Dear Dhamma friends,

Nu Nu Yawnghwe’s family invites friends and family to join in celebrating the life of Nu Nu Yawnghwe, who passed away in the winter of 2022.
Nu Nu was beloved by by many, and lived with an enthusiasm and zest for life.
Nu Nu helped many and touched many lives.  Nu Nu Yawnghwe’s family invite you to share stories about her: email your messages, videos, audio to nunumemorial@gmail.com – these will be shared during the celebration.

Beverages and light snacks will be served in the event.

Casual attire encouraged.

A Celebration of Life of Nu Nu Yawnghwe (December 5, 1942 – November 11, 2022)

Time: Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Place: Studio 103, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby, BC

If you want to attend the celebration of life event, please register at

https://nunumemorial.eventbrite.com

Thank you, Metta.

MTBS, on behalf of Nu Nu Yawnghwe’s family

We regret to inform you that Myanmar (Burmese) New Year celebration, scheduled on April 16 (Sunday), Buddha (Vesak) day celebration, scheduled on May 7 (Sunday), and April day retreat, scheduled on April 30 (Sunday) at the MTBS monastery are postponed/cancelled, due to the absence of Sayadaw U Sanda.  One hour meditation on each Saturday at 3 pm is also cancelled until further notice.

We will combine Myanmar (Burmese) New Year and Buddha (Vesak) day celebrations together in May 2023. We will announce in advance when the date is fixed.  Dr Tun Zan Maung and family will kindly donate the food for that event.

We are delighted to let you know that we are resuming our once-a-week, 1-hour meditation, starting from next Saturday, 25th March 2023, at 3 pm.

We will have a monthly day retreat on Sunday, 26th March 2023, from 9 am till 5 pm.  Lunch for the day retreat will be provided by Ko Than Htut, Ma Myint Myint Mon, and the son: Victor family.

We will celebrate Myanmar New Year Ahlu on Sunday, April 16th, 2023.  Dr. Tun Zan Maung and Dr. Khin Khin Oo’s family will generously donate food for the event.

There will be no one day meditation retreat this Sunday (February 26, 2023) as we are anticipating heavy snow and also Sayardaw U Sanda is visiting Buddhist Sangha community at Myanmar monastery in Hawaii.

We will also pause Saturday 1 hour meditation sessions at the monastery until U Sanda returns (mid March).  We will let all our dhamma friends know when the weekly Saturday 1 hour meditation sessions will resume.

Thank you, with Metta.
MTBS

2023 Dhamma Events (002)

We wish all our Dhamma Friends Happy New Year 2023!

For this coming New Year, we would like to start our monthly one day Meditation retreat (on the last Sunday of the month) starting on January 29th 2023.
For this retreat Sayardaw U Sanda has some guidance for the meditators to follow.

1. Retreat will be from 9 am till 5 pm and 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 will have one hour weekly meditation every Saturday at 3 pm starting 7th January 2023 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.

Hope we all can start our New Year with good merits for the coming year.

We plan to hold a special Dhamma talk and Potluck ceremony on Sunday, December 11, 2022 in the fond memorial of a former MTBS board member Daw Nu Nu Yawnghwe who passed away on November 11, 2022.

The event agenda is the following:
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
11:30 a.m. –  Potluck Lunch.

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

It is a community event – a potluck lunch, and there is no donor/sponsor for the event.  Please bring your favorite dish(es)/food(s)/dessert(s) to be shared.  The MTBS will prepare rice and cutlery for the event.

We plan to hold a special Ahlu (ceremony) on Sunday, November 27 2022 at MTBS.
The lunch (Mote-hin-gar) donors are U Myint Aung and Daw Phyu Phyu family.
The event agenda is the following:

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
11:30 a.m. –  Lunch (Mote-hin-gar) to well-wishers.

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

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.

The MTBS held the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022 on October 16 at the Surrey monastery.  New board members were elected at the AGM.  We are happy to announce the new MTBS board members as follows:

Patron: Mr. James Chow

President :  Mr. Dennis Ko
Vice President :  Dr Tun Zan Maung
Secretary :  Mr. Tun Aung Kyaw
Treasurer :  Dr. Khin Khin Maung
Public Relation Officer : Mr. Tun Myint (Thomas)
Religious Coordinators : Ms. San Thawdar Kyaing (Ma Thaw) and Mr. Alfred Chu
Men  Auxiliaries :  Mr. Than Htut and Mr. Peter Chiu and Mr. Ahkan Chu (Jolly)
Women Auxiliaries: Ms. Win Win Than and Ms. San Mya Soe

We hope the new board will keep the excellent tradition as well as bring new ideas to promote and propagate Buddha’s Sasana.

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