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Kathina 2019

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Kathina 2019 ceremony will be held on 9th and 10th of November at the Kentucky buddhist vihara. We cordially invite you to participate and contribute to the event to make it a success.

Schedule of the event

November 9th Saturday 2019, 5pm to 10pm and Whole Night

05.00pm - 07.00pm -  The lord Buddha’s holy relics exhibition
07.00pm - 08.00pm - Special 28 Buddhas offerings
08.00pm - Special whole night "pirith" chanting
10:00pm - Refreshments and tea for monks and nuns. The chanting will continue until next day morning thereafter.

November 10th Sunday 2019, 7am to 3pm

07.00am - 08.00am - Breakfast (Dana) offerings for monks and nuns
09.00am - 10.00am - The lord Buddha’s holy relics exhibition
10:00am - 10.30am - Pindapata for estimated 15 monks and nuns
11:00am - 11.30am - Buddha Pooja (offering for the Buddha and the holly order)
11.30am - 12.30pm - Lunch for monks and nuns
12.30pm - 01.30pm - Lunch for all
01.30pm - 02.30pm - Kathina (Chivara) Robes procession and offering
02.30pm - 03.00pm - Dhamma talks and blessing for all
03:00pm Cultural show and end of ceremony

Below are some recommended (but not limited to) nonfood items:

· Medicines, multivitamins, other healthful items.
· Dental supplies: dental floss, toothpaste and brush
· Bath necessities: soaps, towels, razors, shaving creams
· Socks, winter hats, gloves, lotions
· Office supplies: books, pencils, pen, etc..
· Monetary Donations

You can contribute to one or more of the following monetary donations

Eight-fold requisites (Ata pirikara) $150
Set of robes $100
Gift rnvelop for monks and nuns $100(15)
Transport expenses for monks and nuns $100(5)

Rainy Season “Nikini Poya” August Full moon day 2019, විශේෂ ආශීර්වාද, දාන,සීල, භාවනා, වැඩසටහන අටසිල්සමාදානය සහ බුද්ධ පූජාව !

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Rainy Season “Nikini Poya” August Full moon day 2019 

Morning Session 

විශේෂ ආශීර්වාද, දාන,සීල, භාවනා, වැඩසටහන අටසිල්සමාදානය සහ බුද්ධ පූජාව

අගෝස්තු  24(සෙනසුරාදා), උදෑසන,  7:00 –  දහවල්,  1:00

Special programs –  Meditation, observing 08 precepts, offering, Dhamma talks, Chanting, sharing blessings, merits and wishing peace for whole world. 

 Date – August 24(Saturday), 2019  

Time – 7:00am to 1:00pm

Place – 4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216

 7:00am – 9:00am – Breakfast “Dana” for monks and observing 08 precepts and offering

9:00am – 11:00am – meditation, Dhamma discussions, chanting.      

11:00am – 12:00pm – Offering Special milk rice and other items for the Buddha, Dhamma talk, sharing merits & blessings, (Dana) lunch for monks & preceptors. 

12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch for others.

You are welcome to attend for whole program or part of it. Please wear  suitable and comparable clothing for the program. 

                       More information please contact the temple

 

 Afternoon Session  (English Medium)

Mindfulness meditation retreat with Asian Vegetarian foods (Lunch) 

Date – August 24(Saturday afternoon), 2019

Time – 12pm to 5pm

Place – Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace      Center, 

             4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216. 

12pm to 1:30pm – Lunch and rest time (Please come little early if you are going to  participate for lunch)   

1:30pm to 5pm – Instruction for mindfulness meditation, Walking Meditation, Sitting Meditation,

Question & Answering, Short Dhamma sermon, blessings, and end. 

  For more information please contact the temple.

(502-224-2564 / 502-915-7777)  Email : reverendnanda@gmail.com, info@kmcbv.org

Web – (https://www.kmcbv.org) & (http//kmpc.co/)

Facebook – Kentucky meditation Compassionate Peace Center, 

(https://www.facebook.com/louisvillemonastery)

 

Thank you very much !

 KMCP&BBTMCI

Mindfulness meditation retreat with Asian Vegetarian foods (Lunch)

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Mindfulness meditation retreat with Asian Vegetarian foods (Lunch)

Date – August 24(Saturday afternoon), 2019

Time – 12pm to 5pm

Place – Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center,

4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216.

12pm to 1:30pm – Lunch and rest time (Please come little early if you are going to participate for lunch)

1:30pm to 5pm – Instruction for mindfulness meditation, Walking Meditation, Sitting Meditation,

Question & Answering, Short Dhamma sermon, blessings, and end.

For more information please contact the temple.

(502-224-2564 / 502-915-7777) Email : reverendnanda@gmail.com, info@kmcbv.org

Web – (https://www.kmcbv.org) & (http//kmpc.co/)

Facebook – Kentucky meditation Compassionate Peace Center,

(https://www.facebook.com/louisvillemonastery)

Thank you very much !

KMCP&BBTMCI

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Daily Daana for the temple

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ලුවිවිල් විහාරස්ථානය සඳහා අවශ්‍ය දෛනික දානය සපයා ගැනීමට ඔබට හැකියාවක් ඇති පරිදි දායක වෙන මෙන් කෙරෙන කාරුණික ආරාධනයයි මේ. ඔබට දානය සපයා දීමට හැකියාවක් ඇතිනම් පහත වෙබ් අඩවිය හරහා ඊට දිනයක් තෝරා ඔබේ තොරතුරු ලබාදීමට හැක. සතියේ දිනවල ඊට ඉදිරිපත් විය හැකි නම් ඔබගේ රාජකාරී කටයුතු අවසන් වූ පසු සවස් කාලයේදී විහාරස්ථානයට පැමිණ පසු දින උදෙසා දානය ලබා දිය හැක. ඔබ බාරගත් දානය පිලිබදව නන්ද ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේට දුරකථන ඇමතුමක් ලබාදී තහවුරු කරන ලෙසද කාරුණිකව ඉල්ලා සිටිමු.

This is an invitation for all the friends and devotees of the Louisville temple to help provide the necessary daily dana for the temple. You can be a part of this good deed at your convenience. Please follow the link below to check the daana calendar and sign up. If you wish to provide dana in a weekday, you can bring it to the temple after your work. If you signed up for a daana, please call reverend Nanda for a confirmation.

Invitation for Rainy Retreat and Esala Poya

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Invitation for Rainy Retreat Esala Poya celebration and laying foundation stones for ordination(Seema) house

වස් ආරාධනාව ඇසල පෝය සහ සීමා සම්මත කිරීම

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Invitation for monks for Rainy Retreat, “Esela Poya” July Full moon day, laying foundation stones for ordination(Seema) house, Pattana recitation (Patthana Desana)

විශේෂ ආශීර්වාද, දාන,සීල, භාවනා, වැඩසටහන අටසිල්සමාදානය සහ බුද්ධ පූජාව

ජූලී 14 (ඉරිදා) උදෑසන,  7:00 –  දහවල්,  1:00

Special programs –  Meditation, observing 08 precepts, offering, Dhamma talks, Chanting, sharing blessings, merits and wishing peace for whole world. July 14 (Sunday), 2019, From 7:00am to 1:00pm

Morning Session

  • 7:00am – 9:00am – Breakfast “Dana” for monks and observing 08 precepts and offering
  • 9:00am – 11:00am – meditation, Dhamma discussions, chanting and completing recitations for laying the foundation stones for ordination hall.
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm – Offering Special milk rice and other items for the Buddha, Dhamma talk, Vas Aradanawa, sharing merits & blessings, (Dana) lunch for monks & preceptors.
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch for others.

Afternoon Session 

  • 12.00pm to 2.00pm – Lunch and rest time (Please come little early if you are going to  participate for lunch)
  • 2.00pm to 5.00pm – Instruction for mindfulness meditation, Walking Meditation, Sitting Meditation, Question & Answering, Short Dhamma sermon and blessings.

As a guests of honor -  Reverend Eheliyagoda Gunaratana Thero from Sri Lanka and other monks and nuns will be participating for this program.

You are welcome to attend the whole program or a part of it. Please wear  suitable attire for the event.

Vesak 2019

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බුද්ධ පූර්ණිමා 2019

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පින්බර වෙසගක් වේවා,  උතුම් බුදු තෙමගුලක් වේවා !

Happy Vesak Day, Happy Buddha's birthday, Happy Buddha Purnima 2019 !

Respecting, commemorating, and celebrating the lord Buddha's great birth, great enlightenment, and passing away and his great service to the humanity and to the whole world.

සීල, භාවනා වැඩසටහන (මැයි 26, පෙ.ව. 10:00 - ප.ව. 2:00)

Half-day program (Meditation, observing precepts, offering to the Buddha and monks, Dhamma talks and blessings) on May 26(Sunday) 2018 - from morning 10:00am to 2:00pm

·   2:00pm - 5:00pm - Silent Meditation Practice

Place - 4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216

You are welcome to attend for whole program or part of it. Please wear suitable and compatible clothing for the program. The great way to respect the Buddha is to follow the path of the Buddha. Practicing Dana(generosity), Sila(morality), & Bhavana(meditation) and shearing merits/blessings with everyone and whishing peace for whole world. If you can, you may sponsor for Puja items and (Dana) foods for monks & people. If you have prepared any Vesak lanterns (Vesak Kudu, Pahan Kudu) please bring them to the temple for display.

Further information please contact Venerable Nanda(502-224-2564 / 502-915-7777) or E-Mail -reverendnanda@gmail.com

Thank you very much !

KMCBV

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Wishing you a very happy Vesak Day, Buddha birthday, Buddha Purnima 2019/2563 !

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Wishing you a very happy Vesak Day, Buddha birthday, Buddha Purnima 2019/2563 ! 

“Difficult is it to be born as a human being; difficult is the existence of mortals; difficult is the hearing of the Sublime Truth; rare is the appearance of the Enlightened Ones (Buddhas)” (Dhamma Pada)

Commemorating and remembering the lord Buddha as a greatest teacher, leader that ever lived and in his life important great three events of (Birth, Enlightenment, and Passing away) and his valuable compassionate service for the whole world. 

In this important time better try to respect him following his great enlightenment path that he has shown us. 

Special “Seela Bavana” program 

for Vesak Day( Respect to the lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing away) විශේෂ ආශීර්වාද, දාන,සීල, භාවනා, වැඩසටහන සහ බුද්ධ පූජාව. 

Date – May 26(Sunday) 2019

Time – 10am to 2pm 

2pm to 5pm – Silent Meditation Practice 

Place – Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center & Buddhist Vihara (4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216) 

We welcome you all for this important event. Please come and participate with your family, friends together. 

There will be 02 monks for the Dana offering program and you may sponsor foods, drinks, pirikara, and Puja items for the event.

If you are planning to attend and  sponsoring the event please let us know. 

All are welcome 🙏 

Wishing you all the best ! 

More information please contact 

Venerable E, Nanda Thero.

Telephone – (502-224-2564)

E-mail – reverendnanda@gmail.com

KMCBV

Sri Lankan New Year Celebration 2019

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On behalf of the Kentucky Buddhist Vihara we wish all our friends and well-wishers a very Happy Sinhala and Tamil New Year and cordially invite you to the New Year Festival which will be held on Saturday, April 20th at KMCBV from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Each family is encouraged to bring some food to share with others. Your participation at this event is greatly appreciated.

KMCBV

Sri Lankan New Year Celebration

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We welcome everyone to join us for the celebration of the Sri Lankan New Year.

Saturday, April 20, 2019

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

4815 Manslick Road

Louisville, Kentucky 40216

For more information, please contact the Temple

Phone: (502) 224 2564

Email: reverendnanda@gmail.com