On 6 October, six-year old Ooi Zhi Ting was playing with her sisters, aged 15 and 11, in an apartment block’s swimming pool. The little girl from Penang reportedly suffered a leg cramp and sank to the bottom. A resident who witnessed the incident pulled Zhi Ting out of the water, and she was rushed to a hospital. Unfortunately, the little girl passed away later.
Read moreToday, we mark the 51st anniversary of the formation of “Malaysia”. Our nation was born when the Federation of Malaya merged with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore in 1963. (Singapore, however left the federation in 1965 to forge its own destiny.)
Read more‘September 11th’ – otherwise another mundane and beautiful date on the calendar – would forever be remembered with sorrow and disdain for the dastardly acts of terrorists hijacking airplanes, and using them as missiles in their assault on New York’s World Trade Center. Their immoral act caused the untimely deaths of nearly 3,000 innocent victims, and sent shock waves throughout the world.
Read moreOn 31 August 2014, we celebrate Malaysia’s 57th Independence Day. Arguably, it has been a difficult year for Malaysia with the twin accidents of MH370 and 17 still fresh in our thoughts. Yet we have faith that with collective will and unity, we can overcome such tragedies as one nation and people.
Read more25 August marked the 5th anniversary of the passing of our dear friends Sis. G G Tan, Julie Ang, Jennie Cheong, and Lee Ah Yem in an accident in Ladakh, India. Nalandians marked the solemn occasion by gathering for pūja, chanting and a Dhamma sharing by Sis. Sandy Lim at Nalanda Centre last night. Today we shall perform Sanghika Dāna and share merits with the departed sisters-in-Dhamma. Wherever they are, may they be well and peaceful. Sotthi.
Read moreThe successfully-concluded Nalanda ‘Family Fun Fair’ took months of meticulous planning and preparations to come to fruition. For that, we owe it to a small army of Nalandian volunteers who worked selflessly and tirelessly to organise the whole event.
Read moreThe Nalanda ‘Family Fun Fair’ is finally here tomorrow! Do invite your family and friends to come for a fun-day out while supporting a noble cause. Funds raised at the Fair will go towards the on-going Building Expansion Project and to support educational programmes of Nalanda Institute, Dharma School, and Free School. Your support means a lot to the community! Thank you and mettā.
Read moreWhenever a Malaysia Airlines flight from overseas lands at KLIA, there will always be that welcoming and reassuring on-board announcement – “…and to all Malaysians, ‘Welcome home’”. For many citizens, that simple but familiar greeting never fails to warm our hearts.
Read moreToday marks exactly 5 months since ‘MH370’ vanished over the Indian Ocean on 8 March 2014. The mystery of its disappearance remains unsolved; and the memory and pain of those who lost their loved ones remain fresh. Since ‘MH370’, we have again been shocked by the crashing of a few other airliners in July, including another Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 – the ‘MH17’ – with a great loss of lives.
Read moreOn this festive occasion, Nalanda Buddhist Society wishes our Muslim friends ‘Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri’!
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