As this year ends and the new year dawns, let us take some time to reflect, express gratitude, and radiate loving-kindness to the whole world. Join us at Nalanda Centre to ‘calm-down’ to the new year with good spiritual friends this Sunday 31 December, at the New Year Eve Service. The programme starts at 11pm and includes chanting, meditation and sharing of merits.
Read moreThis week, the people of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Sri Lanka will welcome the New Year. Nalanda Buddhist Society wishes all venerable monks, our teachers and friends a blessed and joyous new year. May your celebrations be ever more meaningful and spiritual with your loved ones. Happy New Year!
Read moreNalanda Bulletin Issue No. 60 (January 2023 edition) is now available for collection at Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang, as well as our branches in Happy Garden and Johor Bahru. We invite you to peruse through the bulletin to rejoice and learn more about the Dhamma programmes in the past months. Over these festive holidays, do also collect and share copies with your family members and friends.
Read moreNalanda Buddhist Society Malaysia extends our appreciation to all our teachers, members, benefactors, supporters and volunteers for your support in the past year. We faced challenges and uncertainties in 2022 together, and steadfastly delivered Dhamma programmes, courses and camps for the benefit of the community.
Read moreNew Year celebrations abound this week for our friends in many parts of Asia – including India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, and many Malaysians of Indian origin, too. As families gather in joyful reunions to welcome the New Year, there are also communities who are facing challenges, including not being able to meet their basic needs.
Read moreIn just a few days, we will bid farewell to 2021, a year which carried hope but also anxiety for most of us. Accelerated vaccination rates showed prospects of turning the Covid-19 virus endemic even as new strains appear, and yet many people faced anguish and angst as loved ones fell sick or succumbed to the virus and struggled with livelihoods being compromised. As we welcome a new calendar year, most of us can’t help but continue to hope for a more positive wind of change.
Read moreThe people of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Sri Lanka will welcome the New Year this week. We wish our Thai, Burmese and Sinhalese teachers and friends a blessed and peaceful new year celebration. May your celebrations be ever more meaningful and spiritual with your loved ones. Happy New Year!
Read moreToday marks the New Year celebration for people in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and in many parts of South India. Nalanda Buddhist Society wishes our Thai teachers and friends a peaceful celebration of Songkran, as well as wishing our Myanmar friends a happy Thingyan, and our Sri Lankan friends a meaningful Sinhala New Year.
Read moreToday is the full-moon day of the first lunar month, marking the end of the 15-day Lunar New Year celebrations. Termed “Chap Goh Meh” in the local Hokkien dialect, it is a significant day for the Chinese community. Families gather for another round of harmonious reunion and make aspirations for a happy and peaceful year ahead. We wish you and your loved ones a joyful and heartfelt celebration. Happy “Chap Goh Meh”!
Read moreDear friends, we are pleased to inform you that Nalanda Centre Sri Serdang reopens tomorrow (Friday, 31 January) morning after the week-long Lunar New Year holidays. The Centre and Nalanda Library is open daily from 9am to 10pm. We welcome everyone to visit and participate in our regular activities. For more information, kindly visit www.facebook.com/nalanda.org.my/. See you at Nalanda!
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