This week marks the 10th anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami which struck on 26 December 2004. On that fateful morning, a massive earthquake triggered an equally ruinous Tsunami – causing immense loss of lives throughout coastal areas rimming the Indian Ocean. More than 230,000 people were killed; and 2 million more were displaced. Many families lost their livelihood and every material thing they owned.
Read moreToday marks the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s passing. He was a freedom fighter, (and later) the President of South Africa, and the voice of conscience for his nation. To the rest of the world, Mandela was an icon of liberation from oppression, and of reconciliation with your former oppressors. We humbly pay tribute to one of the most remarkable men of the modern era who brought peace and equality to millions of appreciative people!
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On Sunday 28 September, devotees gathered at Nalanda Centre to attend the Memorial Pūja in conjunction with the 1st anniversary of the passing of the most Venerable Prof. Kakkapalliye Anuruddha Nayaka Thero and Acharya Satya Narayan Goenka. The late Ven. Anuruddha was one of Founder Bro. Tan’s teachers.
Read moreToday marks the first anniversary of renowned meditation teacher, Acharya Satya Narayan Goenka’s passing on 29 September 2013. Nalanda Buddhist Society would like to pay tribute to a prodigious teacher who had created the conditions for millions of practitioners to experience the technique and bliss of ‘Vipassana Meditation’ first taught by the Buddha 2,600 years ago!
Read more‘September 11th’ – otherwise another mundane and beautiful date on the calendar – would forever be remembered with sorrow and disdain for the dastardly acts of terrorists hijacking airplanes, and using them as missiles in their assault on New York’s World Trade Center. Their immoral act caused the untimely deaths of nearly 3,000 innocent victims, and sent shock waves throughout the world.
Read moreK. Sri Dhammananda Memorial Day
Sunday, 31 August 2014
“It is difficult indeed to subdue one’s pride; but it is advisable to reduce it. If you are able to sacrifice your pride, then you can find inner peace and experience true happiness.”
Read moreExcerpt from Bro. H S Tan’s article, “Reflections on 6 August”.
On 6 August 1945, the horrific ‘Atomic bomb’ was first used in warfare and dropped over Hiroshima, Japan. Today marks the 69th anniversary of that tragic event. More than 100,000 people were killed by the Hiroshima bomb and the subsequent fires and radiation. 220,000 more were injured, and scarred for life. The Atomic bomb was until then the most destructive weapon used by man against man. With its deployment, Hiroshima was completely destroyed; so was humanity on that fateful day.
Read more18 July 2014 marked the late Nelson Mandela’s 96th birth anniversary. This year, we do not have the good fortune of celebrating his birthday with the man himself, as he had passed on in December last year. This is Mandela’s first birthday, without Mr. Nelson Mandela.
Read more7 July 2007 (popularly celebrated back then as “777”) witnessed the first programme ever organized by the newly-established ‘Nalanda Institute Malaysia’. It was the ‘BPS138 Commentarial Course on Mangala Sutta’, conducted by Nalanda Institute’s Founder-Director Bro. H S Tan. The main hall of the old ‘Nalanda Dharma Centre’ was packed with more than 70 participants all deeply inspired after attending the full-day course.
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!
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