As you know, due to exceptional circumstances surrounding the COVID-19, we would not do a mass celebration of Waso Robe offering ceremony this year. As a result, you and your loved ones may lose an opportunity to donate Waso Robes to the Sangha in person. Therefore, MTBS board of directors suggests, not to miss such opportunity (kuso), you and your loved ones do cash donate for the Waso Robe offering either by e-transfer or by cheque if you wish.

For the e-transfer, our email address for the donation is mtbs.surrey@gmail.com. Mailing address for the  cheque donation is MTBS, 13260 108 Ave Surrey, British Columbia V3T 2J6.

However, if you would like to donate in person at the temple, please call Venerable U Sanda at 604-951-9054 before going to the temple. When you are at the temple, please comply with both BC and Canada health officials’ guidelines that include social/physical distancing requirements, etc.

Thank you kindly.

With Metta (loving kindness)

MTBS

You may recall about the renovation at our temple that included kitchen area, wall cabinets and sinks upstairs and downstairs. It started last year and has been completed recently.  We have also incurred some additional costs for the works that include installing LED lights throughout the temple. Therefore, the total cost becomes C$55,812.51. The detailed expenditures and/or invoices are available upon request. In addition, they will be posted on the notice board at the temple as well as they will be given to Venerable U Sanda.

As our temple is the well-wishers’ funded Buddhist society, we need your kind generosity and donation. You may, therefore, donate any amount by e-transfer, cheque or cash if you wish.

If you would like to donate by e-transfer, our email address for the donation is mtbs.surrey@gmail.com.

If you would like to donate by cheque or cash, you should come to the temple and pass your donation to Venerable U Sanda. However, before you come to the temple, please make a phone call to him at 604-951-9054. If he can’t answer the phone call, please kindly leave a message that you are coming. Venerable U Sanda may give you a package of Burmese boiled beans that he makes himself for the well-wishers.

Or, you may mail a cheque donation to MTBS, 13260 108 Ave Surrey, British Columbia V3T 2J6.

We will email you a donation receipt for your donation amount for income tax purposes. Therefore, you need to give us your email address for any method of the donation.

Thank you kindly.

May you be strong and safe!

Kindly and regretfully advised that we are going to cancel Day Retreat on Sunday, April 26, 2020. We will also post-pone other day-retreats and Dhamma events until further notice

Please be kindly and regretfully advised that we are going to postpone the Sunday, April 19, 2020 Myanmar New Year celebration until further notice.

We have no specific donor for this month day-retreat on Sunday, February 23, 2020. Therefore, would you please bring your favorite dish to share with fellow yogi’s to get the wholesome merit?

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This month Dhamma talk will be on Sunday, February 9, 2020.

Please be kindly advised that we have changed this monthly Dhamma talk program. There will be no lunch provided to the attendees. Rather, Daw San Thawda Kyaing and family will donate light refreshment to all right after the Dhamma talk.

The event agenda is the following:

Place:
Manawmaya Theravada Buddhist Society (MTBS)
13260 108th Ave Surrey BC
(604) 951-9054

Time:
1:00 p.m. –  Taking five precepts;
1:05 p.m. –  Listening to Dhamma talk;
2:00 p.m. –  Announcement (if any)
2:05 p.m. –  Refreshment

You can 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.

Please be kindly and regretfully advised that we are going to cancel the Jan 12, 2020 Dhamma talk event as we don’t have a proper sponsor for the event.

We have made a plan for future Dhamma talk events. Should there be no sponsor for an event, MTBS will reimburse all the costs to whoever prepares and cooks lunch for the event attendees. Therefore, we call for an expression of interest (EOI) to be a participant in the plan. When we receive the EOI, we will then let you know the details of the plan.

Please be regretfully advised that this month day-retreat on Sunday, November 24, 2019 is to be cancelled due to the kitchen renovation at the temple. The renovation project is expected to finish early December 2019.