SPECIAL INVITATION FOR YOU ALL

”KATHINA” – ROBES OFFERING CEREMONY 2021

2600 Years of Great Tradition, Promoting Loving-kindness, Compassion, Peace and wisdom for whole world

Meditation, (Pindapath) Alms giving, Robes & other gifts offerings for monks, Nuns, Dhammatalks, 28 Buddha offerings (Puja), Chanting, Sharing merits, & giving Blessing for all.

Celebration will be held at – (KMPC&BV)

Kentucky Meditation Peace Center & Buddhist Vihara

4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216

Date & Time:

October 30 (Saturday) 2021, 5pm to 10pm,

(“Dansala” – Foods for attendance, 28 Buddha Offerings, Special Chanting and giving blessings for all, (There will be 13 monks, nuns for the special chanting & if you want to get bless your special items(Budha statues, healing crystals, meditation prayer beads ects,) bring them to the temple earlier).

October 31(Sunday) 2021, 9am to 3pm,

(Kathina Day, Special Day for offerings, “Pindapata” – Alms round, Robes, Gifts, & Alms, “Dansala” – Foods for attendance, Kathina parade, Dhamma talks, Chanting and giving blessings)

 

This year “Kathina” – Robes offering ceremony Special sponsorship – Mr Rusiru Gunasena, Mrs Kanchana Gunasena family with supports and participation of all others

 

If you like to sponsor Robes, alms, and other gifts for monks & nuns, for invoke blessings to you, your family or loved ones, and in memory of your departed loving ones. Please call or write to the monastery (Kentucky Meditation Peace Center & Buddhist Vihara)

 

If you like, you may sponsor anything below these. Even it has mentioned the prices for the gifts, you can make whatever contribution according to your ability and take part of these great offerings.

 

Eightfold requisites = $150

Set Of Robes = $100

 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/kathinarobes-offering-ceremony-kmpc-2021?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

 

Also you may sponsor for 28 Buddha offering blessings for you, your family, friends and transfer merits for dear departed ones (in memory of dear departed relatives)

 

Monetary gift/donations for the temple

 

The other gifts for offering “Pindapatha” for monks & nuns are available at the center

 

To signup/sponsoring for the program please visit our website below

 

(http://www.kmcbv.org)

(http//kmpc.co/)

 

We are expecting around 15 monks and nuns for the event from around the country representing different traditions. If you like you may bring whatever suitable vegetarian foods, drinks, and gifts offerings for monks, nuns and sharing with others.

 

All are welcome for this great event. Thank you very much & wishing you all the best !

 

For more information please contact the temple.

 

Kentucky Meditation Peace Center & Buddhist Vihara

4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216

Telephone — (502—224,-2564) or (502—915,7777)

Email : reverendnanda@gmail.com &

Web (http://www.kmcbv.org) (http//kmpc.co/) Facebook — Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center (https://www.facebook.com/louisvillemonastery)

 

“Kathinanca Parikkaran

Vasadanancha Uttaman

Buddappamukhassa

Danan Dhammassa lekhanan

Khetta danancha sanghassa

Pathima karanampicha

Karanan wacca kutiya

Attha punnani wuccare”

 

• Offering “Kathina Robe for Sangha(Monks & Nuns)”,

 

• Offering Eightfold requisites for Sangha,

 

• Offering living huts (living quarters) for Sangha,

 

• Offering Dana(Dana – four types of importances, foods, clothes, medicine, and housing) and other necessities for three generations of monks and nuns including Buddha,

 

• Shearing the Dhamma, writing and printing publications of Dhamma benefits for all,

 

• Offering lands (Paddies) for the benefits of Sangha,

 

• Building Buddha statues, Pagodas, Shrines, Housing (protection) for Bodhi tree and other Buddhists monuments and important things for veneration and benefits for many

 

• Building toilets, lavatories for the benefits of Sangha.

 

These are the greatest meritorious deeds that one should perform in their life time to accrued lots of merits, blessings to make their life happy here and here after. Offering a Kathina Robe for the Maha Sangha is the most important meritorious one, the merits that accrued from performing Kathina Robes offerings, and taking part, participating, sponsoring, contributing for that cannot be destroy by anything, any forces and that merits would bless with all the success happiness, peace, and long healthy life for all here and here after and at the end to achieve the bliss of Nibbana(Enlightenment)

 

2500 Years of Great Tradition, Promoting Love, Nonviolence Compassion, Peace, Happiness and making merits, and blessings for all.

 

“Pathavi riva na jatu kampate

Nachalati meru rivati wayuna

Vajira miva na bhijjate ghanam

Tamida mato kathinanti ucchati”

 

This stanzas explains that, Katina glorifies the greatness of the merit which one gets from performing Katina.

 

“Even this solid earth, or a solid rock or a piece of diamond could tremble, shake and break at times. However, the merit obtained by offering of Katina cannot be nullified by anything until one achieves the ultimate goal of Buddhist aspiration which is Nirvana”.

 

It is also believed that the merit, or the positive karma, gained by the offerings at the Katina ceremony could reduce the negative effects of other minor bad karma one may have committed. One would be blessed with long life, happiness, good health, good complexion, physical strength, peace and wisdom in this life and many more lives to come until one attains Nirvana.

 

“Kathina” is a Pali word meaning “strong.” Buddha used this word to explain about robes offering for monks & nuns because it is very important great act or deed which we all should perform in our lifetime. According to Buddha’s    advice, monks and nuns used to observe rainy retreats and stay in one place, developing their spiritual path and practicing compassion, nonviolence, peace for all beings, and protecting the Precepts. Practicing their monastic life, they help devotees with their spiritual needs. After completing three month retreats, lay people used to offer robes, food and gifts for monks, nuns, and share merits with each other. This great event was performed only one time a year; it’s a group event, that’s why it’s very important. Every Buddhist country used to celebrate this great event of sharing merits and invoking blessings and showing their unity and friendship to the world.

 

Offering (“Dhana’), four requisites, other necessities and making contributions/donations, for the benefits of the dispensation of the Buddha, and holy Triple Gems for invoke blessings, merits for you, your family, and loved ones. And transfer merits wishing peace and happiness for your dear departed ones it’s important as we human beings. We all depend on our merits.

 

Practicing generosity “Dana” is a great traditional practice of all who follow the Buddha’s teaching around the world. They practice offering every day of their life, not to get something material or worldly, but rather to reduce their craving, anger and delusion and sharing things with others out of compassion. They know this great practice will help them one day to destroy all the defilements and attain enlightenment to end all sufferings.

 

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“කල්ප 30 ක් විපාක දෙන කඨින පිංකම”

 

බෞද්ධ ජනතාවගේ ඉමහත් ගෞරවයට, පූජාවට නිමිති වී තිබෙන උසස්‌ම පින්කමක්‌ ලෙස කඨින පිංකම හැඳින්වීම වටී.

 

කඨින පූජාව යන්න සමාජය තුළ මුල්බැසගෙන ඇති උත්තරීතර වචනයකි. එතරම් ජනහදවත් තුළ සදානුස්‌මරණීය වන්නට හේතුකාරණාවක්‌ ඇත. කඨින චීවරයක්‌ මහා සංඝරත්නයට පූජා කිරීමෙන් ලැබෙන ආනිසංස කඨිනානිසංස නම් වේ. වර්ෂය පුරාම චීවර පූජාව කිරීමට හැකියාව තිබුණත් කඨින චීවරයක්‌ පූජා කිරීමට හැකි වන්නේ එක්‌ විහාරස්‌ථානයක වර්ෂයකට එක්‌ වතාවක්‌ පමණි. ඒ නිසා මෙහි සුවිශේෂත්වයක්‌ ඇත. කඨිනය යන වචනය පිළිබඳව අර්ථ කීපයක්‌ ඇත. ඒ අතර තද බව, ගොරෝසු බව, මුවහත් බව, ස්‌ථිරසාර බව, නොසැලෙන බව, සෘජු බව, කම්පා නොවන බව, තියුණු බව ආදිය දැක්‌විය හැකිය. අනෙක්‌ කුසලයන්ට වඩා කඨින චීවර පූජාමය කුසලය ප්‍රබල වේ. බුදුසසුනේ සඳහන් අට මහා පිංකම්වල පළමු පිංකම වන්නේ මේ කඨින චීවර පූජාවයි.

 

පංචානන්තරිය පාප කර්ම හැර වෙනත් සෙසු අකුශල කර්ම ප්‍රබල කුසලකර්ම වලින් වැසිය හැකිය “කුසලෙන පිථියති” යන්නෙන් දැක්‌වෙන්නේ එයයි. කඨින පිංකම වැනි ප්‍රබල කුසලකර්ම සිදුකර ගැනීමෙන් තමා කළ සෙසු අකුශල කර්ම පවා වෙනස්‌ විය හැකිය. කඨිනය යන්නට ගොරෝසු යන අර්ථය දක්‌වා ඇත්තේ ඉන්දියාවේ ශීත කාලගුණික තත්ත්වයට වස්‌ත්‍ර සකස්‌ කරගත යුතු බැවිනි. ගොරෝසු වස්‌ත්‍ර නොමැති වුවවොත් අධික ශීතල නිසා රෝගී විය හැකිය. “සීතස්‌ත පටිඝාතාය” යන්නෙන් දැක්‌වෙන්නේ සීතලට ඔරොත්තු දීම සඳහාය.

 

වස්‌කාලය යනු වැසි කාලයයි. එදා ඉන්දියාවේ වැසි කාලයේදී අනෙක්‌ ආගමික පිරිස්‌ එක්‌ තැනෙකට වී ඔවුන්ගේ ආගමික කටයුතු කළහ. භික්‍ෂූන් වහන්සේලා සුපුරුදු ලෙස චාරිකාවේ යෙදුනහ. එම අවස්‌ථාවේ අනෙක්‌ ආගමිකයන්ගෙන් විවිධ චෝදනා එල්ලවිය. පක්‍ෂීන් පවා වැසිකාලයේදී කෑම සොයාගෙන එක්‌ තැනෙකට වී හිඳිති. සියලු සත්ත්වයන්ට මෛත්‍රී කරන්නට උගන්වන ගෞතමයන් වහන්සේගේ ශිෂ්‍යයන් කුඩා සතුන් පාගමින් අලුත් තණ පාගමින් වැසි කාලයේ සැරිසරණ බවයි. එම කාරණාවන් හා තවත් කාරණාවන් හේතුකොටගෙන බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ විසින් භික්‍ෂූන් වහන්සේලාට වස්‌ කාලයේ එක්‌තැනෙකට වී ආගමික කටයුතු කරන්නැයි අනුදැන වදාළහ. එනම් “අනුජානාමි භික්‌ඛවේ වස්‌සානේ වස්‌සං උපගත්තුං” ‘මහණෙනි වර්ෂා කාලයෙහි වස්‌ වසන්නට නියම කරමි’. යනුවෙන් අවසර දුන්හ. ඒ බුද්ධ නියමයන් අනුව අදට වසර 2500 කට වැඩි කාලයක්‌ ගත වෙලත් උන්වහන්සේගේ අනුශාසනාව ඒ අයුරින්ම ක්‍රියාත්මක වීම කෙතරම් විශ්මයජනකද?

 

ලෝකයේ වෙහෙර විහාරස්‌ථාන ඇති බෞද්ධ සැදැහැවතුන් සිටින හැම රටකම බොහෝ විට වස්‌ කාලයේ වස්‌ පින්කම් කෙරෙනු ඇත. අවසානයේ කඨින පිංකමද සිදුවේ. දැන් දැන් කඨින පිංකම පිළිබඳව දැඩි උනන්දුවකින් ක්‍රියාකරනු ලක්‌නට ලැබේ. කඨින පිංකම සෑම විහාරස්‌ථානයකම උත්කර්ෂවත් අන්දමින් පැවැත්වීමට ගිහි-පැවිදි උභය පාර්ශ්වයම සංවිධානය වෙති. එක්‌ විහාරස්‌ථානයක මූලික වී කඨින පිංකමක්‌ භාරගැනීමද දුෂ්කර කරුණක්‌ වී ඇත. ඒ එතරම්ම පිරිසක්‌ කඨින පිංකම් භාරගත් ලයිස්‌තුවේ සිටීම නිසාය.

 

කඨින චීවරයක්‌ අනුදැන වදාරන්නට විශේෂ සිදුවීමක්‌ ඇත. එනම් බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ සැවැත්නුවර ඡේතවනාරාමයේ වැඩවෙසෙන සමයේ පාවා නුවර වැඩවෙසෙන භික්‍ෂූන් වහන්සේලා 30 නමක්‌ සැවැත්නුවරට වඩින්නට ගමන ආරම්භ කළහ. උන්වහන්සේලාගේ බලාපොරොත්තුව වූයේ බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ වැඩ වෙසෙන සැවැත්නුවර ඡේතවනාරාමයේ වස්‌ කාලය ගතකිරීම සඳහාය. එහෙත් උන්වහන්සේලාට නියමිත දිනට සැවැත් නුවරට ළඟාවීමට නොහැකි වූහ. ඒ නිසා සාකේත නම් නුවර වස්‌ කාලය ගත කළහ. උන්වහන්සේලා එම වස්‌ කාලය ගතකළේ බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ දැක ගන්නට නොලැබීමේ කනස්‌සල්ලෙනි. වස්‌ තුන් මාසය අවසන් වූ විට එම ස්‌වාමීන් වහන්සේලා යළිත් වරක්‌ සැවැත්නුවරට වඩින්නට ගමන ආරම්භ කළහ. අතර මගදී මහ වැසි පතිත වීම නිසා ගොහොරු මඩ සහිත බිමෙහි වැසි ජලයෙන් තෙත්වූ වස්‌ත්‍ර වලින් යුතුව ඡේතවනාරාමයට වැඩම කළහ.

 

එම භික්‍ෂූන් වහන්සේලා බුදුහිමි වැඳ පිළිසඳර කතාවෙහි යෙදුනහ. වස්‌ කාලය කරදරයක්‌ නැතිව ගත කළාද? සමගියෙන් විවාද නැතිව සතුටින් ගත කළා දැයි බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ ඒ භික්‍ෂූන් වහන්සේලාගෙන් විචාලසේක. එහිදී භික්‍ෂූන් වහන්සේලා සඳහන් කළේ ස්‌වාමීනි අප සමගියෙන් විවාද නැතිව සතුටින් වස්‌කාලය ගතකළ බවයි. එහෙත් අප සැවැත්නුවරට වැඩම කරන විට මහ වැසි ඇදහැලීම නිසා අතරමග මඩෙන් හා වැසි ජලයෙන් පීඩාවට පත්වූ බවත් තෙත් වූ සිවුරුවලින් යුතුව පැමිණි බවත් දැන්වූහ. එවිට මහාකාරුණික බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ ඒ ගැන සිතා තවත් සිවුරක්‌ තිබුණා නම් මේ ආකාරයේ දුෂ්කරතාවයකට පත් නොවන බව සලකා වස්‌ වැසූ භික්‍ෂූන්ට කඨින චීවරයක්‌ ලබාගන්නට අවසර දුන්හ.

 

කඨිනයෙහි බලසම්පන්න භාවය පහත ගාථාවෙන් දැක්‌වේ.

 

පඨවිරිව න ජාතුකම්පතේ – න චලති මේරුරිවාතිවායුනා

වජිරම්ව න භිඡ්ජතේ ඝනං – තමිධමතෝ කඨිනන්ති වුච්චති

 

එනම් මහ පොළොව සේ ස්‌ථිර වූ කුසලකර්මයකි. එම කුසලය මහාමේරු පර්වතය සුළඟින් නොසෙල්වෙන සේ නොසැලෙන පිංකමකි. එසේම වජ්‍ර පර්වතය සේ බිඳිය නොහැකි වූ කුසලයකි.

 

දෙපට සිවුර, තනිපට සිවුර, අඳන සිවුර යන තුන් සිවුරෙන් කැමති චීවරයක්‌ කඨිනය සඳහා පූජා කළ හැකිය. මසා නිමකළ චීවරයක්‌ මෙන්ම චීවරයක්‌ වශයෙන් සකස්‌ නොකළ චීවරයකට ප්‍රමාණවත් වස්‌ත්‍රයක්‌ (දුස්‌සං) වශයෙන් පූජාකළ හැකිය.

 

අටමහා කුසලයන් වන්නේ

 

කඨිනට්‌ඨ පරිඛාරං – වාසදානං ච උත්මං

බුද්ධප්පමුඛ සංඝස්‌ස – දානං ධම්මස්‌ස ලේඛනං

ඛෙත්තදානං ච බුද්ධස්‌ස – පටිමාකරණම්පි ච

කරණං වච්චකුටියා – අට්‌ඨ පුඤ්නි වුච්චරේ

 

එනම් –

 

1. කඨින පූජාව
2. අටපිරිකර පූජාව
3. උතුම් ආවාස කරවා පූජා කිරීම
4. බුදුපාමොක්‌ මහ සඟනට දන්දීම
5. දහම් පොත්පත් ලියවීම
6. කෙත්වතු පූජා කිරීම
7. බුද්ධ ප්‍රථිමා කරවීම
8. වැසිකිළි කැසිකිළි කරවීම – දැක්‌විය හැකිය.

 

මෙහි පළමු පිංකම වන්නේ කඨින පිංකමයි. ඒ අනුව එහි ප්‍රබල බව සිතාගත හැකිය. කඨින චීවර පූජාව සමගින් අතිරේක පිරිකර පූජා කිරීමද සිදුවේ. ඒ සඳහා කැමති කෙනෙකුට ඉඳිකටුවේ සිට විහාරස්‌ථානයට අවශ්‍ය කරන පුද පිරිකර පූජා කළ හැකිය.

 

කඨින පිංකම පිළිබඳ සඳහන් කරනවිට නාගිත මහරහතන් වහන්සේගේ නම අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම සඳහන් කළ යුතුය. බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ එක්‌තරා අවස්‌ථාවකදී ඒහි භිCඛු භාවයෙන් පැවිදි වූ මහරහතන් වහන්සේලා 500 නමක්‌ අනෝතත්ත විල්තෙරට එක්‌රැස්‌ වන්නැයි සිහිපත් කළහ. එම මහරහතන් වහන්සේලා අතර පෙර බුදු-පසේබුදු මහරහතන් වහන්සේලාට කළ කුශල කර්මයක්‌ ඇත්දැයි ඇසූහ. එහිදී නාගිත මහරහතන් වහන්සේ පෙර ජාතිවලදී කළ කඨින පිංකම්වල හා අනෙකුත් පින්කම් ගැන විස්‌තරයක්‌ කළහ. ඒ අනුව,

 

“කඨින දානං දත්වාන – සංඝේ ගුණ වරුත්තමේ

ඉතෝ තිංසේ මහා කප්පේ – නාභිජානාමි දුග්ගතිං”

 

උත්තම ගුණ ඇති මහා සංඝරත්නයට කඨිණ චීවර දානය පූජාකර කල්ප තිහක් දුගතියෙන් තොරවූ බව හා තවත් ආනිසංශ ගෙනහැර දැක්‌වීය.

 

මෙසේ බලන විට නිවන් දකින ආත්ම භාවය දක්‌වාම විශිෂ්ට වූ මනුෂ්‍ය සම්පත් ලැබීම සඳහා කඨින පිංකම හේතුවේ. කිසිදු අඩුවක්‌ නොමැති ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ මනුෂ්‍ය ජීවිතයක්‌ සඳහා මෙන්ම දිව්‍ය ආත්මභාව ලැබීමටද කඨින පිංකම් බලපානු ඇත. එපමණක්‌ නොව සදාකාලික සැපත, උතුම් නිර්වාණ සම්පත්තිය උදාකර ගැනීමට මේ උතුම් කඨින පිංකමේ බලය හා ශක්‌තිය ද හේතුවේ.

 

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何谓“卡提那”？

 

卡提那是巴利文“kathina”的音译, 它是出家人律制生活中的一项行持, 即僧团经过了三个月雨安居的密集修行后所进行的一个和乐清净之聚会。卡提那庆典是在家人为僧众而举办, 供养“卡提那衣”给僧团是其重点。“卡提那”所带出的含义是深远的。这是感恩三宝的表现, 更是僧信善互动的楷模。

 

卡提那之缘起

 

据《律藏•大品•卡提那犍度》，有三十位比丘，着粪扫衣，持三衣，在树林中居住，过着托钵乞食的生活。随后，这些比丘欲往舍卫城拜见佛陀。当他们步行到裟歇陀镇时，适逢雨季，他们遵循戒律的规定，不再前进，而在该地雨安居。

当为期三个月的雨安居结束后，豪雨仍盛，地面积水，到处充满泥泞。比丘们穿着湿透了的衣物，提着疲惫的步伐继续往佛陀的住处前进，一直到舍卫城拜见佛陀为止。比丘们抵达后，顶礼佛陀，然后坐在一旁。

佛陀跟到来做客的比丘互相关心问候是当时的风俗之一，因此世尊问：“比丘，你们怎样过呢？是否得到足够的维生？在雨安居期间你们是否舒适、团结、和睦一致？托钵是否成问题？”“世尊，一切都很顺利，我们得到足够的维生；我们在雨安居时也舒适、团结、和睦一致；托钵也没有什么问题。” 比丘回答。他们接着告诉佛陀有关他们自从雨季开始之后的旅途情况。

佛陀以此因缘说法后，告诉比丘们：“比丘，住雨居的比丘，允许受卡提那衣。” 于是，雨安居结束后，在家信众欢喜布施卡提那衣给僧团，僧团进行卡提那僧羯磨（僧羯磨即僧伽会议之意）选出适当的比丘接受卡提那衣。

 

欢迎您们带来任何素食来供养僧团，日用品或文具。别忘了带您的亲朋好友来参加这项殊胜的活动!

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卡帝纳供袈裟大典2021:

 

当天活动包括:

禅修，托钵 ，供养卡帝納袈裟。

 

敬爱的佛友们，

很高兴通知庆典将会在:

Kentucky Mediation Peace Centre and  Buddhist Vihara

4815 Manslick Road,

Louisville,KY  40216.

 

时间和地点:

10月30日(星期六)2021。傍晚5点至晚上10点正。

 

禅修，托钵，供养袈裟和日常日给僧团，佛法讲座，28佛法会，诵经，回向和法师给大众的加持。

 

10月31日(星期天)2021， 早上9点正至下午3点正。

(卡帝纳当天，特别呈现供养，包括托钵供养袈裟，礼品和素食。

 

今天的卡帝纳仪式赞助法会: 来自大家国际和本地的支持和参与，这次的仪式才能顺利圆满的完成。

 

如果您有兴趣赞助供养袈裟，托钵以及其他日常用品供给僧团，请拨电或写信给本寺(KENTUCKY MEDITATION PEACE CENTRE AND BUDDHIST VIHARA)

 

以下是本寺院供袈裟的金额，请大家随喜随缘的参与这项盛大的供养。

 

袈裟分为 : $150 或 $100

 

您也可以选择为您家人，朋友安定回向已故的亲人—赞助28佛吉祥供养。

 

更多详情，请游览我们的网址:

 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/kathinarobes-offering-ceremony-kmpc-2021?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

 

http://www.kmcbv.org

 

https://kmpc.co/

 

更多详情，请联络本寺:

 

Kentucky Meditation Peace Center & Buddhist Vihara

4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216

Telephone — (502—224,-2564) or (502—915,7777)

Email : reverendnanda@gmail.com &

Web (http://www.kmcbv.org) (http//kmpc.co/) Facebook — Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center (https://www.facebook.com/louisvillemonastery)

 

我们将恭请约15个僧人来自各国代表。如果您欢喜，您可以随意带素食物，饮料或日常用品供养当天的僧人以及和大众分享。

 

日用品供养(共8件): $100

袈裟供养: $150

 

您也可以帮您家人，朋友和已故的亲人—赞助28佛吉祥供养。

“KATHINA 2018 ” Annual robes offering ceremony for monks and nuns,

2600 Years of Great Tradition, Promoting Love, Nonviolence Compassion, Peace, and Respect for Whole World.

Vassana and Kathina in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition (rainy retreats and robes offering ceremony)

From the full-moon day in July to October, monks in the Theravada tradition observe the Rainy Retreat or Vassana. This practice was laid down by the Buddha and details can be found in the Mahavagga of the Vinaya Pitaka (3rd and 4th chapters). The rainy retreat was instituted to prevent monks from wandering about and damaging crops and small creatures which are out in abundance during the rainy season. During these three months, monks are expected to reside in one place and not venture out unnecessarily. They should also not spend the night away from their monasteries. Under special circumstances, if a monk has to be away from the monastery, he must take a vow to return within seven days.

The retreat is a time for monks to devote themselves to study Dhamma and meditation. For the devotees, it is also an opportunity to learn the Dhamma from the monks who are stationed in one place. Hence, it can be considered a good time for spiritual development. At the end of the Vassana season, the monks perform the pavarana (termination) of the additional precepts observed during the retreat. Following this, until the next full-moon day, the Katina ceremony is held. This practice started after the rainy retreat, when the Buddha was staying at Savatthi, some monks got drenched by heavy downpour. Seeing this after the completion of the Vassana season the Buddha instructed the Katina ceremony. Different monasteries hold the Katina on different days. During the Katina ceremony, devotees offer robes to the Maha Sangha or community of monks. Each monk who observes the retreat is presented with one or more robes. Traditionally, the villagers get together and offer a piece of cloth to the Sangha. The cloth is then cut and stitched into robes by a selected group of monks.

The meaning of the Pali word �Katina� is strong. The offering of Dana to the Maha Sangha during the Vassana season and the offering of robes is regarded as a meritorious deed. It is said that those involved in the offering of robes will gain merits for numerous rebirths in samsara(circle of life) and will be protected from the cruel elements and poisonous animals. In addition, they will see the coming of the next Buddha and His enlightenment.

Hence, lay people are encouraged to take part in this significant occasion. Despite the changes through the years, the Vassana and Katina tradition are faithfully observed in Theravada temples throughout the world. In Buddhist countries such as Sri Lanka and Burma, and other Theravada Buddhist temples throughout the world, it is the most important event on the calendar.

The offering of Dana (meals) to the Sangha, making robes and Preaching of the Dhamma. It is a tradition that brings together the monks and lay people during this Katina Season.

 Venerable Nanda (Bhante Nanda)

Morning Session

වස් ආරාධනාව සහ ඇසල පෝය  2018

Invitation for monks for the rainy retreat and representing (Asala Poya) full moon day of July 2018

විශේෂ ආශීර්වාද, දාන,සීල, භාවනා, වැඩසටහන අටසිල්සමාදානය සහ බුද්ධ පූජාව

ජූලී 29 (ඉරිදා) උදෑසන,  7:00 –  දහවල්,  1:00

Special programs –  Meditation, observing 08 precepts, offering, Dhamma talks, sharing blessings, merits and wishing peace for whole world.

 Date – July 29 (Sunday), 2018 

Time – 7:00am to 1:00pm

Place – 4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216

•   7:00am – 9:00am – Breakfast “Dana” for monks and observing 08 precepts and offering
•   9:00am – 11:00am – Meditation session (sitting & walking )), Suttha discussion/dhamma talk, Q&A
•   11:00am – 12:00pm – Offering Special milk rice and other items for the great 07 Buddha(Sath Budu Wandanawa), Dhamma talk, Vas Aradanawa, sharing merits & blessings, (Dana) lunch for monks & preceptors. 
•   12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch for others.

 As a guests of honor

Reverend Kirama Gunawansa Thero

Reverend Hathporuwe Dhammawasa Thero from Sri Lanka will be participate for the program.   

You are welcome to attend for whole program or part of it. Please wear  suitable and comparable clothing for the program.

                       More information please contact the temple

Afternoon Session 

Mindfulness meditation retreat

with Asian Vegetarian foods (Lunch) 

Date – July 29(Sunday afternoon), 2018

Time – 12pm to 5pm

Place – Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace      Center,

             4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216. 

• 12pm to 1pm – Lunch and rest time (Please come little early if you are going to  participate for lunch)   
• 2pm to 5pm – Instruction for mindfulness meditation, Walking Meditation, Sitting Meditation,
• Yoga Session
• Question & Answering, Short Dhamma sermon, blessings, and end. 

  For more information please contact the temple.

(502-224-2564 / 502-915-7777)  Email : reverendnanda@gmail.com, info@kmcbv.org

Web – (http://www.kmcbv.org) & (http//kmpc.co/)

 Facebook – Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace      Center,  (https://www.facebook.com/louisvillemonastery)

Thank you very much ! KMCP&BBTMCI

Meditation classes for all 

The Center serves the communities of the Louisville area of Kentucky. We are open to all who seek to live in deeper harmony with life through mindful living. The Center is dedicated to serving all who seek to improve their health and well-being — physical, mental, and spiritual — through meditation and mindfulness practices, well-being classes, mindfulness retreats, classes in Buddhist philosophy, and Buddhist counseling. The Center serves as an oasis of quiet peace and loving kindness in the heart of the community, a place where anyone can come to meditate and rest in a refuge of peace and compassion amidst the hectic pace of our lives.

The Center also serves as a monks‘ residence, facilitating the daily availability of monks offering classes, retreats, teachings, meditations, and counseling:

• Open Meditation Sessions
• Weekly Group Meditation
• Personalized Meditation Instruction
• Mindfulness Workshops
• Yoga Classes
• Monastic Yoga
• Meditation Retreats
• Buddhist Courses and Talks
• Book Discussions
• Pali Teaching & chanting

Guest Teacher Visits and Retreat

Meditation Classes Date & Time,

Every Monday 7pm to 8:30pm

Every Wednesday 7pm to 8:30pm

Every Month One Day Retreat

Please call, write, or visit our websites and welcome to visit our center for more          information. 

Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center

4815 Manslick Road, Louisville, KY 40216 

(KMCPC, New  Residence)

Telephone — (502—224,-2564) (502—915,7777)

Email : reverendnanda@gmail.com  

Web (http://www.kmcbv.org) (https://kmpc.co/)

Facebook — Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center (https://www.facebook.com/louisvillemonastery

To operate the Mindfulness Center, KMCPC needs your support. Help bring more compassion and loving kindness into our  community. We ask that you commit to a monthly or annual donation, or a one-time  donation to KMCPC. Find more details on  our websites.   

Happy New Year 2018
Special program for welcoming & invoke blessing for the New Year 2018 !

Bodhiraja Buddhist Temple Meditation Center Inc, –
(Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center),
4815 Manslick Rd, Louisville, KY 40216.

For all Sri Lankan Community in KY, USA,

Dear friends and devotees,

We would like to invite you all for this great event.

Special program for invoke blessing for the New Year 2018 !
Generosity, Morality, Meditation, Observing 08 precepts and Special “Pujava” offering for the 28 Buddha.
අවුරුදු දින විශේෂ ආශීර්වාද, දාන,සීල, භාවනා, වැඩසටහන

අටසිල්සමාදානය සහ අටවිසි බුද්ධ පූජාව,

ජනවාරි 01(සඳුදා), 2018 –
උදෑසන 7:00 – ප.ව. 2:00 දක්වා

Date & Time –
January 01(Monday) 2018 –
Morning 07am to 02pm.

Place –
4815 Manslick Rd, Louisville, KY 40216.

As a special guest teacher from Sri Lanka Venerable Guruwala Suseela Thero will be taking part of the whole program.

සියල්ලන්ටම කාරුණිකව ආරාධනා කරමු.

All are kindly invited for this great event.

For more information please call or write the temple –
(502)-224-2564, (502)-915-7777
E-mail – (reverendnanda@gmail.com)
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Happy New Year 2018
Special program for welcoming & invoke blessing for the New Year 2018 !

Bodhiraja Buddhist Temple Meditation Center Inc, –
(Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center),
4815 Manslick Rd, Louisville, KY 40216.

For all other community KY, USA

Dear friends and devotees,

We would like to invite you all for this great event.

Special program for invoke blessing for the
New Year 2018 !

Date – December 31(Sunday), 2017

Morning session, – 09am to 01pm (Bilingual,
community)
Generosity, Morality, Meditation, Observing precepts and Special “Pujava”, offering for the Buddha,

Afternoon to Evening session, – 2pm to 5pm (English)
Special guided meditation teaching and practicing (Insight(Vipassana) Mindfulness), Dhamma talks(teaching), At 5pm, end of the program Asian foods and drinks will be serve. You may participate for whole program or part of it.

Place –
4815 Manslick Rd, Louisville, KY 40216.

As a special guest teacher from Sri Lanka Venerable
Guruwala Suseela Thero will be taking part of the whole program.

All are kindly invited for this great event.

For more information please call write to the temple –
502-224-2564, (502-915-7777)
E-mail – (reverendnanda@gmail.com)
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Happy New Year 2018 !
Special program for welcoming & invoke blessing for the New Year 2018 !
Nashville, TN
For all Sri Lankan and others at TN, USA
Dear friends and devotees, We would like to invite you all for this great event.
One day Special program for invoke blessing for the coming New Year 2018 !
(අලුත් අවුරුදු විශේෂ ආශීර්වාද, දාන,සීල, භාවනා, වැඩසටහන), (දෙසැම්බර් 30(සෙනසුරාදා), 2017 –
අටසිල්සමාදානය සහ අටවිසි බුද්ධ පූජාව, – උදෑසන 9:00 – ප.ව. 5:00 දක්වා)
Date & Time – December 30(Saturday) 2017 – Morning 09am to 05pm.
Place – 1046 Louisville Hwy, Millersville, TN 37072.

As a special guest teacher from Sri Lanka Venerable Guruwala Suseela Thero will be taking part of the whole program.
සියල්ලන්ටම කාරුණිකව ආරාධනා කරමු.
All are kindly invited for this great event.
For more information please call Venerable Nanda –
502-224-2564, 502-915-7777, E-mail – (reverendnanda@gmail.com)
Bodhiraja Buddhist Temple Meditation Center Inc, (Kentucky Meditation Compassionate Peace Center),
4815 Manslick Rd, Louisville, KY 40216
Web, (http://www.kmcbv.org), (http//kmpc.co/), & Facebook — (https://www.facebook.com/louisvillemonastery

2600 Years of Great Tradition, Promoting Love, Nonviolence Compassion, Peace, and Respect for Whole World.

Vassana and Kathina in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition (rainy retreats and robes offering ceremony)

From the full-moon day in July to October, monks in the Theravada tradition observe the Rainy Retreat or Vassana. This practice was laid down by the Buddha and details can be found in the Mahavagga of the Vinaya Pitaka (3rd and 4th chapters).

The rainy retreat was instituted to prevent monks from wandering about and damaging crops and small creatures which are out in abundance during the rainy season.

During these three months, monks are expected to reside in one place and not venture out unnecessarily. They should also not spend the night away from their monasteries. Under special circumstances, if a monk has to be away from the monastery, he must take a vow to return within seven days.

The retreat is a time for monks to devote themselves to study Dhamma and meditation. For the devotees, it is also an opportunity to learn the Dhamma from the monks who are stationed in one place. Hence, it can be considered a good time for spiritual development.

At the end of the Vassana season, the monks perform the pavarana (termination) of the additional precepts observed during the retreat.

Following this, until the next full-moon day, the Katina ceremony is held. This practice started after the rainy retreat, when the Buddha was staying at Savatthi, some monks got drenched by heavy downpour.

Seeing this after the completion of the Vassana season the Buddha instructed the Katina ceremony. Different monasteries hold the Katina on different days. During the Katina ceremony, devotees offer robes to the Maha Sangha or community of monks. Each monk who observes the retreat is presented with one or more robes.

Traditionally, the villagers get together and offer a piece of cloth to the Sangha. The cloth is then cut and stitched into robes by a selected group of monks.

The meaning of the Pali word �Katina� is strong. The offering of Dana to the Maha Sangha during the Vassana season and the offering of robes is regarded as a meritorious deed.

It is said that those involved in the offering of robes will gain merits for numerous rebirths in samsara(circle of life) and will be protected from the cruel elements and poisonous animals. In addition, they will see the coming of the next Buddha and His enlightenment.

Hence, lay people are encouraged to take part in this significant occasion. Despite the changes through the years, the Vassana and Katina tradition are faithfully observed in Theravada temples throughout the world. In Buddhist countries such as Sri Lanka and Burma, and other Theravada Buddhist temples throughout the world, it is the most important event on the calendar.

The offering of Dana (meals) to the Sangha, making robes and Preaching of the Dhamma. It is a tradition that brings together the monks and lay people during this Katina Season.

Venerable Nanda (Bhante Nanda)

Help us to make our dream a true one

New Temple Project for Kentucky Meditation Peace Center & Buddhist Vihara

Having a permanent place for our temple(Kentucky Meditation Peace Center & Buddhist Vihara) has been a dream, and it’s becoming a reality soon with the kind support and generosity of our members and others in our community. Your kind generous supports will make this great project a successful one.  

Our goal is to have a property with a 2000 square foot home and a piece of land to develop as a monastery in the future. We hope to get a commercial loan of $197,000. To approve the loan we should have a 25 percent down payment so  we have to raise $40,000 from our community.

So far, many of our generous, kind supporters from different parts of the country have already made some donations toward this great project. We will appreciate your generous tax-deductable contribution. Also you may donate to invoke blessings and merits to you and your loved ones, or in the name of your dear departed ones.  

 If you make a donation please make it to – Kentucky Meditation Center – It’s a nonprofit charity organization 

If you wire the money or write checks –

PNC – Bank – Account number -(3032533438)  &  Routing Number (083000108) 

Purchased property for Kentucky Meditation Peace Center & Buddhist Vihara

Property’s  value –  US$197:000

As a down payment – (US$$40 to 50:000)

We already borrowed US$30,000 (Pay back within one year)

We have raised US$10,000 for closing the contract on September 13 – 2017,

After we buy this property we have to pay monthly US$1100 per month for 20 years, including utilities and other expenses US$1800 per month

We are very small organization but we provide lots of services for the community and we need your generous kind supports, contribution monthly, yearly and lifetime and your kind participation and involvement in order survive, grow and provide better services to this community and as well for globally.

Your generous contribution will provide us peace of mind and provide better services for the community: also, your donation is tax deductible because we are a registered charity organization in USA. 

         

Sinhala & English medium (for Sri Lankan community)

Wishing you happy holiday, merry Christmas, and happy greeting for the coming New Year 2017 !

 Dear friends, and devotees, 

We would like to invite you, your family, and friends for this special program,

 We hope to have a half day retreat observing 8 precepts, Dhamma talks, and meditation – and a special program for invoke blessing for the New Year 2017.(විශේෂ සීල, භාවනා වැඩසටහන සහ පැමිණෙන නව වසර 2017 සඳහා විශේෂ ආශිර්වාද වැඩසටහන(විශේෂ පූජාව) 

Date – January 01(Sunday) 2017

Time – 9:00am to 2:00pm

Place – 4849 Southside Dr, Louisville, KY 40214 (Temple & meditation center)

please keep your day and time free for this great event. If there is anything please call or write Hamuduruwo. 

 The great way to respecting to the Buddha is to follow the path of the Buddha, practicing Dana(generosity), Sila(morality), & Bhavana(meditation) and shearing merits/blessings with everyone and wishing peace for whole world.   

Much compassionate Venerable Bhante Nanda. 

502-224-2564 or (502—915-7777)

E-mail – reverendnanda@gmail.com