We are going to celebrate the Myanmar New Year with Dhamma talk on Sunday April 17, 2022 at the temple. Even though most of the restrictions on gathering indoors regarding the COVID-19 have been lifted, we encourage you to wear face marks as much as if possible for the safety of yourselves and others as a pre-cautionary measure. We hope every attendee has been vaccinated, too.

Dr. Tun Zan Maung, Daw Khin Khin Oo and family will generously donate lunch to all attendees.

You and your loved ones are cordially invited to the event.

The event agenda is the following:
Place:   Manawmaya Theravada Buddhist Society (MTBS)
13260 108th Ave Surrey BC
(604) 951-9054

Time:
10:00 a.m. –  Taking five precepts,
10:05 a.m. –  Listening to Dhamma talk,
11:15 a.m. –  Offering lunch to Venerable U Sanda, and
11:20 a.m. –  Lunch (Mote-hin-gar) to well-wishers.

You can also take some wholesome merit (Kuso) by laying the tables and chairs for all attendees and well-wishers before the event, taking them down and doing clean-up after the event.

There will be more parking spots available inside the next door compound on the 108^th Ave.

We are going to hold the Myanmar New Year celebration and Dhamma talk on April 17, 2022. The event will be sponsored by Dr. Tun Zan Maung and family.
However, we don’t any sponsor for the following events:

1. Buddha Day on May 15, 2022
2. Waso Robe offering on July 10, 2022 and
3. Kathina Robe offering on November 6, 2022. This event can be sponsored by a group of donors who can donate $100 each.

If you are interested, please email to let Ko Dennis know about it at either mtbs.surrey@gmail.com or mtbscanada@gmail.com.

Thanks with loving kindness.
MTBS

We would like to celebrate Kahtina Robe offering event at the temple with six members of the Sangha, including Venerable U Sanda on Sunday, November 7, 2021. Mote Hin Gar (Burmese noodle in fish gravy) for the event will be donated by Dr. Tun Zan Maung, Dr. Khin Khin Oo and family in the fond memorials of their late beloved parents, U Reggie Tun Maung and Daw Mitzi Tun Maung.

We will make sure all attendees are fully COVID-19 vaccinated according to BC and Canada health department guidelines and regulations. You should, therefore, bring the proof of vaccination: paper copy or QR code in your cell phones. We should take up to 50 attendees for the celebration.

Therefore, we need you to RSVP by Sunday, October 31, 2021: who and how many of you will come. You can either email to this address or phoning at the following numbers:

1. Venerable U Sanda at 604-951-9054
2. Dennis Ko at 604-761-0419 or
3. Dr. Tun Zan Maung & Dr. Khin Khin Oo at 604-451-3416.

If you can’t make it to the event, you can still donate by one of the following three methods:

Option 1: Send eTransfer to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com

• Reminder to also send the password for receiving the funds and your name for the tax receipt to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com.
• Please also mention the purpose of the donation (e.g. General donation, Waso Robe, etc.).
• A tax receipt will be emailed to you once the payment has been received.

Option 2: Donation via Canadahelp.org

• Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/manawmaya-theravada-buddhist-society/
• This option also allows for monthly contributions and the use of credit cards.
• A tax receipt will be automatically generated and sent to your email.

Option 3: Send money via Paypal to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com

• Please send an email to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com with the purposed for the money with your name for the tax receipt.
• A tax receipt will be emailed to you once the payment has been received.

2021 Aug – MTBS’s Waso robe donor list

As a precautionary measure due to the suspected fourth wave of COVID-19, we would like to cancel the public gathering for the Dhamma Talk and Waso Robe offering of the event on August 15, 2021. Therefore, the Dhamma talk will be postponed until further notice. However, well-wishers and donors can still come and do their donation and take Mote-hin-gar home (as a take-out only) as they wish.

You can still donate by one of the following three methods if you can’t make it to the event.

Option 1: Send eTransfer to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com

• Reminder to also send the password for receiving the funds and your name for the tax receipt to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com.
• Please also mention the purpose of the donation (e.g. General donation, Waso Robe, etc.).
• A tax receipt will be emailed to you once the payment has been received.

Option 2: Donation via Canadahelp.org

• Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/manawmaya-theravada-buddhist-society/
• This option also allows for monthly contributions and the use of credit cards.
• A tax receipt will be automatically generated and sent to your email.

Option 3: Send money via Paypal to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com

• Please send an email to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com with the purposed for the money with your name for the tax receipt.
• A tax receipt will be emailed to you once the payment has been received.

Dhamma talk and/or Waso Robe offering “Live” may be broadcasted on our Manawmaya Theravada Buddhist Society’s Facebook account in due course.

This year Kahtina Robe offering ceremony will be held by Venerable U Sanda and at least five other invited members of the Sangha at the temple on November 8, 2020. However, members and public are not welcomed to attend the ceremony due to the exceptional circumstances surrounding the COVID-19. Therefore, there will not be a mass celebration of Kahtina Robe offering ceremony this year.

You and your loved ones can still achieve the wholesome merit by donating cash/cheque, toiletries or other suitable items for the members of the Sangha at the temple by November 8, 2020 morning. Before going to the temple, please kindly phone Venerable U Sanda at 604-951-9054. When you are at the temple, please comply with both BC and Canada health official guidelines that include wearing masks, social/physical distancing requirements, etc.

For the cash donation, you may donate by one of the following methods:

Option 1: Send eTransfer to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com

• Reminder to also send the password for receiving the funds and your name for the tax receipt to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com.
• Please also mention the purpose of the donation (e.g. General donation, Waso Robe, Kahtina Robe offering, Renovation, etc.).
• A tax receipt will be emailed to you once the payment has been received.

Option 2: Donation via Canadahelp.org

• Link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/manawmaya-theravada-buddhist-society/
• This option also allows for monthly contributions and the use of credit cards.
• A tax receipt will be automatically generated and sent to your email.

Option 3: Send money via Paypal to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com

• Please send an email to mtbs.surrey@gmail.com with the purposed for the money with your name for the tax receipt.
• A tax receipt will be emailed to you once the payment has been received.

If you have any questions, please email mtbs.surrey@gmail.com or call U Dennis at 604-761-0419.

Please be kindly advised that we have gratefully received the following additional donations.

For Waso Robe offering:

Khin Tan Family – $100
Tran Van Truc Family – $500

For Kitchen renovation:

Ko Myo Myint Aung Family – $100
U Tin Aye and Daw Myint Myint Yi Family – $100
Tin Maung Myint and Ni Ni Lwin Family – $100
George Fong and Myintzu Aye – $100
Khin Tan Family – $100
Trang Anh Tuan – $1,000
Tran Van Truc Family – $500

Tran Catherine family have also donated $1,000 to Sangha Hospital in Myanmar.

Sadhu! Sadhu!