Festival & Celebration

28 January 2017

Happy Lunar New Year

Nalanda Buddhist Society management and members wish everyone a “Happy Lunar New Year” with the blessings of Dhamma! May you and your loved ones enjoy good health, success and peace in the year ahead.  Travel safe and enjoy your holidays with family and friends.  Sukhihontu!

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27 January 2017

Pre-New Year traditions at Nalanda

The few days leading to the arrival of Lunar New Year have traditionally been a time for Nalandians to gather to wish each other a joyful celebration before everyone heads home for reunion with family and friends.  On Tuesday 24 January, the New Year ‘couplet’ was unveiled before the start of evening chanting in the Shrine Hall at Nalanda Centre.  It was indeed a lively and cheerful event for devotees in Sri Serdang.

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25 January 2017

Nalanda Centre closed for New Year

We would like to inform you that Nalanda Centre, Youth Centre and Pustaka Nalanda (the Library) in Sri Serdang will be closed for a week from Thursday, 26 January to Wednesday, 1 February for the Lunar New Year holidays.  The Centre and Library will reopen on Thursday, 2 February at 10am.  We wish everyone a joyous celebration of Lunar New Year!  May you and your loved ones be well and happy always.

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24 January 2017

All-round New Year cheers

There was good cheer all around on Sunday 22 January as Nalanda members and devotees gathered in Sri Serdang on the last Sunday before the Lunar New Year.  Bro. Tan gave an insightful talk on the ‘recipe’ for the best-ever celebration of the season – a chance to experience spirituality at every turn with our sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, thinking, and feeling.

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22 January 2017

‘Open house’ in Sungai Petani

Over the weekend on 21 January, Nalandians in Kedah were busy cleaning and decorating NEO Centre Sungai Petani in preparation to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year.  Members and devotees worked harmoniously in making the place spick and span and truly welcoming!

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1 January 2017

Have a great life ahead!

Nalanda Buddhist Society wishes everyone a joyful welcoming of 2017!  May your days ahead be fulfilling and peaceful.  May all beings be well and happy!

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30 December 2016

New Year Eve Chanting & Blessing

As 2016 draws to a close, let us take this opportunity to reflect, express gratitude, and radiate loving-kindness to the whole world.  We invite you to come with your family and friends to ‘calm down’ to the New Year at Nalanda Centre on Saturday, 31 December.  We shall be having the traditional meditation, chanting and blessings from 11pm to 12am on New Year’s Eve to welcome 2017.

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24 December 2016

Merry Christmas to our friends

Nalanda Buddhist Society wishes all our Christian friends a “Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year”!  May your celebrations be blessed with love, happiness and fulfillment.  Let us reflect wisely and grow spiritually to become better individuals and compassionate communities.

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29 October 2016

Happy Diwali

Diwali’, or ‘Deepavali’ in Malaysia, is often called the “festival of lights”.  The light that abolishes darkness is emblematic of the triumph of goodness over evil; truth over falsehood; and wisdom over ignorance.  Nalanda Buddhist Society wishes our Hindu friends across the world a joyous celebration of ‘Diwali’.  May you enjoy delightful reunions with family, and cheerful meetings with friends.  Namaste!

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15 September 2016

Mid-Autumn festival greetings

Chinese people throughout the world celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节) on the full-moon day of the eighth lunar month, which falls on 15 September this year.  It is a time of family gatherings and convivial reunions.  We wish everyone who celebrates the festival much joy and merriment.

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