MTBS hosted a food fair on Sunday, July 23, 2023.
Well-wishers have kindly purchased the foods, and vendors/donors raised a total of $ 5,993.85 for MTBS..
Please see attached files to get the merit by saying “Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!”.

With loving-kindness (Metta).

We are continuing our monthly one day Meditation retreat (on the last Sunday of every month) at MTBS.  For the month of July 2023, the monthly day retreat falls on coming Sunday, July 30th, 2023.

Meditators are advised to bring a potluck dish to share on this day retreat.

For this retreat Sayardaw U Sanda has some guidance for the meditators to follow.

1. Retreat will be from 9 am till 5 pmand meditators to be on time in the morning to pray and take 5 precepts before the meditation starts together with Sayardaw.
   Also Sayardaw will give Dhamma Talk in the evening and will distribute merit before we leave at 5pm.  Sayardaw requests that you stay for the full period of the time.
2. Lunch time will be from 11 am till 12 noon and Sayardaw has requested no socializing or talking at any time during the whole period of the retreat.
3. Sayardaw has suggested one hour sitting and one hour walking during the retreat but meditators can also choose their meditation routine.

In addition to the monthly day meditation retreat, we have one hour weekly meditation every Saturday at 3 pm with the guidance of Sayardaw U Sanda for the Novice meditators and for anybody who can give little time and can’t join the monthly retreat,or who would like to come routinely every week.

With loving-kindness (Metta).

Our food fair for 2023 will be on Sunday, July 23, 2023.

Place: MTBS, 13260 108th Ave Surrey BC; (604) 951-9054

Time:   10:00 a.m. –  1:00 p.m.

You and your loved ones are cordially invited to participate as a vendor and/or a customer and have a taste of Myanmar in a fun and friendly atmosphere.
All proceeds from the food fair will go to MTBS.

So far, we have the following list of food and vendors for the food fair, so far.

Vendor/Seller	Item for sale
Ko Saw Myint Oo & Ma Hnin	Bane mont Nan Pyar Thot
San Thawda Kyaing ( Ma Thaw)	Fish cake curry Egg curry Fried spring rolls Assorted fried vegetables
Aunty Sein	fried Roselle with bamboo shoot (Chin Pung Kyaw) Burmese Dried Shrimp (Balachong)
Oi ( Aunty Sein’s friend)	spicy/ mild Papaya salad
Ko Aung Win & Ma Yin Yin Ohn	Chicken Biryani
Ko Tun Aung Kyaw	Mont Hnin Khar
Alfred Chu & Mya Mu Chu	Burmese Tofu Salad
New World	Pa Zon Kwak Kyaw (Deep fried bean sprout and shrimp salad) Steamed yellow pea (pae pyot) Coconut stuffed sticky rice (mont phet htot)
Pauline	Faluda
Daw Phyu Win	Bayakyaw
Catherine	Dried green tea leaves, unsalted snaked headed dried fish ( Nga-Yant Chaunt)

If you would like to sell food to raise funds, you are welcome to join.  Please try to make something that is not on the list.

MTBS hosted the Celebration of the combination of Myanmar (Burmese) New Year and  Buddha (Vesak) day  on June 25, 2023 (Sunday).

Well-wishers have kindly donated a total of $ 7,660 for MTBS..

Please see attached files for the donor lists for you to get the merit by saying “Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!”.