Read moreReported by Joanne Tan and Gan Jia Cheng.
The 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Nalanda Buddhist Society Malaysia was successfully held on Sunday 9 March, at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang. The meeting was well attended by members, who discussed the Society’s development in 2013 and the plans for the coming year. The mood however was quite subdued, as members are mindful of the ongoing national concern caused by the disappearance of flight MH370 just the day before.
Read moreAfter 4 agonizing days without certainty as to what really happened to flight MH370, it is understandable why many people are feeling frustrated over the long wait for answers. The internet is rife with many theories, speculations and criticisms.
Read moreAs we agonize over the fate of Malaysia Airlines MH370 which disappeared a few days ago with 239 people on board, let us also not forget the victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Eastern Japan 3 years ago today, on 11 March 2011.
Read moreOn Sunday 9 March, a team of Nalandians led by Nalanda’s Deputy President Bro. Lee Teck Beng joined other religious groups to perform special prayers for the casualties of MH370 and their families at Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s Main Terminal Building. Let us continue to extend our compassionate thoughts to the passengers of MH370, their families, and loved ones. May they be blessed with mental strength and calmness. Wishing everyone much Peace.
Read moreNalandians gathered on 8-10 March for pūja and chanting to share merits with the casualties of flight MH370 that went missing, and which presumably crashed into sea. The flight was a routine one from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. At this juncture, the circumstances surrounding the tragedy remain unclear.
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