An article published in the Eastern Horizon, May 2021 issue by Tan Buck Soon and Datuk Charlie Chia Lui Meng.
Die Before You Die
An Online Meditation Retreat with Tan Ajahn Amaro
Meditation for Inner Peace
Awaken to the New Year
Luang Por Pasanno
LP Pasanno took ordination in Thailand in 1974 with Venerable Phra Khru Ñāṇasirivatana as preceptor. During his first year as a monk he was taken by his teacher to meet Ven. Ajahn Chah, with whom he asked to be allowed to stay and train. One of the early residents of Wat Pah Nanachat, LP Pasanno became its abbot in his ninth year. During his incumbency, Wat Pah Nanachat developed considerably, both in physical size and reputation. Spending twenty-four years living in Thailand, LP Pasanno became a well-known and highly respected monk and Dhamma teacher. he moved to California on new year’s eve of 1997 to share the abbotship of Abhayagiri with Tan Ajahn Amaro. In 2010 Tan Ajahn Amaro accepted an invitation to serve as abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England. LP Pasanno is now the sole abbot of Abhayagiri.”
A Holiday of The Heart
BUBS Executive Committee – 2020/2022
We wish to inform you that our 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) was successfully held online on Sunday, 13 December 2020. We are pleased to announce the Executive Committee for 2020/2022
President: Bro. Danny Liew Chee Khuen
Deputy President: Sis. Ooi Siew Swan
Hon. Secretary: Sis. Seow Lan Hoon
Assistant Secretary: Sis. Saw Sook Mooi
Hon. Treasurer: Sis. Ng Kim Lian
Assistant Treasurer: Sis. Lee Chooi Keng
Dhammaduta 1: Bro. Ew Chee Wat
Dhammaduta 2: Bro. William Lim Seong Kang
Dhamma School: Sis. Lau Poh Liew
Welfare – Outreach: Sis. Toh Su Mei
Communication & Publication: Bro. John Lee Siew Thong
Training & Development: Bro. Lim Sern Khern
Fellowship: Sis. Fom Lee Sia
BUDDY: Bro. Robin Yee Wei Zheng (appointed)
Sutta Study Online Series by Benny Liow
The Buddha’s Words is an introductory course on the teachings about kamma and rebirth as found in the Majjima Nikāya of the Pāḷi Canon. The message in the Buddha’s discourses or suttas is that kamma follows us wherever we go – so we should, therefore, be extremely careful with our actions through our body, speech, and mind.
Buddha Bodhivana Monastery English Talks on YouTube
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
This Podcast consists of Dhamma talks, Chanting, Precepts & Meditation with Ajahn Dhammasiha and other Experienced Senior Buddhist Monks in the Theravada Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah. Recorded at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia.
For joining the Live Podcasts on your mobile, you are required to download the Castbox app: https://castbox.fm/download
And subscribe to the Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts on Castbox to receive notification on livecasts: https://castbox.fm/vc/2744970
Sayadaw Nyanapurnik Mahathera
Ven. Sayadaw Nyanapurnik Mahathera, a Pali scholar and Vipassanacariya has been working actively for the progress and development of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal. He was born on 21st November, 1939 in Tansen, Palpa which is about 90 kilometers north of Lumbini, the birth-place of Lord Buddha. Ordained as a novice at the early age of 16, he spent a year in Buddhist studies in Nepal and went to Myanmar for further study.
In 1963, he was awarded the prestigious ‘Sāsanadhaja Dhammāchariya’ title, a highly-respected honour in Burmese Buddhist monastic education. Besides this Dhamma education, he has also completed various levels of formal education which includes School Leaving Certificate (SLC) in 1971, IA (1974), BA (1977) and MA (Culture and History) from Tribhuvan University, Nepal along with Diploma in Sanskrit from Banaras Sanskrit University, India. He is an author and translator of about 50 books on Buddhism, both in Nepali and Nepal Bhasha languages. He was also one of the members of the publication team of the Pali Burmese World Dictionary, Burma (1964-66). He has travelled extensively around the world as a Meditation instructor.
In 1984, Sayadaw founded the Vishwa Shanti Vihāra in Kathmandu, and became its spiritual director. The vihāra was expanded in 1997 to house the ‘World Peace Buddhist School’ for the education of Buddhist monks and nuns, in order to further propagate Theravāda Buddhism in Nepal.
He was bestowed the ‘Agga Mahā Saddhammajotikadhaja’ title in 2001 from the Government of Myanmar for his outstanding service to the propagation of Buddha-Sāsana around the world.
Sayadaw Nyanapurnik visited and delivered many teachings in Malaysia, which included this Dhamma teaching given in BUBS during his visit in 2015.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING with Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary on SoundCloud
Sāsanārakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS) is a training centre for Theravāda Buddhist monks to learn how to live in accordance with the DhammaVinaya (the name the Buddha gave His teachings) as enshrined in the early scriptures.
SBS is a joint effort of major Buddhist organisations in Malaysia established in 2000 under the auspices of Taiping Insight Meditation Society (TIMS).
SBS also provides a Retreat Centre promoting the spiritual, mental and physical health of its supporting community; thus reflecting a healthy Sangha-laity interdependence.
Here, tough choices are made:
“Shall I go for retreat, or shall I retreat completely and go forth?”
Dhamma Sharing by Bro. Lim Kooi Fong: Buddhist Practices & Cyber Addiction
Ven. Kai Zhao
Ven. Khai Zhao was born in Ipoh, Perak. In 1987. He took ordination with most Ven. Book Kian at Penang Ang Hock Si Temple. After graduation from Malaysia Buddhist College in Penang, he started teaching Dhamma in local prisons, especially to death penalty inmates from 1998. Since 2006, he has been travelling locally and abroad teaching Dhamma in prisons, conducting retreats and giving counselling and guidance.
Āyasmā Saṅgāmaji
Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, Āyasmā Saṅgāmaji became a novice monk in Sri Lanka in 1998 at the age of 24 with Bhikkhu Katukurunde Ñānananda as his preceptor. He got higher ordination in 2000. He lived with Bhante K. Ñānananda and in a branch monastery until 2007, then left to live in solitary places in the forests of Sri Lanka until 2014. This period was interspersed with a stay of half a year in Bodhinyāna Monastery in Perth, Australia. He later spent about two years in Thailand, in Wat Pah Nanachat and branches, and about five months in a forest monastery in New Hampshire, US.
In 2018 he came to Malaysia and has been staying in Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary for about a year.
His main interests are the study and practice of Early Buddhism, the training of the mind, and a simple monk's life in the forest.
Dhamma School Puja Assembly
Ven. Sri Saranankara
Ven. Sri Saranankara arrived in Malaysia from Sri Lanka 30 years ago. Over the past three decades, Venerable has been working energetically to fulfill the spiritual and religious needs of Buddhists throughout the country. As its abbot, he had built the Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple in Sentul into an important monastery today with many resident bhikkhus.
Ven. Sri Saranankara is also instrumental in establishing many other Buddhist Societies, notably the Maha Karuna Buddhist Society, Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society, Mudita Buddhist Society, Upekkha Compassionate Home, and Sungai Long Buddhist Society. Venerable Sri Saranankara is also the Spiritual Advisor to many Buddhist Societies throughout Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
In recognition of his vast contributions to the development of Malaysian Buddhist movement, the Malwatte Chapter of the Syamupali in Kandy, Sri Lanka, conferred upon Ven. Sri Saranankara the ecclesiastical title of “Adhikarana Sangha Nayaka” in 2008. The Theravada Buddhist Council of Malaysia also appointed him a Monastic Advisor in 2012.
Wesak 2019 – Anumodana and Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu
Wesak was celebrated with much joy and devotion this year.
We wish to record our gratitude and appreciation to the Sangha Members of the Thai Forest Tradition led by Luang Por Thoon for their teachings and blessings on Wesak Eve and Wesak Day, Ven. Monks from Sentul Buddhist Temple, YB Jamaliah Jamaluddin who launched our Wesak celebration, our guests of honor, invited guests, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, and Ms Low Mi Yen.