Every child needs good teachers to nurture them in knowledge and skills and develop their nature to be wholesome and good. Every learner needs honourable educators who are selfless, patient and caring to guide them towards a meaningful life. Nalanda Buddhist Society pays tribute to all teachers, both spiritual and secular, who have made a positive impact that echoes through time.
Read moreA mother is compassionate when we are anxious, and patient when we are errant. They forgive us for our carelessness, and carefully lets us develop to our potential. In celebration of Mother’s Day, let our appreciation for them be unrelenting, just as a mother’s love is unending. We wish all mothers everywhere a meaningful and joyful Mother’s Day. May they be blessed with good health, comfort, happiness, and peace. May they be blessed with love.
Read more1 May 2019 marks Nalanda Buddhist Society’s 16th Anniversary. The Board of Management and members express our deepest gratitude to our Founder Bro. Tan for his untiring leadership, guidance and advice. We also record our appreciation to our spiritual teachers, advisors, benefactors, donors, supporters, volunteers and devotees for your unwavering faith and support to Nalanda’s educational mission since our establishment in 2003.
Read more17 March 2019 marks the last day of the year-long ‘K. Sri Dhammananda Centenary Celebrations’ which brought Buddhists across Malaysia together to celebrate the life and contributions of the late Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda (1918 – 2006). The Centenary Celebrations was launched exactly a year ago on 17 March 2018 at the Buddhist Mahā Vihara, Kuala Lumpur.
Read moreNalanda members would like to extend our best wishes and warmest felicitations to Venerable Dr. Henepola Gunaratana Nāyaka Thero on his 91st birthday today! Popularly known as ‘Bhante G’, Ven. Gunaratana is a renowned meditation teacher and author of several influential works, such as the best-selling ‘Mindfulness in Plain English’.
Read moreNalanda Institute Malaysia will host a Convocation Ceremony on Sunday, 2 December for graduates of BPS305 Certificate in Buddhist Studies, class of 2018. It is also a day of gratitude and appreciation to all teachers, volunteers, and benefactors who provided precious opportunities for Dhamma learning.
Read moreNalanda Buddhist Society was established in 2003, with our name bestowed by our late teacher and spiritual adviser, Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda. Since inception, Nalanda has been focusing on providing holistic Buddhist education to the community, which to date has benefitted over 23,000 students and participants throughout Malaysia.
Read moreThe ‘K. Sri Dhammananda Centre’ was officially launched last night with the blessings of the Maha Sangha, and with over 1,300 Buddhist leaders, Dhamma teachers, guests, neighbours, volunteers and devotees in attendance. The Centre was built to cater for increasing demand for Buddhist education and training. It is so named as a tribute to Nalanda’s late Spiritual Adviser, Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda.
Read moreNalanda Centre is teeming with activity as Nalandians prepare to receive more than 1,200 benefactors and supporters this Saturday to mark the Society’s 15th Anniversary Appreciation Night. The final touches are also underway to launch the newly-constructed K. Sri Dhammananda Centre on the same evening.
Read moreAfter a year of reconstruction, we are deeply honoured to invite the community to the launching of ‘K. Sri Dhammananda Centre’ on Saturday, 6 October 2018. The newly-completed building is named after Nalanda’s late Spiritual Adviser – the most Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda – who inaugurated our Society in 2003. This facility is solely dedicated to Buddhist education and Dhamma propagation.
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