News & Updates

19 December 2013

2014 Nalanda Free School Tuition Class Schedule

Nalanda Free School

The Nalanda Free School was established in June 2010 by a group of dedicated volunteers to provide free tuition and other educational support to academically-weak and needy students. We aim to provide quality teaching by caring tutors, and offer personal attention to help students’ learning and comprehension by offering tutorials in important subjects such as languages, mathematics and science.

Below is the tuition class schedule for 2014. Registration is now open and kindly share this information with your relatives and friends.

Nalanda Centre, Sri Serdang

Secondary School
Subject Form/Standard Day Time
Biology Form 5 Monday 8.00pm – 9.30pm
Add. Maths Form 4 & 5 Wednesday 7.00pm – 9.30pm
Physics Form 4 Tuesday 3.00pm – 4.30pm
Biology Form 4 Thursday 8.00pm – 9.30pm
Mathematics Form 3 Wednesday 8.00pm – 9.30pm
Mandarin Form 3 Tuesday 3.00pm – 4.30pm
English Form 2 & 3 Thursday 8.00pm – 9.30pm
Mandarin Form 1 & 2 Wednesday 9.00am – 10.30am
B. Malaysia Form 1 Friday 8.00pm – 9.30pm

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18 December 2013

Nalanda Youth Centre under renovation

Nalanda officers attending an education workshop at Nalanda Centre were brought on a tour of the proposed Nalanda Youth Centre, located just next door to our present premises in Sri Serdang.  The facility has been under renovation since last month, and is slated for completion by January 2014.

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17 December 2013

Dhamma teachings in Singapore

Nalanda Founder Bro. Tan undertook a 5-day tour to Singapore earlier this month and gave several teachings to various groups, including to members of Buddhist Fellowship, Firefly Mission, undergraduate fellowship, and at the Buddha Dhamma Mandala Society (BDMS).  Bro. Tan also visited Ven. H Gunaratana and Ven. B Dhammaratana at the Buddhist Library, as well as Ven. S Dhammika at BDMS.  It was a fruitful trip as he was fully engaged with many Dhamma activities.

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16 December 2013

Ground-breaking Workshop on Buddhist Education

Over the last weekend, Nalanda officers gathered at our ‘spiritual home’ in Sri Serdang for a ground-breaking workshop on the ‘Nalanda Education Model’, presented by Founder Bro. H S Tan.  The workshop was truly a great learning experience for everyone, especially for teachers, facilitators, and coordinators of Nalanda’s educational programmes.

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15 December 2013

Second Anniversary of NEO Centre Happy Garden

11 December 2013 marks the second anniversary of Nalanda’s first branch facility – the NEO Centre in Happy Garden.  We would like to thank all volunteers and devotees for your kind support, services, contributions and encouragement given us over the past two years.

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14 December 2013

Nalanda Officers attend Education Workshop

Since early this morning, Nalandian officers have been arriving at our ‘spiritual home’ – Nalanda Centre, to attend the 2-day Nalanda Education Workshop.  In the first session from 10am to 12pm, Bro.Tan introduced the concept of “Essential Education” that will form the basis for Nalanda’s educational programmes for the next 20 years.

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13 December 2013

Fellowship Undergraduate Network (F.U.N.) Continues

“Season 2” of Nalanda Youth Centre’s “Fellowship Undergraduate Network” (F.U.N.) continues with much learning, sharing, and enjoyment every Saturday evening.  The 3rd and 4th sessions were held recently (on 30 November and 7 December respectively) at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang.  Undergraduates from several public and private universities in the Klang Valley took part in those sessions.

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12 December 2013

Inspiring ‘Mangala Sutta’ Course in Singapore

On Saturday 30 November, Bro. Tan was invited to Buddhist Fellowship Singapore to conduct a commentarial course on ‘Mangala Sutta’ (the famous “Discourse on Highest Blessings”).  150 participants from 6 countries, including 14 Nalandians from Serdang and Johor Bahru, took part in the day-long course. Read more

11 December 2013

Dhamma Teachings by Ayya Susīla

On Sunday 8 December, Ayya Susīla gave two uplifting talks to Nalandians.  The first talk was at Nalanda Centre, “From Darkness to Light“, and the second one in Mandarin was at NEO Centre Happy Garden, “如何面对生活中的烦恼”.  Devotees were delighted with the simple and easy-going way of Ayya’s Dhamma teaching. Nalanda’s Deputy President Bro. Lee Teck Beng and Nalanda KL Branch Deputy Chairman Bro. Rudy Gan, together with many other officers, were at Nalanda to receive Ayya Susīla.  Sadhu!

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10 December 2013

Pindacāra in Taman O.U.G. and Happy Garden

On Saturday 7 December, Nalanda volunteers and devotees participated joyfully in our monthly Pindacāra (monks going on alms-round) at Taman O.U.G. and Happy Garden morning markets.  We were very honoured to receive 3 senior monks on alms-round, including the Abbot of Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple Ven. Sri Saranankara Nayaka Thero, and Abbot of Tusita Hermitage Ven. U Mangala.

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