News & Updates

1 January 2025

Video – Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Nalanda Dhamma School

1 January 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of Nalanda Dhamma School.  Over the past two decades, the School has continued the noble tradition of providing high quality and holistic education to the younger generation of Buddhists, by imparting them with the essential knowledge, skills, and most importantly religious and moral values.

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1 January 2025

Start the year with positive spirit

2024 has been an enriching year for Nalanda.  We extend our heartfelt appreciation for your fervent support towards Nalanda's education mission.  We are hopeful that 2025 will ride on the growth that we experienced, and we look forward to another year of positive spirits.

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31 December 2024

Let’s calm down to the New Year

Calmness and clarity are needed more than ever – as wars, calamities and political turmoil rage around the world, every one of us has also had our share of challenges hurled in our path throughout the year – perhaps even at this very moment.

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30 December 2024

New Year’s Eve Uposatha Service

As 2024 ends and the new year dawns, let us take some time to reflect, express gratitude, and radiate loving-kindness to the whole world.  Join us at Nalanda Centre to ‘calm-down’ to the new year at the New Year’s Eve Uposatha Service. 

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29 December 2024

A day of giving in final Pindacāra of 2024

On Saturday 21 December, the community at Seri Kembangan came together for the final Pindacāra of the year. It provided a golden opportunity for everyone to perform wholesome deeds and cultivate generosity to end the year in a fruitful and meaningful way. The joy and spirit of giving were evident in the members of the public who enthusiastically came forward to make offerings abundantly.

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28 December 2024

2025 Free School classes open for registration

Nalanda Free School has been providing free tuition, quality teaching, personal attention, and other educational support to academically weak and needy students since 2010. Free School tuition class schedules for the coming 2025 academic year at Sri Serdang and Johor Bahru are available at https://www.nalanda.org.my/free-school/ .

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27 December 2024

Enriching tour of Thailand for Nalanda Johor Bahru Branch members

From 11 – 16 December, 24 members of Nalanda Johor Bahru Branch embarked on a study tour of Thailand.  Led by Sis. Nandinī Tan and Bro. David Yap, the entourage strengthened their faith and understanding of Buddhist history by immersing themselves in the rich Buddhist monuments and sites of Bangkok and Ayutthaya.

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26 December 2024

Families connect with the Dhamma at Family Camp in Johor

Over the weekend from 21 to 23 December, over 50 participants and volunteers came together at Dhamma Light Meditation Center in Pontian, Johor for the ‘Dhamma-Living Camp for Families’. Themed “感恩随我行 Gratitude is My Attitude”, the camp provided parents and children with a valuable opportunity to strengthen their family bonds while deepening their understanding of the Dhamma.

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25 December 2024

A season of gratitude & peace

Nalanda Buddhist Society wishes all our Christian friends a “Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year”!  As we gather with family and friends this holiday season, let us fill our hearts with appreciation and wish all beings to be well and happy. 

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24 December 2024

Join us this Sunday for Dhamma teaching & lunch dāna with Ven. Ajahn Viradhammo

We invite you and your loved ones to join us to learn and reflect on Dhamma with Ven. Luang Por Viradhammo, a senior monk from the forest tradition of Ajahn Chah. Concurrently, there will be Dhamma talk in Mandarin by Sis. Nandinī Tan.

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