We warmly welcome Nalanda members back to our spiritual home this Sunday 6 July, for Members’ Day, a meaningful occasion for us to reconnect, reflect and realign with our collective aspirations. Let us gather in unity and harmony to learn about and discuss the Society’s latest developments and upcoming programmes.
Read moreNalanda ‘Family Fun Fair’ brings the entire community together every year, to support the singular mission of holistic education. This year’s Fair is on Sunday 17 August and we invite you to join us for a FUN day. In fact, volunteers and supporters have shared that the more they do and get involved, the more fun and joy they experience!
Read moreOn Sunday 15 June, the community at Nalanda including Dhamma School students and their parents gathered to celebrate Parents’ Day - a meaningful occasion dedicated to honouring the invaluable role of parents in our lives.
Read moreThe full moon of the Jettha month is fast approaching, and soon we will be entering the third week of the Gimhāna Retreat, which began on 27 May. We warmly invite you to join the Uposātha Full Moon Service on Tuesday 10 June, featuring a Dhamma Talk by Sis. Nandinī Tan, who will guide us in contemplating the interesting topic: “What Makes the Mind Powerful.”
Read moreOn Sunday 18 May, every level of Nalanda Centre was buzzing with activity as the community gathered for the last day of the Buddha Day Observance. Volunteers had started preparing shortly after dawn to welcome Pusat Darah Negara doctors and nurses, as well as devotees and the public for the Blood Donation Drive.
Read moreIn conjunction with Nalanda’s 11th National Members’ Convention, Nalanda Centre and Pustaka Nalanda will be closed for 3 days from Saturday 31 May to Monday 2 June. The Centre and Library will reopen on Tuesday, 3 June at 10am.
Read moreFor seven weeks after the Buddha’s Enlightenment on Wesak full-moon in May, He contemplated on the Dhamma with His perfectly clear faculty of comprehension. Then, He travelled for seven days from Uruvela to Sarnath, where He preached the ‘Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta’ on Asalha Day, the full-moon in July.
Read moreOn Saturday 10 May, the first programme of Nalanda’s Buddha Day Observance B.E. 2569 commenced early in the morning at Nalanda Centre with 60 participants joining the Gradual Training Sutta Study and Meditation Workshop guided by Āyasmā Aggacitta. The participants and facilitators who had begun preparations with pre-workshop discussions online, joyfully met up to learn in-person from Āyasmā.
Read morePusat Darah Negara staff has just arrived and together with volunteers have set up the Blood Donation Drive at Nalanda Centre from 10am to 4pm. The first batches of blood donors are already doing their good deed. We invite you and your loved ones to join us today and donate blood, a life-saving gift that we can give out of compassion and kindness. Do also visit the Buddha Jayanti and Wisdom Park Exhibitions on display until today.
Read moreJust a pint of blood can save up to 3 lives! Blood donation is safe, painless, simple, and noble. It is also one of the most wholesome deeds one can perform this Wesak. We can make a life and death difference for others in need by coming forward to donate blood.
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