Dhamma Learning

10 March 2025

‘Happy Young Adults’ starts with Well-being

On Tuesday 4 March, Nalanda Youth Centre started its 8-week ‘Happy Young Adults’ Programme, a platform dedicated for young adults, to learn to thrive and overcome stress at work and in life. Held at Nalanda Education & Outreach Centre in Happy Garden, young working adults from different industries gather to learn from corporate leaders and professionals, reflecting on how they can apply their lives to the Dhamma.

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4 March 2025

Dhamma talk by Ven. Ajahn Nando

We joyfully invite you to join us this Friday, 7 March for an evening Dhamma talk by Ven. Ajahn Nando, who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He first encountered Buddhism at the age of 15 and felt an immediate connection to it. At the age of 21, he travelled to Thailand and stayed at Wat Pah Nanachat where he undertook Bhikkhu ordination at the age of 22 with Luang Por Liem Thitadhammo as his preceptor.

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27 February 2025

Joyful beginning for Family Dhamma School JB

On 22 February, Nalanda Johor Bahru Branch warmly welcomed over 40 returning students and new families to the first 2025 class of Family Dhamma School. The session began with a meaningful offering and communal chanting. To ‘break-the-ice’ everyone joined activities which fostered connections, familiarity and a sense of community.

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21 February 2025

Meaningful beginning for new parents

On Sunday, 16 February, new parents of Nalanda Dhamma School students attended the first session of the Parents Induction Programme (PIP) at Nalanda Centre, Sri Serdang. Sis. See Hui Shien, Director of Nalanda Dhamma School, welcomed them warmly and introduced the Buddhist spiritual path, highlighting how education and cultivation can bring about personal and family transformation.

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20 February 2025

Nurturing learning and friendships at Stay-In Programme

From 14 to 16 February, over 80 students and facilitators of Nalanda Dhamma School came together for an enriching stay-in programme at Nalanda Centre. The programme served as a warm introduction for students, helping them understand the purpose of Dhamma School while fostering the spirit of kalyāṇamittatā (spiritual friendship).

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19 February 2025

Family Dhamma School JB starts this Saturday

This Saturday, we warmly welcome students of the Nalanda Family Dhamma School to NEO Centre, Johor Bahru, for their first school session. This meaningful learning platform allows parents to deepen their connection with their children while growing together in wholesome values, fostering harmony, and nurturing a joyful home.

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18 February 2025

Dhamma teaching by Ven. Ajahn Sunando

Join us this Saturday 22 February for a Dhamma teaching by Ven. Ajahn Sunando. Hailing from California, USA, Ajahn Sunando began monastic training at age 27 in 2001 as a novice at Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Kaohshiung, Taiwan. Ajahn transitioned into the Vajrayana tradition while still in Taiwan and moved to Dharamshala, India for a year in 2002.

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11 February 2025

Blessed week of teachings by Sangha members

Nalanda is honoured to host Ven. Prof. K.L. Dhammajoti, Ven. Ajahn Sunando and Ven. Ajahn Pavaro on nearly consecutive days for Dhamma teachings. Do grab this opportunity to learn from distinguished teachers and deepen our spiritual practice.

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8 February 2025

Welcome back to Nalanda Dhamma School

Tomorrow, Sunday 9 February, marks the first school session of the year, and we are happy to welcome both new and returning students to Nalanda Dhamma School in Sri Serdang and Family Dhamma School in Kuala Lumpur.

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15 January 2025

Youths start the year with spiritual aspirations

On Sunday 5 January 2025, Nalanda Youths began the year with spiritually at the first Youth Sunday Service of 2025 with Sis. Sunanda Ong who shared about two types of search – the Ignoble Search and the Noble Search.  One embarks on the Noble Search having seen that we are subject to birth, aging, illness, death, sorrow and defilement, thus one seeks happiness in what is unborn, aging-less, illness-less, deathless, sorrowless and undefiled.

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