On Sunday 27 September, a memorial service was held in honour of two illustrious teachers – Venerable Kakkapalliye Anuruddha, a foremost and distinguished scholar in the Pāli language; and Acharya Satya Narayan Goenka, a prodigious teacher who taught millions of practitioners the technique and bliss of Vipassāna Meditation. Both great men passed away on the same day, 29 September 2013; their likes will rarely be seen again.
Read moreToday marks the second anniversary of Venerable Kakkapalliye Anuruddha’s passing. The late Venerable Anuruddha was Nalanda Founder Bro. Tan’s Dhamma and Pāli Language teacher. Although a foremost and distinguished scholar in Pāli language and literature, and having been the first Vice-Chancellor of the Buddhist & Pāli University of Sri Lanka, the late Professor Anuruddha lived most of his life in seclusion. His funeral was a very simple affair in accordance to his last wish, much in character with this humble bhikkhu.
Read moreOn Monday 31 August, despite it being the National day public holiday, many Nalandians and devotees congregated at Sri Serdang to commemorate the 9th anniversary of our late Spiritual Advisor, Venerable Dr. Kirinde Sri Dhammananda’s passing. As the day also marked our country’s Independence Day, the National Anthem ‘Negaraku’ was sung in a flag-raising ceremony.
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25 August marks the 6th anniversary of Sis. G G Tan, Julie Ang, Jennie Cheong and Lee Ah Yem’s passing. The four of them perished in an accident on 25 August 2009 while on a pilgrimage to Ladakh, India.
On Sunday 19 July, in conjunction with the memorial service for MH17, Sis. Tan Yee Yong presented a Dhamma talk titled “Finding Peace in Turmoil”. She shared a few stories and her personal experiences which inspired devotees. Sis. Yee Yong elaborated on ‘Impermanence’ and the ‘Four Noble Truths’, quoting the ‘Ambalatthikā-rāhulovāda Sutta’ of Majjhima Nikāya.
Read moreToday marks the first anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukrainian airspace, while on a routine flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on 17 July 2014. All 298 people on board perished in the tragedy. The great loss of lives from this horrific incident is still felt by many people.
Read moreOn Sunday 8 March, Nalandians and devotees congregated to observe the 1st anniversary of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370’s mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean. Venerable Seelananda Maha Thero, Deputy Abbot of Bhāvanā Society, West Virginia, USA, graced the occasion with an insightful Dhamma talk.
Read moreOn Wednesday 4 March, a team of Nalandians attended a memorial service at Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple in Sentul, for the late Madam L. M. Bisomanike, mother of the temple’s Abbot Venerable Sri Saranankara Nāyaka Thero. The late Mdm. Bisomanike passed away peacefully on 2 March in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Read moreToday marks the first anniversary of Malaysia Airlines MH370′s mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean. After one year of intensive and extensive search under challenging conditions, the wreckage of the B777 aircraft is still not found. Many questions therefore remain unanswered as to the fate of that flight, and its 239 passengers and crew.
Read more8 March 2015 marks the 1st anniversary of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370′s mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean, with 239 passengers and crew on board. We invite everyone to participate in a Special Memorial Service dedicated to the victims of this tragedy. Let us be united in our compassion and generate thoughts of mettā (loving-kindness) to the grieving families.
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