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SUMMARY:Navam Full Moon Poya Day Ata Sil Programme
DESCRIPTION:Milton Keynes Vihara\nSunday 01st February\nNavam Full Moon Poya Day Sil Programme\nනවම් පොහෝදින සීල වැඩසටහන\nAll are welcome 🙏 \nThe Navam Full Moon Poya day is the second Full Moon Poya Day of the year.\nThere 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. \nනවම් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය වසරේ දෙවන පුර පසළොස්වක පොහෝ දිනයයි.\nඒ නිමිත්තෙන් විශේෂ අටසිල් සමාදනයක් සහ වැඩ සටහනක් මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ දී පෙබරවාරා මස 01 වන ඉරු දින සිදු කෙරේ.\nසැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා! \n9AM: Observing Ata Sil\, Homage and Meditation\n10.00AM: Dhamma Talk\n11AM: Buddha Pooja and Dana Offering.\n2PM: Dhamma Discussion and Meditation\n3.30PM: Dhamma Talk (Sil Pavarana)\n5PM: Bodhi Poojava and Blessings Chanting.\n6PM: End of the programme. \nWe would appreciate if you could confirm your participation as this will help the organisers. \nContact: Shreeni\n07709618522 \nNilu Udhithra\n07447933563 \n🙏🙏🙏 \nඋතුම් නවම් පුර පසලොස්වක පොහෝදින වැදගත්කම\nSignificances of Nawam (February) Full Moon Day \n1. බුද්ධ ශාසනයෙහි ප්රථම මහා සංඝ සම්මේලනය රජගහනුවර වේළුවනාරාමයේ දී පැවැත්වීම.\n🔔 First ever Buddhist Congregation to secure the purity of teaching \n2. සැරියුත්\, මුගලන් මහරහතන් වහන්සේලා සම්බුදු සසුනෙහි අග්රශ්රාවක තනතුරු ලැබීම\n🔔 Delegation of powers by the Lord Biddha. Appointment of Arahants Sariputtha and Moggallana as Chief Disciples \n3. ඕවාද ප්රාතිමෝක්ෂය දේශනා කිරීම\n🔔 Preaching the qualities of ascetics “Ovada prathimpkkshaya”: patience\, Forbearance or impressiveness and eminent religious austerity \n4. බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ ආයුසංස්කාරය අත් හැරීම\n🔔 Determination of the Term of Life of the Enlightened One. \nඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි!\nMay the Noble Triple Gem Bless you All!\n🙏🙏🙏 \n  \n \n 
URL:https://mkvihara.org/event/navam-full-moon-poya-day-ata-sil-programme/
LOCATION:Vihara Premises\, 3\, Aldrich Drive\, Willen\, Milton Keynes\, MK15 9HP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260418T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260418T190000
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SUMMARY:Sri Lankan New Year Milton Keynes Vihara 2026
DESCRIPTION:සැමට සාමය සතුට සෞභාග්‍යපිරි සුභම සුභ අළුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!\nA Very Happy Peaceful & Prosperous Sri Lankan New Year to All\nWish you and all your loved ones\nA Very Happy\, Peaceful & Prosperous Sri Lankan New Year! \nඔබටත් ඔබේ ආදරණීයන් සැමටත්\nසාමය සතුට සෞභාග්‍යපිරි සුභම සුභ නව වසරක් වේවා! \nWatch the Video: \nපූජ්‍ය අකුරල සමිත ස්වාමින් වහන්සේ\nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය \nMay there be healing and Protection with the Blessings of Noble Triple Gem.. \nArogya parama labha – santutthi paramam dhanan –\nvissasa parama nathi – Nibbanan paramam sukhan\n(Dhammapada verse 204)\n“Health is the ultimate profit\, happiness is the ultimate wealth\, a trusted friend is the best relative\, Nibbana is the ultimate bliss” \nVenerable Bhante Samitha Akurala\nMilton Keynes Vihara \nOur New Year Celebration is on \n📅 Date: Saturday\, April 18\, 2026\n📍 Little Horwood Recreation Ground\, Milton Keynes MK17 0PF\n⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM \nEnjoy an exciting lineup of activities\, including:\n🎯 Traditional Avurudu games\n🍛 Authentic Sri Lankan food\n🎭 Cultural performances\n🛍 Stalls and much more \nEntry is free\, and everyone is welcome Bring your family and friends to experience the vibrant spirit of Sri Lankan New Year. \nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් බෞද්ධ මධ්‍යස්ථානය සංවිධානය කරණ\nසිංහල දෙමල අළුත් අවුරුදු උත්සවය\nඅප්‍රියෙල් මස 18 වන සෙනසුරාදා දින උදෑසන 10 සිට සවස 7 දක්වා \nසැමට ආරාධනා ! \nSri Lankan New Year\nOrganized By Milton Keynes Vihara\nSaturday 18th April 2026\nFrom 10AM till 7PM \nAll are welcome! \n  \n \n  \n \nVenue: Little Horwood Recreation Ground\, Milton Keynes MK17 0PF \n  \n  \n \n🎉✨ BECOME A SPONSOR — Milton Keynes Sri Lankan Festival 2026! ✨🎉 \nWant to get your brand in front of hundreds of families across Milton Keynes? Here’s your chance! 🌟 \nJoin us for a spectacular FREE community celebration of the Sri Lankan New Year! 🇱🇰 \n📅 18th April 2026 | 📍 Little Horwood Recreation Ground\, MK | ⏰ 10AM – 7PM\n🎮 Traditional Avurudu games | 🍛 Authentic Sri Lankan food | 🎭 Live cultural performances \nSponsorship packages available for all budgets — Gold\, Silver & Bronze\, stalls\, souvenir ads & general donations. With FREE entry for all\, your brand will enjoy maximum visibility! \n⚠️ Limited spots available — don’t miss out! \n📞 Dinuka: 07564 177908 | Shakthi: 07811 066740 | Niroshan: 07738 000386 \nLet’s make this an unforgettable celebration together! 🙏🎉 \n  \n \n🎉✨ ADVERTISE IN OUR SOUVENIR & GROW YOUR BUSINESS! ✨🎉 \n📖 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! 🇱🇰 \n📅 18th April 2026 | 📍 Little Horwood Recreation Ground\, Milton Keynes | ⏰ 10AM – 7PM \n🌟 Why advertise with us?\n✅ 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! \n📰 Souvenir Advertisement Packages:\n🟥 Full Page (A5 — 210 x 148mm) — £100 🟨 Half Page (A6 — 148 x 105mm) — £50 🟩 Quarter Page (A7 — 74 x 105mm) — £25 \n⚠️ Limited spaces available — book yours today!\n📞 Dinuka: 07564 177908 | Shakthi: 07811 066740 | Niroshan: 07738 000386 \nLet’s celebrate together and grow your business at the same time! 🙏🎊
URL:https://mkvihara.org/event/sri-lankan-new-year-milton-keynes-vihara-2026/
LOCATION:Little Horwood Recreation Ground Milton Keynes MK17 0PF\, Church Street\, Little Harwood\, Milton Keynes\, MK17 0PF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260503T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260503T183000
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SUMMARY:Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Programme
DESCRIPTION:වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දින සීල භාවනා වැඩ සටහන \nSunday 03rd May 2026\nAll are welcome to join From 8.30AM\, 10AM\, 3.30PM or 6PM\nසැමට සම්මා සම්බුදු සරණයි!\nWishing All Blessings of Lord Buddha!  \nWishing You & All in Your Family A Happy Vesak Day Sambuddha Jayanthi!\nඔබටත් ඔබ පවුලේ සැමටත් උතුම් සම්බුදු තෙමගුල සිහිපත් කරණ පිංබර වෙසක් පොහෝ දිනයක් වේවා!\n \nVeask 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. \nsukho buddhānam uppādo\nHappy Blessing is The Birth of the Fully Awakened Ones (Lord Buddha)! \nsukhā saddhammadesanā\nHappy Blessing is teaching of the True Buddha Dhamma (truth)! \nLet 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)! \nමේ 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. \nWe encourage everyone to decorate their houses with Vesak lanterns\, offer flowers\, incense and make special pooja at house shrines and chant protection suttas! \nසෑම නිවසකම වෙසක් කූඩු වලින් සරසා බුදු මැදුර ආලෝකවත් කර මල් පහන් සුවද දුම් පුදා ආරක්ෂක සෙත් පිරිත් සජ්ජායනා කරමු! \nTo mark this special event\, the Vihara will be conducting the following programme of activities on Sunday\, 03 May. \nDevotees 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. \nPlease let us know how many adults and children from your family will observe Sil so that we can make arrangements for the dana accordingly. \nFull Programme and More Details Please visit our website: \nඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි! \n🙏🙏🙏 \n  \nProgramme:  \n08:30 am – Observe 8 Precepts\, Meditation\, Dhamma talk By Venerable Akurala Samitha\nSponsor Needed:\n09:15 am – Dhamma Talk By Venerable Galagama Sumedha Thero\nSponsor Needed:\n09:45 am – Short break\, children arrive\n10:00 am – Children Observe 8 Precepts and English Dhamma Talk on significance of Wesak\n10:45 am – Offering Sambuddha Puja + Lunchtime Dana\n12:30 pm – Pirith Chanting\n01:00 pm – English Dhamma Discussion for children / Sinhala Dhamma Discussion for adults\n02:00 pm – Meditation\n03:00 pm – Break\n03:30 pm – Sinhala Dhamma Talk By Venerable Mattala Vineetha Thero\nSponsor Needed:\n04:30 pm – Seth Pirith\, Punyanumodana and Close Sil Programme.\n6PM: – Atavisi Sambuddha Poojava and Bodhi Pooja\nyou can sponsor 28 Buddha pooja and Bodhi Poojava by sponsoring one Samma Sambuddha Poojava.\nFor more details please contact us. \n7PM Refreshments & End of the Day Programme \n\nMonk’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)\nAtapirikara (Eight requisites) අට පිරිකර (Suggested donation £50.00 per item or any donation as you like)\nA Robe සිවුරු පූජාව (Suggested Donation £30.00 per item or any donation as you like)\nA offering tray with drinks and flowers and light පූජා බන්දේසිය (Suggested Donation £15.00 per item or any donation as you like)\n\n \n 
URL:https://mkvihara.org/event/vesak-full-moon-poya-day-programme-2/
LOCATION:Vihara Premises\, 3\, Aldrich Drive\, Willen\, Milton Keynes\, MK15 9HP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260523T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260523T183000
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UID:6725-1779555600-1779561000@mkvihara.org
SUMMARY:Daham Sisila Special Dhamma Talk on Ariyapariyesana Sutta
DESCRIPTION:Milton Keynes Vihara\nDaham Sisila Dhamma Dana Weekly Programme\nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය\nදහම් සිසිල ධර්ම දාන වැඩසටහන\nThis Saturday 23rd May at 5PM\nමෙම මැයි මස 23 වන සෙනසුරාදා දින සවස 5 ට \nAll Are welcome to attend to share the merits.\nපිං කැමති සියල්ලෝම සහභාගී වෙත්වා! \n  \nWatch the Video Below:  \n \nධර්ම දාන දේශණාවේ මාතෘකාව:\nඅරිය පරියේෂන සූත්‍රය​: බුදු රදුන් අනුදැන වදාළ උතුම් සෙවීම. \nDhamma Dana Talk Topic:\nAriyapariyesana Sutta: The The Noble Search taught by the Lord Buddha. \nThis Saturday Dhamma Dana is Sponsored by: \n💐 Dr Nanda De Silva and Family. \nIn 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! \n🙏🙏🙏 \nමෙම සෙනසුරාදා ධම්ම දාන පිංකමේ දායකත්වය: \n💐 දොස්තර නන්ද ද සිල්වා මහත්මා සහ පවුලේ සියළු දෙනා විසින්. \nමීට 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! \nToday Programme:\n5PM: Welcome\n5.05PM: Taking refuges\, Observing Precepts and homage\n5.10PM: Sinhala Dhamma Talk\n5.30PM: English Dhamma Talk\n5.50PM: Meditation & Blessings\n6.00PM: End. \nIt will be possible to attend in person and online. For those attending in person\, refreshments will be provided \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.\nDhamma Dana is the highest form of Dana.\nධම්ම දානං සබ්බ දානං ජිනාති.\nධර්ම දානය සියළු දාන අතුරින් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨය‍. \nOnline attendance is possible for the session:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/99481494656?pwd=ZHNXTXVGQnpnak9mOTBPcnZpU1VzUT09\nMeeting ID: 994 8149 4656 / Passcode: 537567 \nWe look forward to seeing many of you at the vihara or Online. \nAll are Welcome to join..\nසැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා! \nඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි\nMay you all be well and happy! \n🙏🙏🙏
URL:https://mkvihara.org/event/daham-sisila-special-dhamma-talk-on-ariyapariyesana-sutta/
LOCATION:Vihara Premises\, 3\, Aldrich Drive\, Willen\, Milton Keynes\, MK15 9HP\, United Kingdom
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UID:6730-1783782000-1783796400@mkvihara.org
SUMMARY:Poson Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:MILTON  KEYNES  VIHARA \nපොසොන් බැති ගී සරණිය\, මිහින්තලාව සහ දන්සැල\nPoson Bhakthi Gee Programme With Mihintalawa & Dansela (Free Food Sharing Stall) \nSaturday 11th July\, 3pm onwards at Japanese Peace Pagoda Temple \nWillen\, Milton Keynes\, MK15 0BA \nසැමට පිංබර පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනයක් වේවා!\nWishing All A Blissful Poson Full Moon Poya Day! \nපොසොන් උදාවයි! දහම් අමාවයි!\nDawn of Poson! Brings the taste of Dhamma! \nDear All\, \nOur Annual Poson Celebration\nWith Bhakthi Gee\, Cultural Decorations (Mihinthalawa\, Poson Lanterns) & Dan Sela (Free Food sharing) \nAt Milton Keynes Japanese Temple\nSaturday 11th July 2026\nFrom 3PM- 7PM \nAll are welcome to join!\nසැටම මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා! \n  \nMilton Keynes Vihara Community Presents \nPOSON DANSALA\nA celebration of generosity\, faith\, and community. \n🎟️ RESERVE YOUR FREE TICKET NOW : http://bit.ly/43hXFXr \nමිල්ටන් කීන්ස් පොසොන් දන්සැල\, මිහින්තලාව\, භක්තිගීත\, තොරණ සහ පහන් කූඩු ප්‍රදර්ශනය \nමේ අසිරිමත් පිංකමට ඔබත් නොවරදවාම සහභාගී වෙන්න\nදැන්ම දිනය වෙන් කරගන්න \nJoin 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. \nAll are welcome. All are fed. All are blessed. \nBhakthi Geetha | Wesak Lanterns | Mihinthalawa | Thorana \n🍽️ Dansala Menu 🍚 Yellow Rice | 🍜 Noodles | ☕ Iced Coffee | 🍦 Ice Cream \n📍 Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda\, MK15 0BA\n📅 Saturday 11th July\n🕐 3:00pm onwards \n🎟️ RESERVE YOUR FREE TICKET NOW : http://bit.ly/43hXFXr \nYou can contribute to Food items Bhakthi Geetha Vesak Lanterns\, Mihinthalawa or Thorana To make this event a success \nPlease see the attached file and mention how you can support \nhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12rVmHXtaToAV1fzXar0GjEZtTTKd5nMkYQWsMcXZ6oU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 \nBohoma pin\nTheruwan Saranai \n💐🙏💐🙏💐🙏 \n  \nIn preparation for the Poson poya celebrations we would like to kindly invite the support of the whole community in the preparations. \nA 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. \nWe really appreciate a cash donation to avoid any surplus or waste\, and instead make the most of your support to the vihara. \nIf anyone would wish to make a donation they can do so by using our bank account or at the event using the reference POSON25. \nAlternatively\, you can sponsor any of the items below. \nPlease see a list of items the organisers will be sourcing and your respected suggested donation amount which can be transferred directly to the\nMilton Keynes Vihara account using reference POSON26\nSort code 20-57-44\nAccount number 93953335 \nYou are welcome to give part or full donation of the items listed \n1. Japanese Temple donation (for use of temple) £150\n2. Water bottles £75\n3. Fruit juice cartons £ 40\n4. Disposable plates £ 25\n5. Disposable cutlery £25\n6. Disposable cups £25\n7. Tea & coffee & milk sugar £ 50\n8. Chair Hire\, delivery & collection £ 150\n9. Poson decorations £70\n10. Cleaning items (cleaning products \, towels\, tissues\, black bags etc) £40\n11. Financial donation to the Milton Keynes Vihara Dhamma school – £ Any amount to support the activities of the Dhamma school & Vihara\n12. Small gift for invited guests ( eg councillor) £20 each x 4\n13. Lighting & AV equipment – £ 100 \nYour ongoing support is greatly appreciated and valued by the whole community \nඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි\nMay the Noble Triple Bless You all! \n🪷🪷🪷\n🙏🙏🙏 \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://mkvihara.org/event/poson-festival-2026/
LOCATION:Peace Pagoda\, NIPPONZAN MYOHOJI Japanese Temple\, Milton Keynes\, MK15 0BA
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