Appreciation

7 January 2015

Tribute to an Exemplary Dhammaduta

On Friday 2 January, Nalanda Institute Malaysia conferred the ‘2015 NALANDA AWARD IN DHAMMADUTA’ to Achariya Vijaya Samarawickrama in recognition of his four decades of exemplary services to the Buddha-Sasana.

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7 January 2015

2015 Nalanda Award for Dhammaduta

On 2 January 2015, Nalanda Institute Malaysia had the honour of conferring the ‘2015 NALANDA AWARD FOR DHAMMADUTA’ to Achariya Vijaya Samarawickrama – a well-known veteran Dhamma-speaker who has given more than 4 decades of excellent and altruistic service to the Buddha-Sasana.

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5 January 2015

Jubilant New Year’s Dinner!

On 2 January 2015, Nalandians from all over the country gathered for New Year’s dinner together.  The atmosphere was joyous and festive as new and old friends exchanged warm greetings and reconnected with each other.   

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20 December 2014

Happily cleaning the New Building

On Sunday 14 December, the youthful Nalandian squad continued to clean the Nalanda Centre annex building after the morning Service.  The expanded Centre is due for opening later this month.  We thank all volunteers who have been coming daily to the Centre to help in preparing the place to host the year-end National Members’ Convention.  Sadhu anumodana!

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14 December 2014

Cleaning up the New Building

For the past few days, Nalandians have been coming back to the Centre daily to help with house-keeping and cleaning.  There is a lot of camaraderie and esprit-de-corps as they heeded the call for duty and returned to the Centre on their days off to help with the cleanup and maintenance work.

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1 December 2014

Service Sunday and appreciation luncheon

Report by Lim Ajit

On Sunday 16 November, a fortnight after the successful hosting of ‘Xuan Zang – Journey to the West’ musical, a special Service Sunday and volunteer appreciation luncheon was held at Nalanda Centre.  The simple celebration was to express gratitude and appreciation to all volunteers who contributed towards the success of the Musical.  It was also an occasion to offer a special blessing service to Bro. Tan and his entourage who were leaving on a pilgrimage to India and Nepal the next morning.

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23 November 2014

Amazing ‘Xuan Zang – Journey to the West’ Musical

On Saturday 1 November, Nalanda hosted ‘Xuan Zang – Journey to the West’ musical at Istana Budaya.  More than 1,200 guests had a wonderful time attending the musical and were inspired by the true identity of Master Xuan Zang.

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14 November 2014

Grateful Members’ Day in October

On Sunday 26 October, Nalandians from Sri Serdang and Kuala Lumpur branches gathered at Nalanda Centre for the October “Members’ Day”.  This monthly gathering was an important occasion to catch up with our friends and to encourage one another in our spiritual learning and cultivation.

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13 November 2014

Service Sunday & Volunteer Appreciation

This Sunday 16 November, Nalanda will be hosting all volunteers of our recent successful staging of ‘Xuan Zang – Journey to the West’ musical.  We cordially invite all volunteers of the event to join in a simple celebration with appreciation luncheon at Nalanda Centre.  The programme runs from 9.00am to 11.30am; Bro. Tan will be giving a Dhamma teaching as well.
A hearty “Thank you” to everyone who has served selflessly in this successful campaign!  We look forward to seeing you at Nalanda Centre this Sunday.

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7 November 2014

“If you haven’t watched it, please do!”

“If you haven’t watched it, please do!”  That was the comment by Bro. Tan after he attended last night’s performance of ‘Xuan Zang – Journey to the West’ at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur.  This fabulous original musical by Han Production depicts the travels and travails of Venerable Master Xuan Zang who journeyed for 17 years from China to India and back, in his determined quest to obtain authentic Buddhist teachings and scriptures for his native land.

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