Wish List for Ti-Ratana Welfare Society for July 2014

Please donate generously. You may contact the Ti-Ratana Welfare Society at 03-79881818 for further information.

Sadhu ! Sadhu ! Sadhu !

100 Evenings Puja

In the month of Vassa, we will have nightly Puja for 100 evening starting from 11th July 2014.

You can bring along some jasmine flower to be offered during the Puja or you can also choose to be a sponsor for this meritorious event from only RM5.00 a day !

Please contact the center at 03-80516630 or Bro. Lim 016-2387511 for more information.

28 Buddha Puja 2014

You are cordially invited to participate in the 28 Buddha Puja 2014, to be held on every Saturday evening starting 12th July 2014 to 18th October 2014.

For more information please contact our center at 03-80516630 or Sis Pidley at 012-6872848 on how to be a sponsor for this event.

The Month of Vassa

Vassa, also known as the Rains Retreat, is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada practitioners. Taking place during the rainy season, Vassa lasts for three lunar months, usually from July to October.

For the duration of Vassa, Bhikkhus remain inside monasteries and temple grounds. In some monasteries, monks dedicate the Vassa to intensive meditation. Some Buddhist lay people choose to observe Vassa by adopting more ascetic practices, such as giving up meat, alcohol, or smoking. Commonly, the number of years a monk has spent in monastic life is expressed by counting the number of vassas he has observed.

Vassa begins on the first day of the waning moon of the eight lunar month,which is the day after Asalha Day or Asalha Uposatha (Dhamma day). It ends on Pavarana day, when all monastics come before the community of monks (the Sangha) and atone for an offense he may have committed during the Vassa.

Vassa is followed by Kathina, a festival in which the laity expresses gratitude to monks. Lay Buddhists bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks.

You are cordially invited to the various activities organised during the Vassa months. Please watch this space for more information.

Monthly Events: July 2014

Dear Brothers and Sisters of The Dhamma, here's the event list for the month of July 2014.

Dhamma Talk : Travels Dhamma

Dear all,

There will be a Dhamma Talk on this coming Sunday, 22nd June 2014. at 10am, after morning puja.

The Sunday School for Children will be on as usual.

The topic for the Dhamma Talk is " Travels Dhamma", will be delivered by Sis Lim Guat Cheng.

Sis Guat Cheng quits the corporate world in 2011 and spends her time between self practice and Dhamma service.  She is a committee member of the Metta Round the World project, an initiative by Aloka Foundation, committee member of Gotami Vihara, a centre for Women Renunciant in Malaysia and BMSM Shah Alam Branch.  

Please invite your friends who want to get exposed to the teaching of the Buddha, via our wonderful Dhamma Speakers.

All are welcome!

Monthly Activities for June 2014

Dear all, these are the activities for the month of June at the center.

For Ajahn Brahm's Dhamma Talk, please register at www.dhammatalk.com.my. Limited seats, please act NOW!