Community Service

12 September 2017

Packing up Nalanda House for construction work

After 12 years of service as the base for our Dhamma School (since January 2005), Nalanda House will soon be demolished and rebuilt as the ‘K. Sri Dhammananda Centre’ to cater for bigger student enrolment and continued expansion of activities.

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7 September 2017

“Family Fun Fair” in Johor Bahru

Since its establishment in 2013, Nalanda Johor Bahru Branch has been actively and selflessly providing invaluable services to the local community with free academic tuition, Dhamma classes, and meditation courses.  All these services are critical for increasingly stressed-out families and individuals, for them to achieve balance and well-being in life.

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19 August 2017

Arriving for the big event tomorrow

Nalanda Centre is buzzing with people and action throughout today as members and devotees descend upon Sri Serdang from near and far, for tomorrow’s Family Fun Fair 2017.

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18 August 2017

Charity homes participate in Fun Fair

Besides aiming to raise funds for holistic education, Nalanda Family Fun Fair also fulfills its community-service objective by inviting charitable homes to participate in the event.  This year, Tong Sim Senior Citizens’ Home in Kampung Subang, Siddharthan Care Centre in Petaling Jaya, and Bodhi Home Centre in Cheras will be taking part in our Fun Fair.

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17 May 2017

Alms-round in Seri Kembangan

On Saturday 15 April, Nalandians again organised the monthly ‘Pindacāra’ programme at the Jalan Besar market in Seri Kembangan to educate the public on proper ways to support the Buddhist monastic order.

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2 May 2017

Saving lives through blood donation

Just a pint of blood can save up to 3 lives!  Blood donation is safe, painless, simple, and noble.  It is also one of the most wholesome deeds one can perform this Wesak.  We can make a life and death difference for others in need by coming forward to donate blood.

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29 March 2017

‘e-Run’ to fund Community Education

If you have not registered for e-Run 2017, register now !   Please support this charity run which aims to raise funds for holistic education that benefits the entire Malaysian community.

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18 January 2017

Run for Community Education

Since our inception in 2003, Nalanda has been continuously organising and offering Dhamma courses, training programmes and other educational services that benefit the entire community.  All our programmes are freely available to the public as Nalanda is a non-profit, service-oriented organisation that aims to provide holistic education for integral human development.

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1 December 2016

Leaving for camp in Johor Bahru

Early this morning, 20 Nalandian youths and Dhamma School students gathered for chanting at Nalanda Centre before leaving for Johor Bahru to help conduct a 3-day Dhamma camp for teenagers there.  This trip is a wholesome start to their year-end school holidays as it promises much learning and community service.

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16 November 2016

‘Silver Lining Day’ at Siddharthan Care Centre

Report by Chan Jia Xin.

Silver Lining’ is a programme initiated by Nalanda Youth Centre in 2015 to promote acts of kindness towards others among Malaysian youths.  A ‘Silver Lining Day’ is organised once every three months where youths dedicate one Sunday to serving the community.

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