Nalanda Youth Centre

Pertaining to Nalandian youths and Nalanda Youth Centre – its activities, events, camps, campaigns, etc.

19 February 2016

Nalanda youths host IPG trainees

On Friday 15 January, seven teacher trainees from the Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) Kampus Ilmu Khas Buddhist Society visited Nalanda Centre on a familiarisation tour.  The trainees were accompanied by IPG Buddhist Society’s teacher-adviser Bro. Johnny Tan, and lecturer Bro. K. J. Teo.  They were hosted by Nalanda youths who received their guests warmly and made them feel most welcome.

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19 January 2016

Youths attend meditation retreat

Nalanda Youth Centre started the New Year with a one-day meditation retreat on 9 January. 126 youths from Malaysia and overseas gathered for the retreat which was guided by Nalanda founder, Bro Tan.  The participants benefited from the spiritually uplifting event and agreed that it was a great way to start the New Year!

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8 January 2016

Spiritual camaraderie for hearty youths

Nalanda Youth Centre started the year with a lively gathering of new and old members last Sunday (3 January) for an induction programme.  The high-spirited youngsters had plenty of fun getting to know each other and strengthening their bonds of friendship.

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2 January 2016

Preparing for the first ‘Service Sunday’ of 2016

Nalanda Centre is looking forward to welcoming devotees to join the first ‘Service Sunday’ of 2016.  A large congregation of students and their parents is expected tomorrow due to increased intakes for Nalanda Dhamma School and Junior Dhamma School this year.

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27 December 2015

Nalanda Youths ‘fuelled up’ for 2016

Nalanda Youth Centre officers went to NEO Centre Johor Bahru to recharge, re-energise, and align their direction and plans for the coming year at their annual ‘Fuel-Up’ Camp from 11 to 13 December.  It was a fruitful gathering and the youth officers are now highly motivated to lead the Youth Centre forward.

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20 November 2015

Nalanda youths paint their Centre

On Saturday 14 November, several Nalanda youths took it upon themselves to give the Nalanda Youth Centre a facelift.  The centre is a lively and ‘happening’ place.  It is well used by about 340 Free School students for their tuition classes on weekdays and by Nalanda youths for their activities during the weekends.  With so much going on, the premises was beginning to show signs of wear and tear.  So to keep up its maintenance, several youths volunteered to give it a fresh coat of paint and some minor touch-up.

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5 November 2015

Youths organise Dāna for venerables

On Saturday 17 October, Nalandian youths organised a lunch dāna for two venerable monks from Sentul Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple who had been invited to go on Nalanda’s monthly educational ‘Pindacāra’ (alms-round) in Seri Kembangan.  Although this was the first time the youths were taking on the responsibility, they were eager to put into practice what they had learned in the Youth Centre.

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2 November 2015

SPM candidates get morale boost

It’s that time of year again, when thousands of students will be sitting for the SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) examination.  To give moral support to Nalanda Dhamma School (NDS) students who are taking the examinations, NDS organised a get together on Saturday, 24 October to motivate and boost the confidence of the students, as well as foster the spirit of kalyana mitta among the officers, students and Nalanda Youth Centre members.

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29 October 2015

Food parcels for the hungry

On Saturday 10 October, a team of 20 Nalandian youths, led by Bro. Disheng, participated in a meal-packaging event at Berjaya Times Square.  It was hosted and organised by Berjaya Youth, in collaboration with ‘Stop Hunger Now’, a non-profit organisation based in the US which aims to end world hunger by operating international food-relief.

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26 October 2015

Youths have F.U.N.

On Saturday 17 October, Nalanda Youth Centre held the first session of Fellowship Undergraduate Network (F.U.N.) 2015.  Participants from various higher institutions came together for the orientation programme, themed Hello Friend & Friendship.  The programme kicked off with a lively ice-breaking session, followed by an introduction to Buddhist culture and the offering of lunch dāna.  Sis. Sumanā Lim spoke about the importance of dāna, which are acts of giving that help to reduce greed and promote selflessness.

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