Milton Keynes Vihara

Navam Full Moon Poya Day Ata Sil Programme
2026-02-01 09:00 - 18:00 UTC | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Vihara
Sunday 01st February
Navam Full Moon Poya Day Sil Programme
නවම් පොහෝදින සීල වැඩසටහන
All are welcome 🙏
The Navam Full Moon Poya day is the second Full Moon Poya Day of the year.
There will be a special Ata Sil programme as usual on Sunday 01st February. (Children’s programme will be of a shorter duration and adults also can terminate sil (Sil Pavarana) early). We welcome all to participate in this meritorious activity.
නවම් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය වසරේ දෙවන පුර පසළොස්වක පොහෝ දිනයයි.
ඒ නිමිත්තෙන් විශේෂ අටසිල් සමාදනයක් සහ වැඩ සටහනක් මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ දී පෙබරවාරා මස 01 වන ඉරු දින සිදු කෙරේ.
සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!
9AM: Observing Ata Sil, Homage and Meditation
10.00AM: Dhamma Talk
11AM: Buddha Pooja and Dana Offering.
2PM: Dhamma Discussion and Meditation
3.30PM: Dhamma Talk (Sil Pavarana)
5PM: Bodhi Poojava and Blessings Chanting.
6PM: End of the programme.
We would appreciate if you could confirm your participation as this will help the organisers.
Contact: Shreeni
07709618522
Nilu Udhithra
07447933563
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උතුම් නවම් පුර පසලොස්වක පොහෝදින වැදගත්කම
Significances of Nawam (February) Full Moon Day
1. බුද්ධ ශාසනයෙහි ප්රථම මහා සංඝ සම්මේලනය රජගහනුවර වේළුවනාරාමයේ දී පැවැත්වීම.
🔔 First ever Buddhist Congregation to secure the purity of teaching
2. සැරියුත්, මුගලන් මහරහතන් වහන්සේලා සම්බුදු සසුනෙහි අග්රශ්රාවක තනතුරු ලැබීම
🔔 Delegation of powers by the Lord Biddha. Appointment of Arahants Sariputtha and Moggallana as Chief Disciples
3. ඕවාද ප්රාතිමෝක්ෂය දේශනා කිරීම
🔔 Preaching the qualities of ascetics “Ovada prathimpkkshaya”: patience, Forbearance or impressiveness and eminent religious austerity
4. බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ ආයුසංස්කාරය අත් හැරීම
🔔 Determination of the Term of Life of the Enlightened One.
ඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි!
May the Noble Triple Gem Bless you All!
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Sri Lankan New Year Milton Keynes Vihara 2026
2026-04-18 09:00 - 19:00 | Little Horwood Recreation Ground Milton Keynes MK17 0PF, Church Street, Little Harwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0PF, United Kingdom
සැමට සාමය සතුට සෞභාග්‍යපිරි සුභම සුභ අළුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!
A Very Happy Peaceful & Prosperous Sri Lankan New Year to All
Wish you and all your loved ones
A Very Happy, Peaceful & Prosperous Sri Lankan New Year!
ඔබටත් ඔබේ ආදරණීයන් සැමටත්
සාමය සතුට සෞභාග්‍යපිරි සුභම සුභ නව වසරක් වේවා!
Watch the Video:
පූජ්‍ය අකුරල සමිත ස්වාමින් වහන්සේ
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය
May there be healing and Protection with the Blessings of Noble Triple Gem..
Arogya parama labha – santutthi paramam dhanan –
vissasa parama nathi – Nibbanan paramam sukhan
(Dhammapada verse 204)
“Health is the ultimate profit, happiness is the ultimate wealth, a trusted friend is the best relative, Nibbana is the ultimate bliss”
Venerable Bhante Samitha Akurala
Milton Keynes Vihara
Our New Year Celebration is on
📅 Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
📍 Little Horwood Recreation Ground, Milton Keynes MK17 0PF
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Enjoy an exciting lineup of activities, including:
🎯 Traditional Avurudu games
🍛 Authentic Sri Lankan food
🎭 Cultural performances
🛍 Stalls and much more
Entry is free, and everyone is welcome Bring your family and friends to experience the vibrant spirit of Sri Lankan New Year.
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් බෞද්ධ මධ්‍යස්ථානය සංවිධානය කරණ
සිංහල දෙමල අළුත් අවුරුදු උත්සවය
අප්‍රියෙල් මස 18 වන සෙනසුරාදා දින උදෑසන 10 සිට සවස 7 දක්වා
සැමට ආරාධනා !
Sri Lankan New Year
Organized By Milton Keynes Vihara
Saturday 18th April 2026
From 10AM till 7PM
All are welcome!

Venue: Little Horwood Recreation Ground, Milton Keynes MK17 0PF

🎉✨ BECOME A SPONSOR — Milton Keynes Sri Lankan Festival 2026! ✨🎉
Want to get your brand in front of hundreds of families across Milton Keynes? Here’s your chance! 🌟
Join us for a spectacular FREE community celebration of the Sri Lankan New Year! 🇱🇰
📅 18th April 2026 | 📍 Little Horwood Recreation Ground, MK | ⏰ 10AM – 7PM
🎮 Traditional Avurudu games | 🍛 Authentic Sri Lankan food | 🎭 Live cultural performances
Sponsorship packages available for all budgets — Gold, Silver & Bronze, stalls, souvenir ads & general donations. With FREE entry for all, your brand will enjoy maximum visibility!
⚠️ Limited spots available — don’t miss out!
📞 Dinuka: 07564 177908 | Shakthi: 07811 066740 | Niroshan: 07738 000386
Let’s make this an unforgettable celebration together! 🙏🎉

🎉✨ ADVERTISE IN OUR SOUVENIR & GROW YOUR BUSINESS! ✨🎉
📖 Be part of the Milton Keynes Sri Lankan Festival 2026 souvenir programme and get your brand in front of hundreds of Sri Lankan & UK community members! 🇱🇰
📅 18th April 2026 | 📍 Little Horwood Recreation Ground, Milton Keynes | ⏰ 10AM – 7PM
🌟 Why advertise with us?
✅ Targeted reach to the Sri Lankan & UK community ✅ Exclusive placement in a high-quality souvenir given to all attendees & VIPs ✅ Lasting exposure — a printed souvenir that is kept and revisited over time ✅ Social media mention for extra promotion ✅ Budget-friendly — starting from just £25!
📰 Souvenir Advertisement Packages:
🟥 Full Page (A5 — 210 x 148mm) — £100 🟨 Half Page (A6 — 148 x 105mm) — £50 🟩 Quarter Page (A7 — 74 x 105mm) — £25
⚠️ Limited spaces available — book yours today!
📞 Dinuka: 07564 177908 | Shakthi: 07811 066740 | Niroshan: 07738 000386
Let’s celebrate together and grow your business at the same time! 🙏🎊

Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Programme
2026-05-03 08:00 - 18:30 | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දින සීල භාවනා වැඩ සටහන
Sunday 03rd May 2026
All are welcome to join From 8.30AM, 10AM, 3.30PM or 6PM
සැමට සම්මා සම්බුදු සරණයි!
Wishing All Blessings of Lord Buddha!
Wishing You & All in Your Family A Happy Vesak Day Sambuddha Jayanthi!
ඔබටත් ඔබ පවුලේ සැමටත් උතුම් සම්බුදු තෙමගුල සිහිපත් කරණ පිංබර වෙසක් පොහෝ දිනයක් වේවා!

Veask is the highly blessed day when we celebrate the Birth, Enlightenment and Great Passing into Nibbana of our Lord Buddha. To mark this special event, the Vihara will be conducting the following programme of activities on Saturday 19th, May.
sukho buddhānam uppādo
Happy Blessing is The Birth of the Fully Awakened Ones (Lord Buddha)!
sukhā saddhammadesanā
Happy Blessing is teaching of the True Buddha Dhamma (truth)!
Let us join in celebrating on this thrice Blessed Vesak Full Moon Day or week or month by practicing daily at least few minutes Homage Chanting (Vandanā), Charity (Dāna), precepts (sīla) and cultivating the mind (samatha vipassanā Bhāvanā)!
මේ උතුම් වෙසක් පොහෝ දින හෝ සතිය හෝ මාසය තුල පිළිවෙත් පුරමු. ටික වේලාවක් හෝ දිනපතා බුද්ධ වන්දනාව, දාන, සීල, සමත විපස්සනා භාවනා, ගුණවඩා කුසල් රැස් කරමු.
We encourage everyone to decorate their houses with Vesak lanterns, offer flowers, incense and make special pooja at house shrines and chant protection suttas!
සෑම නිවසකම වෙසක් කූඩු වලින් සරසා බුදු මැදුර ආලෝකවත් කර මල් පහන් සුවද දුම් පුදා ආරක්ෂක සෙත් පිරිත් සජ්ජායනා කරමු!
To mark this special event, the Vihara will be conducting the following programme of activities on Sunday, 03 May.
Devotees are welcome to join in practising dhamma and sharing blessings for the whole day, or just for the afternoon programme including a Bodhi Pooja Atavisit Buddha Poojava @ 6PM. Families where children wish to observe Sil can join from 10am onwards.
Please let us know how many adults and children from your family will observe Sil so that we can make arrangements for the dana accordingly.
Full Programme and More Details Please visit our website:
ඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි!
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Programme:
08:30 am – Observe 8 Precepts, Meditation, Dhamma talk By Venerable Akurala Samitha
Sponsor Needed:
09:15 am – Dhamma Talk By Venerable Galagama Sumedha Thero
Sponsor Needed:
09:45 am – Short break, children arrive
10:00 am – Children Observe 8 Precepts and English Dhamma Talk on significance of Wesak
10:45 am – Offering Sambuddha Puja + Lunchtime Dana
12:30 pm – Pirith Chanting
01:00 pm – English Dhamma Discussion for children / Sinhala Dhamma Discussion for adults
02:00 pm – Meditation
03:00 pm – Break
03:30 pm – Sinhala Dhamma Talk By Venerable Mattala Vineetha Thero
Sponsor Needed:
04:30 pm – Seth Pirith, Punyanumodana and Close Sil Programme.
6PM: – Atavisi Sambuddha Poojava and Bodhi Pooja
you can sponsor 28 Buddha pooja and Bodhi Poojava by sponsoring one Samma Sambuddha Poojava.
For more details please contact us.
7PM Refreshments & End of the Day Programme

Monk’s Pirikara (Donation Gift) for Dhamma Talk ධර්ම දේශානාවේ මුදල් පිරිකර පූජාව (Suggested Donation £50.00 or any donation as you like plus travel expenses)
Atapirikara (Eight requisites) අට පිරිකර (Suggested donation £50.00 per item or any donation as you like)
A Robe සිවුරු පූජාව (Suggested Donation £30.00 per item or any donation as you like)
A offering tray with drinks and flowers and light පූජා බන්දේසිය (Suggested Donation £15.00 per item or any donation as you like)

Daham Sisila Special Dhamma Talk on Ariyapariyesana Sutta
2026-05-23 17:00 - 18:30 | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Vihara
Daham Sisila Dhamma Dana Weekly Programme
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය
දහම් සිසිල ධර්ම දාන වැඩසටහන
This Saturday 23rd May at 5PM
මෙම මැයි මස 23 වන සෙනසුරාදා දින සවස 5 ට
All Are welcome to attend to share the merits.
පිං කැමති සියල්ලෝම සහභාගී වෙත්වා!

Watch the Video Below:

ධර්ම දාන දේශණාවේ මාතෘකාව:
අරිය පරියේෂන සූත්‍රය​: බුදු රදුන් අනුදැන වදාළ උතුම් සෙවීම.
Dhamma Dana Talk Topic:
Ariyapariyesana Sutta: The The Noble Search taught by the Lord Buddha.
This Saturday Dhamma Dana is Sponsored by:
💐 Dr Nanda De Silva and Family.
In beloved memory of Mrs Swarna De Silva to mark the first month Remembrance Merits Transfer. To remember and share merits with all other departed. To wish all in the family and friends for wellbeing, good health, progress and protection. May this be a great meritorious deed to realize the Four Noble Truth.! May the Noble Triple Gem Bless all!
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මෙම සෙනසුරාදා ධම්ම දාන පිංකමේ දායකත්වය:
💐 දොස්තර නන්ද ද සිල්වා මහත්මා සහ පවුලේ සියළු දෙනා විසින්.
මීට මසකට පෙර අභාවප්‍රාප්ත ස්වර්ණා ද සිල්වා මහත්මිය සිහිපත් කොට පුණ්‍යානුමෝදනා කිරීම. මියගිය සියළු දෙනාටම පිං අනුමෝදන් කිරීම. පවුලේ සියළු දෙනා ඇතුළු සියළු දෙනාටම ආශිර්වාද පිණිස. සැමට චතුරාර්ය සත්‍ය අවබෝධ වේවා! සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණ ලැබේවා!
Today Programme:
5PM: Welcome
5.05PM: Taking refuges, Observing Precepts and homage
5.10PM: Sinhala Dhamma Talk
5.30PM: English Dhamma Talk
5.50PM: Meditation & Blessings
6.00PM: End.
It will be possible to attend in person and online. For those attending in person, refreshments will be provided
This is a regular *Dhamma Dana Pinkama.*
If you would like to sponsor any of these Sunday programmes & gain the Highest Dhamma Dana merits blessings, please let us know.
Sabba Danam Dhamma Danam Jinati.
Dhamma Dana is the highest form of Dana.
ධම්ම දානං සබ්බ දානං ජිනාති.
ධර්ම දානය සියළු දාන අතුරින් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨය‍.
Online attendance is possible for the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/99481494656?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 994 8149 4656 / Passcode: [REDACTED]
We look forward to seeing many of you at the vihara or Online.
All are Welcome to join..
සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි
May you all be well and happy!
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Poson Festival 2026
2026-07-11 15:00 - 19:00 | Peace Pagoda, NIPPONZAN MYOHOJI Japanese Temple, Milton Keynes, MK15 0BA
MILTON KEYNES VIHARA
පොසොන් බැති ගී සරණිය, මිහින්තලාව සහ දන්සැල
Poson Bhakthi Gee Programme With Mihintalawa & Dansela (Free Food Sharing Stall)
Saturday 11th July, 3pm onwards at Japanese Peace Pagoda Temple
Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 0BA
සැමට පිංබර පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනයක් වේවා!
Wishing All A Blissful Poson Full Moon Poya Day!
පොසොන් උදාවයි! දහම් අමාවයි!
Dawn of Poson! Brings the taste of Dhamma!
Dear All,
Our Annual Poson Celebration
With Bhakthi Gee, Cultural Decorations (Mihinthalawa, Poson Lanterns) & Dan Sela (Free Food sharing)
At Milton Keynes Japanese Temple
Saturday 11th July 2026
From 3PM- 7PM
All are welcome to join!
සැටම මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!

Milton Keynes Vihara Community Presents
POSON DANSALA
A celebration of generosity, faith, and community.
🎟️ RESERVE YOUR FREE TICKET NOW : http://bit.ly/43hXFXr
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් පොසොන් දන්සැල, මිහින්තලාව, භක්තිගීත, තොරණ සහ පහන් කූඩු ප්‍රදර්ශනය
මේ අසිරිමත් පිංකමට ඔබත් නොවරදවාම සහභාගී වෙන්න
දැන්ම දිනය වෙන් කරගන්න
Join us as we honour the sacred month of Poson with a beautiful evening of Bhakthi Geetha, Thorana, glowing Wesak Lanterns and the spirit of Mihinthalawa — brought to life through music, light, and the tradition of giving.
All are welcome. All are fed. All are blessed.
Bhakthi Geetha | Wesak Lanterns | Mihinthalawa | Thorana
🍽️ Dansala Menu 🍚 Yellow Rice | 🍜 Noodles | ☕ Iced Coffee | 🍦 Ice Cream
📍 Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda, MK15 0BA
📅 Saturday 11th July
🕐 3:00pm onwards
🎟️ RESERVE YOUR FREE TICKET NOW : http://bit.ly/43hXFXr
You can contribute to Food items Bhakthi Geetha Vesak Lanterns, Mihinthalawa or Thorana To make this event a success
Please see the attached file and mention how you can support
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12rVmHXtaToAV1fzXar0GjEZtTTKd5nMkYQWsMcXZ6oU/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Bohoma pin
Theruwan Saranai
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In preparation for the Poson poya celebrations we would like to kindly invite the support of the whole community in the preparations.
A dansala (free refreshment & meal) for all attendees will be provided by members of the centre. Therefore we are not requesting any further food items from the community. However, there are other items that are needed.
We really appreciate a cash donation to avoid any surplus or waste, and instead make the most of your support to the vihara.
If anyone would wish to make a donation they can do so by using our bank account or at the event using the reference POSON25.
Alternatively, you can sponsor any of the items below.
Please see a list of items the organisers will be sourcing and your respected suggested donation amount which can be transferred directly to the
Milton Keynes Vihara account using reference POSON26
Sort code 20-57-44
Account number 93953335
You are welcome to give part or full donation of the items listed
1. Japanese Temple donation (for use of temple) £150
2. Water bottles £75
3. Fruit juice cartons £ 40
4. Disposable plates £ 25
5. Disposable cutlery £25
6. Disposable cups £25
7. Tea & coffee & milk sugar £ 50
8. Chair Hire, delivery & collection £ 150
9. Poson decorations £70
10. Cleaning items (cleaning products , towels, tissues, black bags etc) £40
11. Financial donation to the Milton Keynes Vihara Dhamma school – £ Any amount to support the activities of the Dhamma school & Vihara
12. Small gift for invited guests ( eg councillor) £20 each x 4
13. Lighting & AV equipment – £ 100
Your ongoing support is greatly appreciated and valued by the whole community
ඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි
May the Noble Triple Bless You all!
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