The Gimhana Retreat spans 6 June to 21 July this year and during this period, we endeavour to commit ourselves to a period of relatively intensive Dhamma learning programme and group-practice. We welcome everyone to come and understand the Dhamma through guided, progressive, communal, and personal practice. The first Gimhana Uposatha Service is this coming Thursday 6 June, at 8pm. On this new-moon day, let us gather for meditation, chanting and to learn the Buddha’s teachings.
Read moreCome and join the Buddha Day ‘Peace Walk’ this Saturday 25 May, at Nalanda Education and Outreach Centre in Happy Garden. The programme features a Dhamma talk by Achariya S. Vijaya at 6.30pm, followed by the serene ‘Peace Walk’ around the housing community at 7.30pm. Light refreshments will be served from 6pm. We look forward to welcome you at NEO Centre, Happy Garden.
Read moreOn Buddha Day eve, Tuesday 21 May, devotees gathered at Nalanda Centre to ready themselves for the most auspicious observance in the Buddhist calendar. In this serene evening surrounded by kalyana mittā, Sis. Paruadi Ramasamy shared that the path of peace is one that we have to personally experience.
Read moreThe best way to honour the Buddha is to learn and practise the Dhamma, and to purify our own minds through proper cultivation. We invite you to join us at Nalanda Centre for Buddha Day Observance programmes as follows :
Read moreJoin us tomorrow evening, Tuesday 21 May, to prepare for Buddha Day in a tranquil evening of learning and cultivation.
Read moreThe Dhamma Appreciation Night ensues with a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Dton Dhirapanno, the co-abbot of Wat Pah Boon Lorm in Ubon, Thailand, and performances by Nalanda Youth Centre and Dhamma School. We invite you to share this news with your family and friends so that together we can experience the serenity and joy of Wesak at Nalanda!
Read moreOn the auspicious full-moon day of Wesak, join us at Nalanda Centre to commemorate the Enlightenment of our Teacher, the Buddha by learning and reflecting on Dhamma together. The service will start with Buddha Pūja, followed by a Dhamma talk by Bro. Tan Siang Chye on the theme “Peace begins with Me”.
Read moreBuddha Day is just 10 days away, and we invite you to join the host of programmes at Nalanda from 21 to 26 May. We will be sharing these programmes over the next week, and we invite you together with your family and friends to come and spend this auspicious observance in a meaningful way.
Read moreOn the evening of 26 April, Ajahn Achalo delivered a Dhamma talk at Nalanda Centre on ways to make progress spiritually so that our lives become more meaningful. A good start is to ground ourselves in wholesome practices such as daily chanting and meditation. For many, this requires much effort and determination at first, because of our internal inertia and external distractions.
Read moreOn Wednesday 24 April, we had the priviledge of learning with Ayya Santinī, Abbess of Wisma Kusalayani in Indonesia. Starting with the simile of the four types of thoroughbred horses in the Patoda Sutta (Anggutara Nikaya 4.113), Ayya urged us to consider where we are in our Dhamma cultivation and have urgency to journey on the Noble Eightfold Path.
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