Over the last holiday weekend, from 22 to 26 December, over 80 participants and volunteers gathered at Wisdom Park for the Meditation Retreat led by Luang Por Viradhammo, jointly organised with Dhamma Connect. With Luang Por’s close guidance and advice, yogis better understood how to develop moment to moment awareness and put it into practice in the meditation sessions throughout the five days.
Read moreOn Tuesday 19 December, Nalanda members and devotees joyfully welcomed Luang Por Viradhammo, Abbot of Tisarana Monastery in Ottawa back to Nalanda, 4 years after his last visit. Grateful to learn from Luang Por in person, the congregation listened attentively to his talk about training the mind and to experience stillness within.
Read more22 December 2023 marks the 4th anniversary of the passing of Venerable Dhammavuddho Mahāthera, a Malaysian monk of Chinese descent who dedicated his life to the Dhamma. Ordained in the Theravada tradition in 1986, he founded Vihara Buddha Gotama, a forest monastery in Perak dedicated to the practice and propagation of the Buddha’s discourses and monastic discipline.
Read moreWe joyfully invite you and your loved ones to join us for a Dhamma talk by Ven. Prof. K.L. Dhammajoti, a Malaysian monk of Chinese descent and a leading scholar on the Abhidhamma, on Sunday 31 December at Nalanda Centre. Let us gather on this final Sunday Morning Service of the year to learn from Ven. Dhammajoti on the topic of “The Buddhist spiritual journey to true freedom — transformation of the total being” with spiritual friends.
Read moreFrom 10 to 12 December, we were honoured to host Ven. Ayya Santinī, Abbess of Wisma Kusalayani in Bandung on her short trip to Malaysia, en-route to Singapore. Nalanda members were very happy to get re-acquainted and learn Dhamma with Ayya Santinī in the evening talk on Tuesday 12 December.
Read moreWe invite you and your loved ones to join us to learn and reflect on Dhamma with Luang Por Viradhammo, a senior monk from the forest tradition of Ajahn Chah. The service at Nalanda Centre starts at 8pm on Tuesday 19 December. All are welcome.
Read moreNalanda welcomes you to register for a three-day meditation retreat conducted by Venerable Ajahn Kalyano, Abbot of Buddha Bodhivana Monastery in Melbourne, Australia.
Read moreYesterday, Monday 11 December, Nalanda members had the priviledge of welcoming Ven. Ayya Santinī, Abbess of Wisma Kusalayani in Bandung, to Wisdom Park for the first time. This timely visit during the Society’s 9th National Members’ Convention, presented a wonderful platform for members from across Malaysia to ask questions pertaining to their practice and missionary calling, in a Dhamma chat with Ayya Santinī, a missionary herself.
Read moreJoin us at Nalanda Centre on Tuesday 12 December to learn and reflect on the Buddha’s teachings with Ven. Ayya Santinī, Abbess of Wisma Kusalayani, a bhikkhuni-training centre near Lembang in West Java. The service will start at 8pm with evening chanting.
Read moreAs the year draws to a close, the programmes at Nalanda ramp up with a host of Dhamma talks by venerable Sangha members, Dhamma School programmes, camps and retreats in the coming weeks. We look forward to welcome and host you for a fruitful learning experience. May you be well and happy
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