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Monthly Day Retreat

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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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February 2020 Dhamma talk

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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 108th Ave.

Cancellation of Dhamma talk on Sunday, January 12, 2020

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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.

November 24, 2019 Day Retreat Cancelled

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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.

 

Summary of 2019 Kahtina

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As you know that among the donation events, the Kahtina robe donation is the greatest. With the donation, you may get what you wish for.

After building and donating Pubbarama Monastery, which is also known as Migāramātupāsāda, meaning “Migaramata’s Palace” the Lord Gautama Buddha at the Kosalan capital of Savatthi, Migaramata Visakha recites happily among others that she has fulfilled her wish, which she made at the time of Padumattara Buddha.

Therefore, may we wish for the fulfillment your wish after today’s donation.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

Upstairs Kitchen Renovation

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We plan to have a kitchen renovation at the temple soon. Please find attached file for the estimated cost of the renovation.  Therefore, you are kindly requested to participate in the renovation project to make it successful as well as for you to have an enormous Dana (donation) Kuso (merit).

September 15, 2019 Dhamma Talk Summary

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We all are visitors who have come into this world to stay for a while without being invited and then, will be gone without being pushed out. If we lose someone who is near and dear to our hearts, we will be sad, miserable, unhappy, agitated, depressed, agonized, furious, angry and so on. Why those happen to us? Because of affection or attachment. If someone who you don’t know passed away, you will not feel much because you have no affection or attachment to that person.

When the Lord Buddha was alive, Visakha also known as Migaramata (Migara’s mother) came to see the Lord Buddha after the funeral service of her granddaughter and cried in tears. The Lord Buddha asked how many children like her granddaughter she wished to have in Savatthi. She replied that she wished to have the whole city if they were like her. Then, the Buddha asked how many of Savatthians died a day, she replied “Uncountable, my Lord!”. Then, the Buddha said, “If so, you will be crying all day and all night for those uncountable losses every day because of your attachment. Tears coming out from peoples’ eyes throughout the Samsara can fill more than four big oceans in the world for the losses of their loved ones.

Therefore, we should try to detach the affection at this very life in order to stop those tears, sadness, misery, unhappiness, agitation, depression, agony, fury, anger and so on.

Sadhu! Sadhu!”

Dhamma Talk

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The Lord Buddha says “To hear Dhamma at an appropriate time” is one of the 38 supreme blessings. We, therefore, invite you and your loved ones to come and hear the Dhamma talk on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at the temple.Continue reading →

Special free donation event on Sep 1, 2019 by Venerable U Sanda

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Venerable U Sanda would like to have a special event in the memories of his late beloved parents and teachers with his great gratitude on Sunday, September 1, 2019.

He will graciously and generously donate lunch to all attendees with deep fried organic Opo (squash) and Mote-hin-gar (Rice noodle in hot fish soup). in the memories of late beloved parents and teachers.

You and your loved ones as well as people from all walks of life (regardless of religious belief and background) are cordially invited to this free event.

The event will be held at:

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

Time:

  • 11:00 a.m. –   Offering lunch to resident Venerable U Sanda;
  • 11:05 a.m. –   Offering Mote-hin-gar (Noodle in hot fish soup) as well as Deep Fried Opo to all attendees;

There are many opportunities for you to get wholesome merit (Kuso):

  1. by helping cooking volunteers one day before and/or
  2. by laying the tables and chairs for all attendees and well-wishers one day 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 108th Ave.