Milton Keynes Vihara

Special Dhamma Talk at Milton Keynes Vihara By Most Venerable Kagama Sirinanda Thero
2023-08-20 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Peace Pagoda, NIPPONZAN MYOHOJI Japanese Temple, Milton Keynes, MK15 0BA
වස්සාන සමයේ මි‍ල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ පැවැත්වෙන
විශේෂ සුමධුර ධර්ම දේශනාව
අගෝස්තු මස 20 වන ඉරුදින සවස 6ට
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනප්‍රිය සහ ගෞරවණීය ධර්ම දේශකයානන් වහන්සේ නමක් වන
ගල්කිරියාගම සිරි සමාධි බෞද්ධ මධ්‍යස්ථානාධිපති, ශාස්ත්‍රවේදී විචිත්‍ර ධර්ම දේශක
අතිපූජ්‍ය කාගම සිරිනන්ද ස්වාමින් වහන්සේ
විසින් මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ දී පැවැත්වේ.
ධර්ම ශ්‍රවණයට පැමිණෙන ලෙස සහ ධර්ම දානමය පිංකමකට සහභාගී වීමට
සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!
Venue:
Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda
Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 0BA
Date and Time: 20th August 2023 at 6PM
විශේෂ ධර්ම දේශනාවක ධර්ම දාන පිංකමක දායකත්වය ගෙන සම්බන්ධ වීමට අවස්ථාවක්.
මෙම ධර්ම දාන පිංකම සදහා විවිධ ආකාරයෙන් පහත සදහන් ආකාරයට ඔබටත් දායක විය හැකියි.
🪷 උන් වහන්සේ මේ රටට වැඩම කිරීමට ආරාධනය කල බර්මින්හැම් මහා විහාරස්ථානයේ චෛත්‍ය අරමුදලට ආධාර (The monk was invited & sponsored to UK by Birmingham Maha Vihara, in aid of Pagoda projects. Donation to that stupa building): £150/=
🪷 ධර්ම දේශනයට වැඩම කරවීමට ගමන් ගාස්තු (transport): 150/=
🪷 ධර්ම දේශනාව පවත්වන ස්ථානයේ ශාලා ගාස්තු (venue hire): £150/=
🪷 ධර්ම දේශක පූජ්‍ය කාගම සිරිනන්ද ස්වාමින් වහන්සේ ගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාතික සහ ආගමික සේවාවන්⁣ට ආධාර (Donation to Venerable Kagama Sirinanda Thero’s Sri Lanka Projects: £300/=
🪷 සංග්‍රහ කටයුතු සදහා පරිත්‍යාග: Any contributions for Refreshments:
🪷 අනිකුත් සෑම අමතර ආධාර මුදලක්ම මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ අරමුදලට බැර කෙරේ. All other donations go to Milton Keynes Vihara Fund.
All can support as they like. Either by any general donation or sponsoring one of the above items.
සෑම කෙනෙක්ටම මෙම ධර්ම දාන පිංකමට කැමති ආධාර මුදලකින් හෝ ඉහත සදහන් එක කොටසක් භාරගෙන හෝ දායකත්වය ගෙන කටයුතු කල හැකිය.
වැඩි විස්තර සදහා:
🙏🏼 පූජ්‍ය අකුරළ සමිත හිමි: 07983 466 105
🙏🏼 රසංග: 07401 323202
සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි!
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ධර්ම ශ්‍රවණයට පැමිණෙන ලෙස සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!

Vassāna Daham Sisila Dhamma Dana Pooja Blessings Programme
2023-08-13 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
You all are kindly invited to attend our Regular Weekly Special Pooja Blessings Dhamma Programmes on Every Sunday Evening during this Vassāna Season.
We still need few more sponsors on Sunday 20th Special Dhamma Sermon by a invited guest monk. Popular preacher in Sri Lanka Ven Kagama Sirinanda Thera is giving the dhamma talk. If you like to participate by sponsoring any items of it, please let us know.
Looking forward to see you all this Sunday Evening (12th August) Dhamma Problem at 6PM.
Milton Keynes Vihara
Ayan Vassāna kālō – This is the Rains Retreat Season
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය
අයං වස්සාන කාලෝ‍ – මේ ආධ්‍යාත්මික වස්සාන කාලයයි.
Special Meritorious ceremony hosts every Sunday evening at 6PM During the Vassāna (Spiritual Rains Retreat) Season.
වස්සාන සමයේ සෑම ඉරු දිනකම සවස 6ට පවත්වන විශේෂ පිංකම
This Sunday 13th August (Nikini) at 6PM
මෙම අගෝස්තු (නිකිණි) මස 13 වන ඉරු දින සවස 6ට
All Are welcome to attend to share the merits.
පිං කැමති සියල්ලෝම සහභාගී වෙත්වා!
ධර්ම දාන දේශණාවේ මාතෘකාව:
අචල ශ්‍රද්ධාවෙන් ජීවිත අවබෝදයට පත්ව නිවන් ක්ෂාත් ක්ෂාත් කරගන්නා මාර්ගය පැහැදිලව වදාළ ධාතුවිභංග සූත්‍රය.
Dhamma Dana Talk Topic:
Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta: An Analysis of the Properties Sutta; that explains how to attain the full and final realization of Nibbana by having the firm conviction and wisdom in life.
මෙම ධර්ම දානමය පිංකමේ දායකත්වය:
💐 මතීෂ අමරසේකර මහත්මා, ඉන්දුනී වැලිවිට මහත්මිය, සමිරු නෙත්සුක අමරසේකර පුතණුවන් ඇතුළු පවුලේ සියළු දෙනා විසින්.
සමිරු නෙත්සුක අමරසේකර පුතණුවන්ගේ 06වන උපන්ය දිනය සිහිපත් කොට ආශිර්වාද කිරීම පිණිස. පවුලේ සියළු දෙනාට නිදුක් නීරෝගී සුව සෙත් ප්‍රාර්ථනා කිරීම පිණිස.
This Saturday Dhamma Dana is Sponsored by:
💐 Mr Matheesha Amarasekara, Mrs Indunee Welivita, and Son Samiru Nethsuka Amarasekara and family.
Wishing Samiru Nethsuka a Very Happy 06th Birthday with good health and progress. To share blessings with all in the family with good health, protection and progress.
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Today Programme: (ending time may be different according to the programme of the week)
6PM: Bodhi Pooja Homage
6.20PM: Sinhala Dhamma Talk
6.40PM: English Dhamma Talk
7.10PM: Meditation & Blessings
7.50PM: Sharing Refreshments
Programme is conducted by:
Venerable Akurala Samitha Thera
Venerable Dammala Piyananda Thera
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.
Dhamma Dana is the highest form of Dana.
Join Zoom Online Temple or Onsite:
Our Zoom Online link is:
https://zoom.us/j/99481494656?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 994 8149 4656
Password: [REDACTED]
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි
May you all be well and happy!
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For Sponsorships of this rare occasion or Other Information, Please Contact The Centre.
මෙම අනගි අවස්ථාවට දායකවීමට සහ වැඩි විස්තර සදහා විහාරස්ථානය අමතන්න.
All Are Cordially Welcome..!
සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!

Ways to Sponsor and help:
මෙම වස් තුන් මාසය පුරා පැවැත්වෙන පිංකම් මාලාවේ දායකත්වය ලබා ගැනීම හෝ ඊට සම්බන්ද විය හැකි ක්‍රම:
🌻 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.)
🌻 Sponsor Atavisi (28) Sambuddha Poojava on Sunday 24th September at 6PM:
🌷 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.)
Or offering items separately such as
offering of
🌷 An Atapirikara අටපිරිකර (Suggested Donation £50/=)
🌷 A Robe (Cheevara) සිවුරැ (චීවර) (Suggested Donation £30/=)
🌷 A Full Gilanpasa Flowers Light Incense Pooja Tray සම්පූර්ණ ගිලන්පස මල් පහන් සුවදදුම් බන්දේසිය. (Suggested donation £15/=)
🌷 by any other general donation.
Note: Although donations for sponsorship have been suggested, you are welcome to donate any amount you feel able to
Forthcoming Event Dates and Availabilities for Sponsoring
During the 2023 Vassāna Season Three Months Spiritual Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihāra:
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරයේ 2023 වස්සාන තුන් මාස සමයේ ඉදිරියට පැවැත්වෙන
විශේෂ පිංකම් සහ දායකත්වයන් ලබා ගත හැකි අවස්ථා:
🌷 Sunday 13th August at 6PM
Sponsored: Matheesha & Indunee Family.
🌷 Sunday 20th August at 6PM
Special Dhamma Talk By Most Venerable Kagama Sirinanda Thero
Sponsored: Rasanga & Anjeli Amarasena Family and all devotees of the temple.
🌷 Sunday 27th August at 6PM
නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
Sponsored Dr Prethika Ganepola Family.
🌷 Sunday 03rd September at 6PM
සත් බුදු වන්දනාව Sath Budu Vandana (Homage Pooja for Seven Enlighten Buddhas)
Sponsored: Kasup & Asvini Family.
🌷 Sunday 10th September at 6PM
Sponsored: Dulitha & Deshani Family.
🌷 Sunday 17th September at 6PM
Sponsored: Kumudu & Family
🌷 Sunday 24th September at 6PM
Binara Full Moon Poya Day & Atavisi Buddha Special Pooja
Sponsors and things needed 28 SamBuddha poojava or to offer Robes or Atapirikaare are posted as a separate event on our website.
🌷 Sunday 01st October at 6PM
Sponsored: Chandi, Ruwanthi, Chamila, Gayani & Ranjula Families
🌷 Sunday 08th October at 6PM
Sponsored: Ajith & Shreeni & Family
🌷 Sunday 15th October at 6PM
Sponsored: Yasa & Family
🌷 Sunday 22nd October at 6PM
Sponsored: Anura, Sharmala, Chiranthaka, Rashni & Family
🌷 Sunday 29th October at 6PM
Vap Full Moon Poya Day & Kathina Ceremony (15 monks).
වාර්ෂික කඨින පිංකම මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය
Sponsored: Main Sponsors of Kathina 2023 &
Sponsorship opportunities for members of the community
🌷 Sunday 05th November at 6PM
Sponsored: Hansika, Praveen & Family
🌷 Sunday 12th November at 6PM
Mavpiya Vandana මා පිය වන්දනාව (Tribute Homage Pooja for Parents).
Sponsored: Nirosh Family and Chandani Family
🌷 Sunday 19th November at 6PM
Sponsored: Thusantha & Nilmini Family
🌷 Sunday 26th November at 6PM
Ill Full Moon Poya Day
Sponsored: Kolitha & Wayomi Family

Vassāna Daham Sisila Dhamma Dana Pooja Blessings Programme
2023-08-06 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
You all are kindly invited to attend our Regular Weekly Special Pooja Blessings Dhamma Programmes on Every Sunday Evening during this Vassāna Season.
We still need few more sponsors on Sunday 20th Special Dhamma Sermon by a invited guest monk. Popular preacher in Sri Lanka Ven Kagama Sirinanda Thera is giving the dhamma talk. If you like to participate by sponsoring any items of it, please let us know.
Looking forward to see you all this evening (06th August) Dhamma Problem at 6PM.
Milton Keynes Vihara
Ayan Vassāna kālō – This is the Rains Retreat Season
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය
අයං වස්සාන කාලෝ‍ – මේ ආධ්‍යාත්මික වස්සාන කාලයයි.
Special Meritorious ceremony hosts every Sunday evening at 6PM During the Vassāna (Spiritual Rains Retreat) Season.
වස්සාන සමයේ සෑම ඉරු දිනකම සවස 6ට පවත්වන විශේෂ පිංකම
Today Sunday 06th August (Nikini) at 6PM
අද අගෝස්තු (නිකිණි) මස 06 වන ඉරු දින සවස 6ට
All Are welcome to attend to share the merits.
පිං කැමති සියල්ලෝම සහභාගී වෙත්වා!
ධර්ම දාන දේශණාවේ මාතෘකාව:
ජීවිතයේ යථා ස්වාභාව තේරුම් ගෙන කුසලයට යොමු වීමේ වැදගත් කම‍ පැහැදිලි කරණ පබ්බතූපම සූත්‍රය.
Dhamma Dana Talk Topic:
Pabbatupama Sutta; that explains the importance of living a meritorious life by realizing reality of life.
මෙම ධර්ම දානමය පිංකමේ දායකත්වය:
💐 ශ්‍රීලක් වික්‍රමරත්න මහත්මා, නදී මහත්මිය, නෙත්කි දියණිය සහ නුවේන් පුතණුවන් ඇතුළු පවුලේ සියළු දෙනා විසින්.
මියගිය සියළු ඥාතීන්ට පිං අනුමෝදන් කිරීම පිණිස. සැමට චතුරාර්ය සත්‍යාවබෝදය වේවා! උතුම් අජරාමර සංඛ්‍යාත නිවන් සුව අත්වේවා! පවුලේ සියළු දෙනාට නිදුක් නීරෝගී සුව ප්‍රාර්ථනා කිරීම පිණිස.
This Saturday Dhamma Dana is Sponsored by:
💐 Mr Srilak Wicramarathna, Mrs Nadee, Daughter Nethki and Son Nuwein and family.
To transfer merits to all other departed relatives and friends. May they all realize the Four Noble Truth! and attain supreme bliss of Nibbana! To share blessings with all in the family with good health, protection and progress.
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Today Programme: (ending time may be different according to the programme of the week)
6PM: Bodhi Pooja Homage
6.10PM: Sinhala Dhamma Talk
6.30PM: English Dhamma Talk
6.50PM: Meditation & Blessings
7.10PM: Sharing Refreshments
Programme is conducted by:
Venerable Akurala Samitha Thera
Venerable Dammala Piyananda Thera
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.
Dhamma Dana is the highest form of Dana.
Join Zoom Online Temple or Onsite:
Our Zoom Online link is:
https://zoom.us/j/99481494656?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 994 8149 4656
Password: [REDACTED]
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි
May you all be well and happy!
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For Sponsorships of this rare occasion or Other Information, Please Contact The Centre.
මෙම අනගි අවස්ථාවට දායකවීමට සහ වැඩි විස්තර සදහා විහාරස්ථානය අමතන්න.
All Are Cordially Welcome..!
සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!

Ways to Sponsor and help:
මෙම වස් තුන් මාසය පුරා පැවැත්වෙන පිංකම් මාලාවේ දායකත්වය ලබා ගැනීම හෝ ඊට සම්බන්ද විය හැකි ක්‍රම:
🌻 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.)
🌻 Sponsor Atavisi (28) Sambuddha Poojava on Sunday 24th September at 6PM:
🌷 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.)
Or offering items separately such as
offering of
🌷 An Atapirikara අටපිරිකර (Suggested Donation £50/=)
🌷 A Robe (Cheevara) සිවුරැ (චීවර) (Suggested Donation £30/=)
🌷 A Full Gilanpasa Flowers Light Incense Pooja Tray සම්පූර්ණ ගිලන්පස මල් පහන් සුවදදුම් බන්දේසිය. (Suggested donation £15/=)
🌷 by any other general donation.
Note: Although donations for sponsorship have been suggested, you are welcome to donate any amount you feel able to
Forthcoming Event Dates and Availabilities for Sponsoring
During the 2023 Vassāna Season Three Months Spiritual Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihāra:
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරයේ 2023 වස්සාන තුන් මාස සමයේ ඉදිරියට පැවැත්වෙන
විශේෂ පිංකම් සහ දායකත්වයන් ලබා ගත හැකි අවස්ථා:
🌷 Sunday 06th August at 6PM
Sponsored: Nadee & Srilak Family.
🌷 Sunday 13th August at 6PM
Sponsored: Matheesha & Indunee Family.
🌷 Sunday 20th August at 6PM
Special Dhamma Talk By Most Venerable Kagama Sirinanda Thero
Sponsored: Rasanga & Anjeli Amarasena Family and all devotees of the temple.
🌷 Sunday 27th August at 6PM
නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
Sponsored Dr Prethika Ganepola Family.
🌷 Sunday 03rd September at 6PM
සත් බුදු වන්දනාව Sath Budu Vandana (Homage Pooja for Seven Enlighten Buddhas)
Sponsored: Kasup & Asvini Family.
🌷 Sunday 10th September at 6PM
Sponsored: Dulitha & Deshani Family.
🌷 Sunday 17th September at 6PM
Sponsored: Kumudu & Family
🌷 Sunday 24th September at 6PM
Binara Full Moon Poya Day & Atavisi Buddha Special Pooja
Sponsors and things needed 28 SamBuddha poojava or to offer Robes or Atapirikaare are posted as a separate event on our website.
🌷 Sunday 01st October at 6PM
Sponsored: Chandi, Ruwanthi, Chamila, Gayani & Ranjula Families
🌷 Sunday 08th October at 6PM
Sponsored: Ajith & Shreeni & Family
🌷 Sunday 15th October at 6PM
Sponsored: Yasa & Family
🌷 Sunday 22nd October at 6PM
Sponsored: Anura, Sharmala, Chiranthaka, Rashni & Family
🌷 Sunday 29th October at 6PM
Vap Full Moon Poya Day & Kathina Ceremony (15 monks).
වාර්ෂික කඨින පිංකම මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය
Sponsored: Main Sponsors of Kathina 2023 &
Sponsorship opportunities for members of the community
🌷 Sunday 05th November at 6PM
Sponsored: Hansika, Praveen & Family
🌷 Sunday 12th November at 6PM
Mavpiya Vandana මා පිය වන්දනාව (Tribute Homage Pooja for Parents).
Sponsored: Nirosh Family and Chandani Family
🌷 Sunday 19th November at 6PM
Sponsored: Thusantha & Nilmini Family
🌷 Sunday 26th November at 6PM
Ill Full Moon Poya Day
Sponsored: Kolitha & Wayomi Family

Esala Full Moon Poya Day Vas Aradhana Invitation Ceremony
2023-07-30 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ ඇසළ පුර පසළොස්වක පොහෝ දිනය සහ වස් ආරාධනා පිංකම
ධම්මචක්ක පවත්තන සූත්‍ර දේශණය
දෙනෙත් විවර කළ (ඇස් + හළ = ඇසළ) අසිරිමත් ඇසළ පොහොය දිනයක් වේවා!
ඇසළ සදේ බුදු රැස් දහරාවෙන් සිත් පහන් වේවා!
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ සියළු දෙනා මෙම උතුම් පිංකමට සහභාගී වීමට ඔබ සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා කර සිටිමු.

Esala (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.
Milton Keynes Vihara Invites you all to attend Esala Full Moon Poya Day Programme.

අයං වස්සාන කාලෝ – මේ ආධ්‍යාත්මික වස්සාන සමයයි.
Ayan Vassāna kālō – This is the Spiritual Rains Retreat Season

With 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.
2023 Vassāna Season Three Months Rains Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihāra.
Please keep the day FREE & Available to help & attend.
All of your participation is greatly appreciated. Share this message with your friends and families.
Invite them all to participate this special blessings ceremony.
If 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.
Please 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.
Thank you.
Bohoma Pin
Lots of Blessings to all.
Theruwan Saranai To all.
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි!
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Forthcoming Event Dates and Availabilities for Sponsoring:
🪷 Sunday 30th July at 6PM:
Esala Full Moon Poya Day Vas Aradhana Invition Ceremony to Three Months Rains Retreat.
Sponsored: Main Sponsors of MKV Kathina 2023
🌟 Rasanga & Anjali Amarasena and Family.
🌟 Danushka & Nilochani Thrikawala and Family.
🌟 Asiri & Himalka Jayawickrema and Family.
🌟 Kapila & Chathurika Warnakulasooriya and Family.
🌟 Srilak & Nadee Wicramarathna and Family.
Full Programme for Sunday 30th July:
Esala Full Moon Poya Day & Vas Aradana Invitation Ceremony for Three Months Spiritual Rains Retreat 2023 at Milton Keynes Vihāra.
If you would like to sponsor dhamma talks (dhamma dana) or Any items of Sath Budu Vandana, please let us know.
All are welcome to join at anytime during the day programme:
08:30am – Observe 8 Precepts (Adults)
09:00am – Meditation
09:30am – Sinhala Dhamma Talk
10:30am – Observe 8 Precepts (Children); and Buddha Puja
11:00am – Meditation
11:30am – Dana
12:30pm – Break
01:00pm – Chant Pirith
01:30pm – English Dhamma Talk
02:30pm – Dhamma Discussion
03:30pm – Meditation
04.30pm – Sil Pavaranaya and Seth Pirith chanting
06.00pm – Vas Aradhana Invitation Ceremony to the Three Months Spiritual Rains Retreat.
තුන් මස් ආධ්‍යාත්මික කාලය සදහා වස් ආරාධනා පිංකම ආරම්භය.
06.00PM – Buddha Vandana & Bodhi Poojava
06.10PM – English Dhamma Sermon
06.20PM – Sinhala Dhamma Sermon
06.30PM – Formal Vas Aradhanava වස් ආරාධනාව
06.30PM – Chanting Dhamma Chakka Pavaththana Sutta and blessings
ධම්ම චක්ක පවත්තන සූත්‍ර දේශනාව සහ සෙත් පිරිත් සජ්ඣායනය
07.15PM – Refreshments and End of the Programme
ඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි
May the Noble Triple Bless You all!
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2567th Esala Full Moon Poya Day Programme & Vas Aradhana Invitation Ceremony for Three Months Spiritual Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihara.
2612 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.
Come & 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.
අදට වසර 2612 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.
Esala (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.
වෙසක් 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 2567 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.
For Sponsorships of this rare occasion or Other Information, Please Contact The Centre.
මෙම අනගි අවස්ථාවට දායකවීමට සහ වැඩි විස්තර සදහා විහාරස්ථානය අමතන්න.
All Are Cordially Welcome..!
සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ආරාධනා!

Ways to Sponsor and help:
මෙම වස් තුන් මාසය පුරා පැවැත්වෙන පිංකම් මාලාවේ දායකත්වය ලබා ගැනීම හෝ ඊට සම්බන්ද විය හැකි ක්‍රම:
🌻 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.)
🌻 Sponsor Atavisi (28) Sambuddha Poojava on Sunday 24th September at 6PM:
🌷 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.)
Or offering items separately such as
offering of
🌷 An Atapirikara අටපිරිකර (Suggested Donation £50/=)
🌷 A Robe (Cheevara) සිවුරැ (චීවර) (Suggested Donation £30/=)
🌷 A Full Gilanpasa Flowers Light Incense Pooja Tray සම්පූර්ණ ගිලන්පස මල් පහන් සුවදදුම් බන්දේසිය. (Suggested donation £15/=)
🌷 by any other general donation.
Note: Although donations for sponsorship have been suggested, you are welcome to donate any amount you feel able to
Forthcoming Event Dates and Availabilities for Sponsoring
During the 2023 Vassāna Season Three Months Spiritual Retreat at Milton Keynes Vihāra:
මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරයේ 2023 වස්සාන තුන් මාස සමයේ ඉදිරියට පැවැත්වෙන
විශේෂ පිංකම් සහ දායකත්වයන් ලබා ගත හැකි අවස්ථා:
🌷 Sunday 06th August at 6PM
Sponsored: Nadee & Srilak Family.
🌷 Sunday 13th August at 6PM
Sponsored: Matheesha & Indunee Family.
🌷 Sunday 20th August at 6PM
Sponsored: Sangeetha & Asanga Family.
🌷 Sunday 27th August at 6PM
නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
Sponsored Dr Prethika Ganepola Family.
🌷 Sunday 03rd September at 6PM
සත් බුදු වන්දනාව Sath Budu Vandana (Homage Pooja for Seven Enlighten Buddhas)
Sponsored: Kasup & Asvini Family.
🌷 Sunday 10th September at 6PM
Sponsored: Dulitha & Deshani Family.
🌷 Sunday 17th September at 6PM
Sponsored: Kumudu & Family
🌷 Sunday 24th September at 6PM
Binara Full Moon Poya Day & Atavisi Buddha Special Pooja
Sponsors and things needed 28 SamBuddha poojava or to offer Robes or Atapirikaare are posted as a separate event on our website.
🌷 Sunday 01st October at 6PM
Sponsored: Chandi, Ruwanthi, Chamila, Gayani & Ranjula Families
🌷 Sunday 08th October at 6PM
Sponsored: Ajith & Shreeni & Family
🌷 Sunday 15th October at 6PM
Sponsored: Yasa & Family
🌷 Sunday 22nd October at 6PM
Sponsored: Anura, Sharmala, Chiranthaka, Rashni & Family
🌷 Sunday 29th October at 6PM
Vap Full Moon Poya Day & Kathina Ceremony (15 monks).
වාර්ෂික කඨින පිංකම මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරය
Sponsored: Main Sponsors of Kathina 2023 &
Sponsorship opportunities for members of the community
🌷 Sunday 05th November at 6PM
Sponsored: Hansika, Praveen & Family
🌷 Sunday 12th November at 6PM
Mavpiya Vandana මා පිය වන්දනාව (Tribute Homage Pooja for Parents).
Sponsored: Nirosh Family and Chandani Family
🌷 Sunday 19th November at 6PM
Sponsored: Thusantha & Nilmini Family
🌷 Sunday 26th November at 6PM
Ill Full Moon Poya Day
Sponsored: Kolitha & Wayomi Family

Community Blessings Ceremony
2023-06-25 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Following the Poson Festival held on 10 June 2023, will be a gathering for the Vihara community on Sunday 25th June at 6.30PM thoughts and appreciative blessings.

Daham Pasala - 25 June 2023
2023-06-25 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
We welcome all our children, including the new children who will be joining us (and parents) for the Daham Pasala on 30 April 2022.
As usual, classes will be a combination of children attending the Vihara and those joining online. Lessons will be in groups according to age. We would kindly request you to name the zoom link with the child’s name and age to help grouping.
4.30-4.50
Pansil and venerating the Noble Triple Gem.
(all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
4.50 – 5.30
Lessons in groups, according to age
5.30 – 5.45
Bhavana and Offering Merits (all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
5.45 Refreshments
Please join promptly by 4.30pm, ideally wearing dhamma school uniform or at least a white top, and bringing with you a writing book and a pen.
Details for joining online will be shared via the Vihara WhatsApp group.
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි.

Poson Festival 2023
2023-06-10 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Peace Pagoda, NIPPONZAN MYOHOJI Japanese Temple, Milton Keynes, MK15 0BA
MILTON KEYNES VIHARA
පොසොන් බැති ගී සරණිය
Poson Bhakthi Gee Programme
Saturday 10 June, 5pm at Japanese Peace Pagoda Temple
Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 0BA

5.00pm
Arrival
5.15
Welcome; Lighting the Traditional Lamp
Pansil and Blessings by the Maha Sangha

Children’s presentations

Speeches: President of the Vihara
Mayor of Milton Keynes
Sri Lankan High Commissioner

6.00
Bhakthi Gee – Daham Pasala Children
Bhakthi Gee – Individual and Group Singing

7.45
Vote of thanks
Lighting of Poson Lanterns

8.00
Dan Sala
Dinner & Refreshments

Vesak Programme
2023-05-07 08:30 - 17:00 UTC | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
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 Sunday, 7 May.
08:30am – Observe 8 Precepts (Adults)
09:00am – Meditation
09:30am – Sinhala Dhamma Talk
10:30am – Observe 8 Precepts (Children); and Buddha Puja
11:00am – Meditation
11:30am – Dana
12:30pm – Break
01:00pm – Chant Pirith
01:30pm – English Dhamma Talk
02:30pm – Dhamma Discussion
03:30pm – Meditation
04.00pm – Sil Pavaranaya; Special Bodhi Pooja and Seth Pirith chanting
05.00pm – Close
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 @ 4pm. Families where children wish to observe Sil can join from 10:30am onwards.
Please let us know via the Vihara WhatsApp group how many adults and children from your family will observe Sil so that we can make arrangements for the dana accordingly.
ඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි
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Coronation Celebrations with Fusion Lunch Dansala
2023-05-06 10:30 - 15:00 UTC | Milton Keynes Village Hall, Willen Road, Milton Keynes Village, MK10 9AF
We are delighted to have this wonderful opportunity to celebrate Coronation of King Charles III together as a united, inclusive community in Milton Keynes. We have already been in touch with leaders of different ethnic/religious community groups in Milton Keynes and have invited them to participate in this event along with members of their community (numbers limited). In addition, we have also invited 20-30 elderly citizens of Milton Keynes to attend, particularly those living by themselves. The live broadcast of the coronation event will be shown on a large indoor screen, from 10.30 am until approximately 2.00pm.
This event takes place during the Vesak season, which marks the birth, enlightenment and parinibbana of the Buddha and therefore is a significant auspicious occasion for Buddhists. Reflecting the traditional practice of generosity during this period by offering food to the wider community, refreshments will be available throughout the session. A special Fusion lunch combining dishes from a variety of cultures and nationalities together with a more traditional menu will also be available for all to enjoy.
The event will end with a special Buddhist Chanting Ceremony to bless our King and the Queen, wishing them both good health, peace and happiness and a glorious and productive reign.
‘Ayubowan’ – ‘May they live long’

Daham Pasala - 30 April 2023
2023-04-30 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Daham Pasala - 19 March 2023
2023-03-19 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
We welcome all our children, including the new children who will be joining us (and parents) for the Daham Pasala on 19 March 2022.
As usual, classes will be a combination of children attending the Vihara and those joining online. Lessons will be in groups according to age. We would kindly request you to name the zoom link with the child’s name and age to help grouping.
4.30-4.50
Pansil and venerating the Noble Triple Gem.
(all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
4.50 – 5.30
Lessons in groups, according to age
5.30 – 5.45
Bhavana and Offering Merits (all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
5.45 Refreshments
Please join promptly by 4.30pm, ideally wearing dhamma school uniform or at least a white top, and bringing with you a writing book and a pen.
Details for joining online will be shared via the Vihara WhatsApp group.
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි.

Daham Pasala - 5 March 2023
2023-03-05 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
We welcome all our children, including the new children who will be joining us (and parents) for the Daham Pasala on 5 March 2022.
As usual, classes will be a combination of children attending the Vihara and those joining online. Lessons will be in groups according to age. We would kindly request you to name the zoom link with the child’s name and age to help grouping.
4.30-4.50
Pansil and venerating the Noble Triple Gem.
(all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
4.50 – 5.30
Lessons in groups, according to age
5.30 – 5.45
Bhavana and Offering Merits (all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
5.45 Refreshments
Please join promptly by 4.30pm, ideally wearing dhamma school uniform or at least a white top, and bringing with you a writing book and a pen.
Details for joining online will be shared via the Vihara WhatsApp group.
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි.

Dhamma Talk by Ven. Kothmale Kumarakassapa Thero
2023-03-04 12:30 - 14:30 UTC | Peace Pagoda, NIPPONZAN MYOHOJI Japanese Temple, Milton Keynes, MK15 0BA
සුවිශේෂී ආරාධිත ධර්ම දේශනාව
ජාත්‍යන්තර කීර්තියක් දිනූ සුප්‍රසිද්ධ මහා සඟ රුවනක් වන, ලබුනොරුව කන්ද ආරන්‍ය සේනාසනාධිපති රාජකීය පණ්ඩිත , ශාස්ත්‍රපති පූජ්‍යපාද *කොත්මලේ කුමාරකස්සප ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේ විසින් මාර්තු මස 4 වැනි සෙනසුරාදා අප මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් විහාරස්ථානයේ මූලිකත්වයෙන් පැවත්වෙන උතුම් සද්ධර්ම දේශනාව පිලිබඳව ඔබ වෙත මෙත් සිතින් දැනුම් දෙමු.
මෙම ධර්ම දේශනාව පාවත් වනුයේ මිල්ටන් කීන්ස් ජපන් බෞද්ධ විහාරස්ථාන ශාලාවේදී ප.ව. 12.30 සිට ප.ව. 2.30 දක්වා වේ.

Special Invited Dhamma Talk by Ven. Kothmale Kumarakassapa Thero – 4 March 2023 @ 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Venue:
Milton Keynes Japanese Temple
(Nipponzan Myohoji)
Willen, Milton Keynes
MK15 0BA
[ සාම චේත්ත්‍ය වෙත නොයා සිතියමේ සලකුනු අකාරයට පැමිනෙන්න]

විස්තර සදහා:
සජීවනී 07878568603
අජිත් 07791880157
ඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි
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Daham Pasala - 26 Feb 2023
2023-02-26 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Sunday 26 Feb 2023. 4.30-5.45pm
We welcome all our children, including the new children who will be joining us (and parents) for the Daham Pasala on 26 Feb 2022.
As usual, classes will be a combination of children attending the Vihara and those joining online. Lessons will be in groups according to age. We would kindly request you to name the zoom link with the child’s name and age to help grouping.
4.30-4.50
Pansil and venerating the Noble Triple Gem.
(all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
4.50 – 5.30
Lessons in groups, according to age
5.30 – 5.45
Bhavana and Offering Merits (all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
5.45 Refreshments
Please join promptly by 4.30pm, ideally wearing dhamma school uniform or at least a white top, and bringing with you a writing book and a pen.
Details for joining online will be shared via the Vihara WhatsApp group.
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි.

Daham Sisila - Dhamma Talk & Discussion
2023-02-19 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Buddha’s exposition of benefitting from Merit (Punnakamma) and Wholesome Chittas (Kusalachitta) as shown by the Velama Sutta
පින සහ කුසලය ක්‍රමානුකූලව මහ ත්ඵලානිශන්ස වන අයුරු වේලාම සූත්‍රය ඇසුරෙන්
Sunday 19 February at 4.00pm – Zoom Link shared via Vihara WhatsApp group.
The Dhamma Deshana this Sunday is being sponsored by Sangeetha and Asanga Agalakotuwa.
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They would like to remember with gratitude their late mother Mrs. Suranjini Seneviratne on the anniversary of her birthday and to offer merits of today’s Punnakamma. They would also like to offer Blessings of the Noble Triple Gem to their parents Dr. Banda Seneviratne, Mr. Sarath and Mrs. Monica Agalakotuwa and to all family members and friends. Merits are also offeref to all departed relatives. They are very grateful to the Venerable Maha Sangha and would like to offer them Blessings of the Noble Triple Gem, and also to the whole community.
සබ්බේ සත්තා භවන්තු සුඛිතත්තා

Daham Pasala - 5 Feb 2023
2023-02-05 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Sunday 5 Feb 2023, 4.30-5.45pm
We welcome all our children, including the new children who will be joining us (and parents) for the Daham Pasala on 5 Feb 2022.
As usual, classes will be a combination of children attending the Vihara and those joining online. Lessons will be in groups according to age. We would kindly request you to name the zoom link with the child’s name and age to help grouping.
4.30-4.50
Pansil and venerating the Noble Triple Gem.
(all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
4.50 – 5.30
Lessons in groups, according to age
5.30 – 5.45
Bhavana and Offering Merits (all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
5.45 Refreshments
Please join promptly by 4.30pm, ideally wearing dhamma school uniform or at least a white top, and bringing with you a writing book and a pen.
Details for joining online will be shared via the Vihara WhatsApp group.
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි.
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Daham Pasala - 22 Jan 2023
2023-01-22 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Sunday 22 January. 4.30-5.45pm
We welcome all our children, including the new children who will be joining us (and parents) for the Daham Pasala on 5 Feb 2022.
As usual, classes will be a combination of children attending the Vihara and those joining online. Lessons will be in groups according to age. We would kindly request you to name the zoom link with the child’s name and age to help grouping.
4.30-4.50
Pansil and venerating the Noble Triple Gem.
(all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
4.50 – 5.30
Lessons in groups, according to age
5.30 – 5.45
Bhavana and Offering Merits (all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
5.45 Refreshments
Please join promptly by 4.30pm, ideally wearing dhamma school uniform or at least a white top, and bringing with you a writing book and a pen.
Details for joining online will be shared via the Vihara WhatsApp group.
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි.

Hospital Services Council of Sri Lanka
2023-01-14 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Hybrid: Vihara Premises & Online, 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
We welcome all to attend a special presentation at the Vihara on how you could participate in this worthy noble cause of caring for the sick and supporting hospitals in Sri Lanka, in this hour of greatest need. Venerable Subuthi Nayaka Thero will offer a brief Dhamma Deshana followed by the presentation

HSC supports the needs and requirements of hospitals throughout Sri Lanka by securing generous donations of equipment and medical consumables from a number of countries including Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Canada and Europe.
The Hospital Services Council (HSC) was established with the guidance and blessings of the Most Ven. Madihe Pannasiha Maha Nayaka Thero. It was his compassionate resolve that in sickness all beings are equally worthy of care and and support, no matter what trivial differences separate us such as age, gender, race or religion. It is this noble vision that drives the organisation under the capable guidance of Most Venerable Rajawelle Subuthi Thero.

Saturday 14 January, 3.00pm at MITON KEYNES VIHARA 3 Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes MK15 9HP (Contact: 07791880157)

Daham Pasala - 8 Jan 2023
2023-01-08 16:30 - 18:00 UTC
Sunday 8 January. 4.30-5.45pm
We welcome all our children, including the new children who will be joining us (and parents) for the Daham Pasala on 5 Feb 2022.
As usual, classes will be a combination of children attending the Vihara and those joining online. Lessons will be in groups according to age. We would kindly request you to name the zoom link with the child’s name and age to help grouping.
4.30-4.50
Pansil and venerating the Noble Triple Gem.
(all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
4.50 – 5.30
Lessons in groups, according to age
5.30 – 5.45
Bhavana and Offering Merits (all groups together, led by Hamuduruwo)
5.45 Refreshments
Please join promptly by 4.30pm, ideally wearing dhamma school uniform or at least a white top, and bringing with you a writing book and a pen.
Details for joining online will be shared via the Vihara WhatsApp group.
ඔබ සැමට තුනුරුවන් සරණයි.

New Year Blessings
2023-01-01 | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
Wishing everyone a Very Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year, with Blessings of the Noble Triple Gem.
The Vihara will be open all day on 1 Jan 2023. There will be Blessings chantings held at 7.00am, 11.00am and 3.00pm
All are welcome.
ඔබ සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි
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Kathina Ceremony 2022
2022-10-09 | Bletchley Youth Centre, Derwent Drive, Bletchley, MK3 7BE
උතුම් කඨින පුන්‍ය මහෝත්සවය 2022
Our KATINA CEREMONY this year will be held on SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER at the
Bletchley Youth Centre
Derwent Drive
Bletchley
MK3 7BE
(same venue as last year)
Katina Ceremony this year, along with Vas aradhana and other meritorious activities has been sponsored by Dr. Nanda and Mrs. Swarna De Silva and family.
Bohoma Pin
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We kindly invite all the community to actively participate in this highly meritorious activity by attending the ceremony on the 9th with all the family.
Katina Day Programme
(Light refreshments will be available in the morning)
8 -10 am Preparation
10 am Perahera bringing in the Sacred Relics and the Katina Cheevara
11 am Lighting the Oil Lamp, Pansil and offering of Dana.
1 pm Katina Cheevara Perahera
1.30 pm Donation of robes to resident monks, Dedicating Katina Robe, Kap Rukha Puja, offering gifts followed by Anushasana.
2.00 pm Conduct of the Vinaya Kamma by the Maha Sangha.
2.30 pm Devotees offering Atapirikara and Cheevara.
2.45 pm Seth Pirith
3.00 pm Vote of Thanks
3.15 pm Dana for Devotees
4.30 pm Cleaning and tidying.
5.30 pm End of Programme
We greatly appreciate all the food and other donations pledged so far and all the support extended.

Poson Celebration 2022
2022-07-03 14:00 - 18:00 UTC | Peace Pagoda, NIPPONZAN MYOHOJI Japanese Temple, Milton Keynes, MK15 0BA
පොසොන් බැති ගී සරණිය
Sunday 3 July
Venue: NIPPONZAN MYOHOJI Japanese Temple, Willen.
MK15 0BA
2pm Setting up
3pm Welcome, Pansil, Anumodana and Presentations.
4pm Bhakthi Gee
5pm Refreshments
6pm Clearing up
Many Thanks indeed to everyone making offerings and putting a tremendous effort towards making this a serene and enjoyable event.
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Online Beginners Mindfulness Courses 2021
2021-12-31 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Vihara Premises, 3, Aldrich Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9HP, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes conducts a very popular 8-week introductory mindfulness course.
There is no need at all for any previous knowledge or experience of mindfulness.
The sessions are usually led by Venerable Bhante Samitha who is a highly qualified and experienced meditator of over 30 years. He is a Buddhist monk but the course is of a secular nature. We usually have participants with highly varied backgrounds, faiths and ethnic backgrounds.
Following government guidance, during this very difficult time due to the Corona Virus COVID-19 problems, we have decided to host all our courses online. All the following dates in 2021 are now available ONLINE for registration…..
January 2021: 07th January for 08 weeks online Course (20 Places)
March 2021: 04th March for 08 weeks online Course (12 places)
April: 29th April for 08 weeks online Course (12 places)
June: 24th June for 08 weeks online Course (12 places)
August: 19th August for 08 weeks online Course (12 places)
October: 14th October for 08 weeks online Course (12 places)
November: 04th November for 08 weeks online Course (12 places)
For registration or for more details, please contact Bhante Samitha on 07944 13 53 14 or 07983 466 105

Advanced Mindfulness Evening Class| Every Wednesday 7-9pm | Online
2020-12-31 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Advanced Mindfulness Evening Class every Wednesday from 7pm to 9PM

More Details please contact Mobile/Whatsapp: 079441353 14 or 07983466105
During this difficult time Mindfulness Meditation practice has proven very effective and beneficial more than ever before.

Beginners Mindfulness Evening Class| Every Thursday 7-9pm | Online
2020-12-31 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Mindfulness Class for Beginners every Thursday from 7pm to 9PM

More Details please contact Mobile/Whatsapp: 079441353 14 or 07983466105
During this difficult time Mindfulness Meditation practice has proven very effective and beneficial more than ever before.

KATHINA CEREMONY 2020
2020-11-01 16:30 - 19:00 UTC
KATHINA CEREMONY 2020
Milton Keynes Vihara

Sunday 01st November 2020
From 4.30PM to 7PM
Join online from home via Zoom. CLICK HERE
Please note: due to the current rules regarding the pandemic, unfortunately gathering is not permitted.
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
16:30 Bringing the Kathina Robe
16.45 Welcome, Taking Refuges and the Five Precepts
17.00 A talk in English on the Significance of Kathina
17.20 Offering Kappa Rukkha, Vassana Vasika, The Kathina Robe and other requisites to the Sangha
17:40 Sermon in Sinhala
18:00 Performing the Vinaya Kamma to dedicate the Kathina Robe
18:20 Offering Atapirikara, Robes & Gift Donations to Monks
18:40 Chanting Paritta Seth Pirith Blessings by the Venerable Monks and Punyanumodana
19:00 End the programme
Make a contribution towards the Kathina Ceremony
For those who are wishing to contribute towards the Kathina Ceremony, you can offer the following
You can offer

A robe to venerable monks Suggested £25/= any donation as you like
Atapirikara (Eight requisites to a monk) Suggested £50/= or any donation as you like
A Pirikara Gift to the monks Suggested £50/= or any donation as you like

Please send a cheque donation made payable to “Milton Keynes Vihara” or Online transfers to:-
Account Name: Milton Keynes Vihara
Bank: Barclays
Sort Code: 20-57-44
Account Number: 93953335
Please put your name as a reference…..
The traditional Kapparukkha (Wish Fulfilling Tree) will be placed in the shrining Room and the Kathina Robe will be available for stitching. Those who wish to place their donations on Kapruka (Wish-fulfilling tree) and topstitch the robe please let us know we can arrange it for you.
Theruwan Saranai!

Join our Online Mindfulness Course During Lockdown
2020-10-01
Our Next Mindfulness Course starts from 05th November.

Few places available, do join in advance…

Beginners Mindfulness Evening Course
Advanced Mindfulness Evening Course

Every Thursday 7-9PM
05-11-2020
Every Wednesday 7-9PM
04-11-2020

Only few places available
More Details please contact Mobile/Whatsapp: 079441353 14 or 07983466105
During this difficult time Mindfulness Meditation practice has proven very effective and beneficial more than ever before.
