KHATINA

Wat Puthanimittam

Dataran Perajurit 1, Taman Kemuncak, Ipoh

Kathina Pinkama(ceremony of giving kathina robes)

Dear dhamma friends,

The three months of seclusion of monks for the raining season ends with the ceremony of giving 'kathina Robes” to the sangha community on 14.11.2010.

To participate in the robes sponsorship or other requisites, please contact :

Venerable Phra Sunti 014-3023887

Madam Low Heng Joo 017-5781781

Mr. Andy Fuan 016-5942575

• Itinerary :

Time	Event
9.30am	Gathering of devotees at the Wat
10.00am	Tak Bat and chanting by the venerable Sangha
11.30am	Offering of food to the Sangha community
12.00pm	Lunch for laity
1.00pm	Kathina Pinkama at the main hall of the Wat
8.00pm	Meditation and prayers at the main hall of the Wat

This is an important merit making event of great social and religious significance for the Buddhist laity.

• Dhamma in Motion____________awake your senses to the sounds of dhamma,awaken the faith in you.

To become a Buddhist,the first step is to take refuge in the Buddha,Dhamma and Sangha.When one observes the world,a Buddhist would notice the pain of frustrations and sufferings.He/she will seek refuge in a strong shelter_where one knows who the Buddha is and how Buddha,Dhamma and the Sangha can provide the shelter he/she seeks.The path to Nibbana for the lay Buddhists comes in one way Dana_Sila_Bhavanna.

Dana

Lay Buddhists acquire wealth through right livelihood to accumulate wealth to support family,sangha and the buddha sasana and in doing so reap merits to gain mundane benefits here and hereafter.Without this support,the Buddha sasana would come to an end and the monks would not be able to practice meditation worrying for their subsistence.We have to make special efforts to give constantly until generosity is part of our character,provide the four requisites for the sangha community-robes,monastery-shelter,medicines and alms food. In Wat Puthanimittam,there is a special age old ritual of offering food to the sangha community and in place, where transference of merits to the donor/s is accorded.For furthur information of the plan in place,please contact Eric @ 0175029938 or Madam Low Eng Choo @ 017-5781781.Endeavour to make contributions each month,invest in your children's future through accumulating lots of merits for them.If a person makes contributions to society through a long-term effort,Buddha will not forget and will double its return.Chose to live in a grateful world,build spiritual wealth that comes with philantrophy.

Sila_________Bhavana

The cultivation of morality is akin to the observation of the five precepts.

• Abstain from killing human beings
• Abstain from stealing
• Abstain from sexual misconduct
• Abstain from lying and false speech
• Abstain from drugs and intoxicants

At Wat Puthanimittam,we have in place training practices to cultivate bhavana to acquire wisdom.Endeavour to be a good Buddhist,acknowledge the healing and uniting power of prayers and meditation.Lift up your concern in prayers.Insight meditation brings into light parts that have been denied,suppressed and repressed and helps in anger and fear management.Metta meditation can help transform greed and envy into compassionate actions.For furthur information on the prayer and meditation sessions at the wat,please contact Andy Fuan @016-5942575.

Wat Puthanimittam has been running Light a Yellow candle........campaign to emphasize the benefits of light offerings...to eliminate darkness in our quests to achieve penetrative wisdom and clarity and radiance of complexions and repeated rebirths in the celestial and human realms. A popular choice near exam times to eliminate darkness and harness wisdom.

Light a candle...and as Lord Buddha reminds us on his deathbed....be the light yourself reminding us of the buddha potential in each of us.

We are not merely human beings going through a temporary spiritual experience....the next time the sangha community of Wat Puthanimittam needs you........just be there.Stay.


With metta