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SUMMARY:Vassāna Season 2026 Weekly Daham Sisila Dhamma Dana Pooja Blessings Programme
DESCRIPTION:වස්සාන සමයේ විශේෂ පිංකම් මාළාව 2026\nYou all are kindly invited to attend our Regular Weekly Special Pooja Blessings Dhamma Programmes on Every Sunday Evening during this Vassāna Season. \nMilton Keynes Vihara\nAyan Vassāna kālō  –  This is the Rains Retreat Season\nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය\nඅයං වස්සාන කාලෝ‍   –   මේ ආධ්‍යාත්මික වස්සාන කාලයයි.\nSpecial Meritorious ceremony hosts every Sunday evening at 6PM During the Vassāna (Spiritual Rains Retreat) Season.\nවස්සාන සමයේ සෑම ඉරු දිනකම සවස 6ට පවත්වන විශේෂ පිංකම \nAll Are welcome to attend to share the merits.\nපිං කැමති සියල්ලෝම සහභාගී වෙත්වා! \nSabba Danam Dhamma Danam Jinati. – Dhamma Dana is the highest form of Dana.\nධම්ම දානං සබ්බ දානං ජිනාති. ධර්ම දානය සියළු දාන අතුරින් ශේෂ්ඨය‍‍. \nProgramme Time: (ending time may be different according to the programme of the week)\n6PM: Bodhi Pooja Homage\n6.20PM: Sinhala Dhamma Talk\n6.40PM: English Dhamma Talk\n7.10PM: Meditation & Chanting Dhamma Chakkha Pavattana Sutta and Blessings ධම්ම චක්ක පවත්තන සූත්‍ර දේශනාව සහ සෙත් පිරිත් සජ්ඣායනය\n7.40PM: Sharing Refreshments \nProgramme is conducted by:\nVenerable Akurala Samitha Thera and other venerable monks at the vihara. \nThis is a regular Dhamma Dana Pinkama.\nIf you would like to sponsor any of these Sunday programmes & gain the Highest Dhamma Dana merits blessings\, please let us know. \nSabba Danam Dhamma Danam Jinati. – Dhamma Dana is the highest form of Dana.\nධම්ම දානං සබ්බ දානං ජිනාති. ධර්ම දානය සියළු දාන අතුරින් ශේෂ්ඨය‍‍. \nJoin Zoom Online Temple or Onsite: \nOur Zoom Online link is:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/99481494656?pwd=ZHNXTXVGQnpnak9mOTBPcnZpU1VzUT09 \nMeeting ID: 994 8149 4656\nPassword: 537567 \nඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි\nMay you all be well and happy! \n🙏🙏🙏 \n  \nFor Sponsorships of this rare occasion or Other Information\, Please Contact The Centre.\nමෙම අනගි අවස්ථාවට දායකවීමට සහ වැඩි විස්තර සදහා විහාරස්ථානය අමතන්න. \nAll Are Cordially Welcome..!\nසැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!\nWays to Sponsor and help:\nමෙම වස් තුන් මාසය පුරා පැවැත්වෙන පිංකම් මාලාවේ දායකත්වය ලබා ගැනීම හෝ ඊට සම්බන්ද විය හැකි ක්‍රම: \n🌻 Sponsor one of 12 Weekly Pooja: A suggested donation for one of the 12 weekly poojas is £100/=\, in addition to preparing the pooja items such as flowers\, gilanpasa\, lights\, etc. It is possible to request a Dhamma activity of your preference on the day of your sponsored pooja (e.g.\, Bodhi Pooja\, Mawpiya Vandana\, Offering of Medicinal Requisites\, Talk by invited monk\, etc.) \n🌻 Sponsor Atavisi (28) Sambuddha Poojava on Sunday 28th September at 6PM:\n🌷 One of 28 Buddha Pooja (suggested donation £100/=. This includes all pooja items for one of the 28 SamBuddha Poojava such as an Atapirikara\, a Robe & a Gilanpasa tray with flowers incense etc.) \nOr offering items separately such as\noffering of \n🌷 An Atapirikara අටපිරිකර (Suggested Donation £50/=)\n🌷 A Robe (Cheevara) සිවුරැ (චීවර) (Suggested Donation £30/=)\n🌷 A Full Gilanpasa Flowers Light Incense Pooja Tray සම්පූර්ණ ගිලන්පස මල් පහන් සුවදදුම් බන්දේසිය. (Suggested donation £15/=)\n🌷 by any other general donation. \nNote: Although donations for sponsorship have been suggested\, you are welcome to donate any amount you feel able to \nForthcoming Event Dates and Availabilities for Sponsoring\nDuring the 2026 Vassāna Season Three Months Spiritual Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihāra:\nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරයේ 2026 වස්සාන තුන් මාස සමයේ ඉදිරියට පැවැත්වෙන \nවිශේෂ පිංකම් සහ දායකත්වයන් ලබා ගත හැකි අවස්ථා: \n🌷 Sunday 02nd August at 6PM\nSponsored: Dr Nanda De Silva  \n🌷 Sunday 09th August at 6PM\nSponsored: Mr Shakthi & Mrs Diluja Abeygunawardana   \n🌷 Sunday 16th August at 6PM\nSponsored:  Mr Shakthi & Mrs Diluja Abeygunawardana \n🌷 Sunday 23rd August at 6PM\nSponsored: Dr Mahesh Dias & Dr Nimalka Palihakkara   \n🌷 Sunday 30th August at 5PM\nSponsored: Mr Ajith & Mrs Samanthi De Silva    \nනිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය Nikini Full Moon Poya Day \n🌷 Sunday 06th September at 6PM\nSponsored: Mr Kolitha and Mrs Vayomi Navaratne    \n🌷 Sunday 13th September at 6PM \nSponsor Needed:   \n🌷 Saturday 19th September at 6PM\nSponsored:  Mrs Kumudu Gunasekara \n🌷 Sunday 27th September at 6PM  \nBinara Full Moon Poya Day & බිනර පුර පසළොස්වක පොහෝ දිනය  \nSponsors and things needed 28 SamBuddha poojava or to offer Robes or Atapirikaare are posted as a separate event on our website. \nAtavisi Buddha Pooja to mark the end of the rainy retreat season\nFind devotees to sponsor\n28 gilanpasa trays (£15 each)\n28 robes (cheevara) (£30/= each)\n28 or few Atapirikara (£50/= each)\nවස්කාලය අවසන් කිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් පවත්වන අටවිසි සම්බුද්ධ පූජාව \n28 Sponsors Needed: \n01.Mr Bandula and Mrs Udithra Weerakoon\n02. Mrs Chandi Kumarage\n03.\n04.\n05. \nSponsors Needed:   \n🌷 Sunday 04th October at 6PM\nSponsored: Dr Niresha & Mr Sampath Sirinanda   \n🌷 Sunday 11th October at 6PM\nSponsored: Dr Shantha & Mrs Ranji Godagama    \n🌷 Sunday 18th October at 6PM \nSponsored: Mr Thilak Arumapperuma & Mrs Ayomi Senevirathna \n🌷 Sunday 25th October at 6PM\nSponsored:  Mr Upul\, Mrs Nadeesha\, Daughter Dilni & Daughter Shehera and family \nVap Full Moon Poya Day\nMarks the end of Vassana Rains Retreat Season and marks the beginning of the robe offering month.\nවප් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය වස්සාන කාලයේ නිමාව සනිටු හන් කරයි. චීවර මාසයේ ආරම්භය සනිටුහන් කරයි. \n🌷 Sunday 01st November at 6PM\nSponsored: Professor Arosha Bandara   \n🌷 Saturday 08th November at 6PM  \nSponsored: Mrs Premila & Mr Asoka Priyantha Perera   \n🌷 Sunday 15th November at 6PM\nSponsor Needed:  \nKathina Ceremony (15 monks) Milton Keynes Vihara.\nවාර්ෂික කඨින පිංකම මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය\nSponsor Needed: Main Sponsor of Kathina 2026 &\nSponsorship opportunities for members of the community \n🌷 Saturday 21st November at 6PM\nSponsor Needed:  \n🌷 Sunday 22nd November at 6PM\nSponsored: Mrs Pushpa Kalubowila   \n🌷 Sunday 29th November at 6PM\nIll Full Moon Poya Day\nSponsor Needed:  \nIl Full Moon Poya Day that marks the end of Robes (Cheevara) offering month\nචීවර මාසය නිමා වන ඉල් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහෝදිනය \n 
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LOCATION:Vihara Premises\, 3\, Aldrich Drive\, Willen\, Milton Keynes\, MK15 9HP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Esala Full Moon Poya Day Vas Aradhana Invitation Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ ඇසළ පුර පසළොස්වක පොහෝ දිනය සහ වස් ආරාධනා පිංකම\nධම්මචක්ක පවත්තන සූත්‍ර දේශණය\nදෙනෙත් විවර කළ (ඇස් + හළ = ඇසළ) අසිරිමත් ඇසළ පොහොය දිනයක් වේවා!\nඇසළ සදේ බුදු රැස් දහරාවෙන් සිත් පහන් වේවා!\nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ සියළු දෙනා මෙම උතුම් පිංකමට සහභාගී වීමට ඔබ සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා කර සිටිමු. \nමෙදින විහාරස්ථාන ගොඩනැගිල්ල සඝසතු කරගැනීම පිළිබද සාකච්ජාවක් ද කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තුවේ.\nEsala (July) Full Moon Poya day\, Vas Aradhana Pinkama Invition Ceremony for Annual Rains Retreat leading to Kathina Ceremony and Dhamma Chakka Pavaththanaya Sutta Chanting at Milton Keynes Vihara.\nMilton Keynes Vihara Invites you all to attend Esala Full Moon Poya Day Programme. \nThis day we hope to discuss the ways to purchase the temple building. \nSunday 26th July at 6PM \nජූලි මස 26 වන ඉරිදා සවස 6ට \nඅයං වස්සාන කාලෝ  –  මේ ආධ්‍යාත්මික වස්සාන සමයයි.\nAyan Vassāna kālō  –  This is the Spiritual Rains Retreat Season\n  \nWith the dawn of Esala (July) Full Moon Poya Day\, by making a special invitation to monks\, we start the Annual Three Months Rains Retreat at every Buddhist Temple.  This is the highest meritorious season. Whatever we do during this season bears the highest and noblest blessings. Therefore we organize series of events for all of us to come together and enhance our spiritual practice by cultivating sila (morality)\, Samadhi (Meditation) and Panna (insight wisdom) \, make more merits by practicing dana (offerings generosity)\, sila (practicing higher precepts) and Bhavana (Mediation) and gain lots of blessings by doing chanting suttas\, protection chanting\, pooja etc. All are welcome to join in whatever they can. All your participate is important. \n2026 Vassāna Season Three Months Rains Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihāra.  \nPlease keep the day FREE & Available to help & attend. \nAll of your participation is greatly appreciated. Share this message with your friends and families.\nInvite them all to participate this special blessings ceremony. \nIf you have some other days or ways that are more significant for you during this vassāna kālā (rains retreat season) or at these poojas\, please let us know. We are happy to find ways to accommodate it. \nPlease let us know if you would like to sponsor any of these items or would like to help in any means. All are greatly appreciated. \nThank you.\nBohoma Pin\nLots of Blessings to all. \nTheruwan Saranai To all.\nඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි! \n🙏🙏🙏 \nForthcoming Event Dates and Availabilities for Sponsoring: \n🪷 Sunday 26th July at 6PM:\nEsala Full Moon Poya Day\nSponsor Needed: \n🌟Mrs Shreeni De Silva\n🌟Dr Mahesh Dias\n🌟Mr Shakthi Abeygunawardana \nFull Programme for Sunday 26th July:\nEsala Full Moon Poya Day & Vas Aradana Invitation Ceremony for Three Months Spiritual Rains Retreat 2026 at Milton Keynes Vihāra. \nIf you would like to sponsor dhamma talks (dhamma dana) or Any items of Sath Budu Vandana\, please let us know. \nAll are welcome to join at anytime during the day programme: \n05.30PM – Vas Aradhana Invitation Ceremony to the Three Months Spiritual Rains Retreat.\nතුන් මස් ආධ්‍යාත්මික කාලය සදහා වස් ආරාධනා පිංකම ආරම්භය.\n06.00PM – Buddha Vandana & Bodhi Poojava\n06.15PM – English Dhamma Sermon\n06.30PM – Formal Vas Aradhanava වස් ආරාධනාව\n06.45PM – Sinhala Dhamma Sermon\n07.00PM – Chanting Dhamma Chakka Pavaththana Sutta and blessings\nධම්ම චක්ක පවත්තන සූත්‍ර දේශනාව සහ සෙත් පිරිත් සජ්ඣායනය\n07.30PM – Refreshments and End of the Programme \nඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි\nMay the Noble Triple Bless You all! \n🪷🪷🪷\n🙏🙏🙏 \n2570th Esala Full Moon Poya Day Programme & Vas Aradhana Invitation Ceremony for Three Months Spiritual Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihara. \n2615 before to date\, On a Full Moon Day in Esala (July)\, A Blissful Brilliant Dhamma Night\, The Lord Buddha set The First Discourse in motion called Dhamma Chakka Pavatthana Sutta. \nCome & Join us at Milton Keynes Vihara Mindfulness Meditation Centre To Experience The Bliss of a typical chanting of this sutta and formal Vas Aradhana Invitation Ceremony. \nඅදට වසර 2615 කට පෙර ඇසළ පුන් පොහෝ දිනයක පිංබර රාත්‍රියක ප්‍රථම වරට දෙසූ ප්‍රථම ධර්ම දේශනය ධම්ම චක්ක පවත්තන සූත්‍රය (දම්සක් පැවතුම් සූත්‍රය) පෙර සිරිත් පරිදි සිදු කරණ දේශනාව ශ්‍රවණය කිරීමට ඔබත් නොවරදවාම පැමිණෙන්න. \nEsala (July) full Moon Poya day is given much significance apart from other two main full moon days Vesak (May) and Poson (June) because it is related to great incidents of the life of Prince Siddartha (Later the Lord Buddha) both prior to and following his Enlightenment. Among those significances\, 🪷 The conception of Boddhisatta in the womb of Queen Maya\, 🪷 The Great Renunciation at the age of 29 the prince decided to leave his palace and beloved ones in order to find the way out of the universal suffering\, 🪷 Preaching Abhidhamma (Buddhist Analytical Philosophy or The Highest Dhamma) to Matru Divya Rajaya (his mother) in the Thavuthisa heaven. 🪷 Two months after the Buddha attained Enlightenment\, he delivered his first sermon\, Dhamma Chakka Pawathna Sutta (the wheel of truth) to the five ascetics\, Realizing the Dhamma all five ascetics became Bhikkhus establishing the community of monks and as a result all three jewels (Buddha\, Dhamma & Sangha) reached a completion\, 🪷 Declaration of his Great Passing Away to Nibbanic bliss\, 🪷 The beginning of the ‘Vas’ “Spiritual Rains Retreat Season” of the Sangha or the monks\, Realizing the difficulties that mendicant monks undergone to propagate The Dhamma during the rainy season. The Buddha set out a monastic rule for monks to stay in one place during the rainy season\, The first Vas was observed by the Buddha and his first five disciples the five ascetics at Isipathana in Benares\, 🪷 Laying of the foundation for the Ruwanwelisaya in Sri Lanka and its enshrinement of relics by King Dutugamunu\, 🪷 Starting the Esala Celebration and Procession (Kandy Perahera) in Sri Lanka to honour The Tooth Relic of The Buddha which brought to Sri Lanka in 847 Buddhist Era. \nවෙසක් පොසොන් වැනි ප්‍රධාන පොහෝ දිනයන් ගෙවීයාමෙන් පසුව උදාවෙන වටිනාම පොහොය ඇසළ පොහෝ දිනයයි. සමස්ථ ලෝකවාසී බෞද්ධ ජනතාවටම ඇසළ පොහොය වැදගත් වන්නේ බුදු දහම පහළවී ජීවිතයේ යථාර්ථය පිළිබද ඇස් හැරිය දිනය නිසාවෙනි. ඇසළ පොහොයදා සිදුවූ විශේෂ වැදගත්කම් අතර 🪷 බෝසතාණෝ මව් කුස පිලිසිද ගැනීම\, 🪷 ගිහිගෙය ගිනිගෙයක් බව වටහා ගෙන ගිහිගෙය අතහැර මහා අභිනිෂ්ක්‍රමණය සිදු කිරීම\, 🪷 වසර 2570 කට පෙර බරණැස ඉසිපතනාරාමයේ මිගදායේදී පස්වන තවුසන්ට ප්‍රථම ධර්ම දේශනයවූ ධම්ම චක්ක පවත්තන සූත්‍රය දේශනා කිරීම\, 🪷 ගන්ධබ්බ රුක්ඛමූලයේදී යමා මහ පෙළහර පා තීර්ථකයන්ගේ මානය බිද දමනය කිරීම\, 🪷 සිදුහත් බෝසත් උපතින් දින සතකට පසු මියගිය මෑණියන්වූ මහා මායා දේවිය දෙව්ලොව මාතෘ දිව්‍යරාජයාව ඉපිද වැඩ වසන සමයේ දෙව්ලොවට වැඩම කොට විජම් බණ දෙසා මව්තුමිය සසරින් ඒතර කිරීම\, 🪷 වැසි සාර මාසය තුල භික්ෂූන් චාරිකාවේ නිරතවීමෙන් වූ අපහසුතා වලක්වා ලන්නට ඒක ආරාමයක නතර වී වස් සමාදන් වීමට බුද්ධ නියමයක් කිරීම\, 🪷 ශ්‍රී ලාංකික බෞද්ධයන්ට අනුබුදු මිහිදු මහ රහතන් වහන්සේ ප්‍රථම ඛණ්ඩ සීමාව සම්මත කොට දේවානම් පියතිස්ස මහ රජුගේ අනුග්‍රහය මත ප්‍රථම ලංකාදීප වස් සමාදානය\, 🪷 දුටුගැමුණු රජතුමන් තුන් ලොවට අසද්‍රස මහා දාගැබ වූ රුවන්වැලි චෛත්‍ය රාජයානන් වහන්සේ ගොඩ නැන්වීමට ලක්ෂ සංඛ්‍යාත මහ රහතන් වහන්සේලා අභියස ප්‍රථම පස් පිඩැල්ල කැපීම\, 🪷 ශ්‍රී බුද්ධ වර්ෂ 847 දී ලංකාදීපයට වැඩම කළ ශ්‍රී දළදා වහන්සේ වෙනුවෙන් දළදා පිංකම සහ නුවර දළදා පෙරහැර ආරම්භ කිරීම. \nFor Sponsorships of this rare occasion or Other Information\, Please Contact The Centre.\nමෙම අනගි අවස්ථාවට දායකවීමට සහ වැඩි විස්තර සදහා විහාරස්ථානය අමතන්න. \nAll Are Cordially Welcome..! \nසැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා! \n  \nWays to Sponsor and help:\nමෙම වස් තුන් මාසය පුරා පැවැත්වෙන පිංකම් මාලාවේ දායකත්වය ලබා ගැනීම හෝ ඊට සම්බන්ද විය හැකි ක්‍රම: \n🌻 Sponsor one of 12 Weekly Pooja: A suggested donation for one of the 12 weekly poojas is £100/=\, in addition to preparing the pooja items such as flowers\, gilanpasa\, lights\, etc. It is possible to request a Dhamma activity of your preference on the day of your sponsored pooja (e.g.\, Bodhi Pooja\, Mawpiya Vandana\, Offering of Medicinal Requisites\, Talk by invited monk\, etc.) \n🌻 Sponsor Atavisi (28) Sambuddha Poojava on Sunday 27th September at 5PM:\n🌷 One of 28 Buddha Pooja (suggested donation £100/=. This includes all pooja items for one of the 28 SamBuddha Poojava such as an Atapirikara\, a Robe & a Gilanpasa tray with flowers incense etc.) \nOr offering items separately such as\noffering of \n🌷 An Atapirikara අටපිරිකර (Suggested Donation £50/=)\n🌷 A Robe (Cheevara) සිවුරැ (චීවර) (Suggested Donation £30/=)\n🌷 A Full Gilanpasa Flowers Light Incense Pooja Tray සම්පූර්ණ ගිලන්පස මල් පහන් සුවදදුම් බන්දේසිය. (Suggested donation £15/=)\n🌷 by any other general donation. \nNote: Although donations for sponsorship have been suggested\, you are welcome to donate any amount you feel able to \nForthcoming Event Dates and Availabilities for Sponsoring\nDuring the 2026 Vassāna Season Three Months Spiritual Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihāra:\nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරයේ 2026 වස්සාන තුන් මාස සමයේ ඉදිරියට පැවැත්වෙන \nවිශේෂ පිංකම් සහ දායකත්වයන් ලබා ගත හැකි අවස්ථා: \nClick Below Link:  \nවස්සාන තුන් මාසය තුල සිදු කරණ සති පිංකම් වල දායකත්වයන් පහත වෙබ් අඩවියෙන් දැන ගත හැකිය:\nDetails of Weekly programmes and sponsorships during this three months Vassana Season are available on the following website link:\nVassāna Season 2026 Weekly Daham Sisila Dhamma Dana Pooja Blessings Programme – Milton Keynes Vihara \n  \n \n 
URL:https://mkvihara.org/event/esala-full-moon-poya-day-vas-aradhana-invitation-ceremony-4/
LOCATION:Vihara Premises\, 3\, Aldrich Drive\, Willen\, Milton Keynes\, MK15 9HP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Milton Keynes Vihara Annual Kathina Ceremony 2026
DESCRIPTION:මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය උතුම් වාර්ෂික කඨින පුන්‍ය මහෝත්සවය 2026\nOur Milton Keynes Vihara Annual KATINA CEREMONY 2026 \nA Rare and Great Meritorious Deed that takes place only once a year.\nවසරකට වතාවක් පමණක් සිදු කරණ දුර්ළභ පූණ්‍යකර්මය \nSunday 15th November From 9:00 AM till 4PM\nනොවැම්බර් මස 15 වන ඉරිදා උදෑසන 9.00 සිට සවස 4 දක්වා \nWill be held at: \nVenue: North Crawley Institute\,\nNewport Pagnell\,\nMilton Keynes\nMK16 9LH\n \nAll are welcome to join..!\nසැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා.! \nPlease share this message with all your family & friends; enabling them to participate in a Noble Meritorious activity gaining blessings. \nකරැණාකර මෙම පණිවිඩය ඔබ දන්නා සියලු දෙනාටම බෙදා දෙමින් උතුම්ම පිංකමක ආශිර්වාද ලබාගන්නට සලසන්න. \nThose who wish to contribute towards the Kathina Ceremony may send a cheque made payable to “Milton Keynes Vihara” or donate online by Direct Bank Transfer\, to the Milton Keynes Vihara account. \nMore Details Visit Our Website\nwww.mkvihara.org\nor Join our WhatsApp group for up-to-date details or contact Mobiles\nBhante Samitha – 00 44 7983 466 105\nShreeni: 07709 618 522\nShakthi: 07811 066 740\nMahesh: 07983 428 347 \n15 monks will be attending the Kathina Ceremony \nYou may offer any of the following. \nD4: Atapirikara (Eight requisites) අට පිරිකර (Suggested donation £50.00 per item or any donation as you like)\nD3: A Pirikara Gift to the monks පිරිකර පූජාව (Suggested Donation £100.00 per item or any donation as you like)\nD5: A Robe සිවුරු පූජාව (Suggested Donation £30.00 per item or any donation as you like) \nThank you again to everyone for the generous contributions to help make the Kathina Ceremony a success. We would like to remind bring your offerings of physical pirikara items to the temple by tomorrow (15 Nov) evening so that they can be packed into hampers for the offering.  \n \n​You can see the list of items here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t9T2LmvmS8-SgRQhthEiOOM-fSyxODDo/edit?usp=sharing&rtpof=true&sd=true\nOnline Bank Details for Donations:\nMilton Keynes Vihara\nBarclays Bank\nA/c no: 93953335\nSort code: 20-57-44 \nPlease use as Reference: KATINA + donation number  (eg. KATINA-D4 for Ata Pirikara) \nKatina Pinkama\, being one of the highest forms of meritorious activity\, also highlights the close association that has existed throughout history between the Sangha and the laity. \n🌷Please dress appropriately (white/ National costume) & be on time. \n🌷Parking: North Crawley Institute car park and public carparks nearby: Please ensure your vehicle is parked in a marked bay and does not obstruct others. Also\, please give consideration when parking on the street. \n🌷Lunch and refreshments: Lunch is available for all the devotees. Light refreshments will be available throughout. However\, your attendance in the hall during formal events will be greatly appreciated. We kindly remind all attending to respect the presence of the sacred relics and the Maha Sangha and to keep noise levels to a minimum.\n🌷Safety and Hygiene: Be sure that all children are always supervised. Ensure toilets are left in the way you would expect to find them\, particularly with young children. \nDonations and Pirikara:\nOn the day\, devotees can contribute any donations and offer atapirikara and robes at Summerlin centre. \nFor more details please contact:\nBhante Samitha: 07983 466 105\nShreeni: 07709 618 522\nShakthi: 07811 066 740\nMahesh: 07983 428 347 \nOr Visit Our Website: \nMay you all Be Well & Happy..!\nසැමට තෙරැවන් සරණයි.! \n🙏🙏🙏 \nKatina Ceremony this year\, along with Vas aradhana and other meritorious activities has been sponsored by \nMain Sponsors of MKV Kathina 2026 \n🌟 Dr. Mahesh Dias.\n🌟 Mr. Shakthi Abeygunawardana.\n🌟 Mrs. Shreeni De Silva.\n🌟 With the participation of All Members of the Milton Keynes Vihara Mindfulness Meditation Centre. \nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ 2026 කඨින පිංකමේ ප්‍රධාන දායකත්වය:\n💐 වෛද්‍ය මහේෂ් ඩයස් මහත්මා\n💐 ශක්ති අබේගුණවර්ධන මහත්මා\n💐 ශ්‍රීනි ද සිල්වා මහත්මිය\nසහ විහාරස්ථානයේ සියළු දෙනා. \nBohoma Pin\n🙏🙏🙏 \nWe kindly invite all the community to actively participate in this highly meritorious activity by attending the ceremony on the 15th November with all the family. \nKatina Day Programme\n(Light refreshments will be available in the morning) \n09:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Arrival\n10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Perahera bringing the sacred Buddha Relics and the Katina robe\n(Katina robe available for stitching by devotees until 13:00)\n10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Introduction and welcome\nLighting the traditional oil lamp\nPansil and offering Buddha puja\n11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Offering of dana to the Maha Sangha\n11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Tea and light refreshments for devotees\n12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Preparing perehera in the car park area\n12:45 p.m. – 13:00 p.m. Perahera accompanying the Katina robe\n13:00 p.m. –14:30 p.m.  Dedicating the Kathina robe\nConducting the Vinaya Kamma by the Venerable Maha Sangha\nAnushasana\nOffering Ata Pirikara\, robes and gifts\nAnumodana\nVote of thanks\n14:30 p.m. – 16:00 p.m. Dana for devotees\n16:00 p.m. – 17:00 p.m. Cleaning and tidying up\n17:00 p.m. End\nWe greatly appreciate all the food and other donations pledged so far and all the support extended. \n \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://mkvihara.org/event/milton-keynes-vihara-annual-kathina-ceremony-2026/
LOCATION:North Crawley Institute\,  Newport Pagnell\, Milton Keynes\, MK16 9LH
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