Poson Uposatha Observance – Sunday June 4th !!!

Dharmapala Institute cordially invites you to participate at the annual Poson celebration on Sunday, June 4^th2017. 

 

Program 

 

08:30 – 09:00   Vandana & observing Sil

09:00 – 09:45   Meditation

10:00 – 11:00   Dhamma talk & discussion – “Bāhiya Sutta”

Please find two Dhamma talks on Bāhiya Sutta by Venerable Katukurunde Ghanananda thero from here:

 

11:15 – 11:30   Buddha Pooja

11:30 – 12:00   Lunch

12:45 – 01:15   Walking mediation

01:30 – 03:30   Dhamma Discussion – Bāhiya Sutta

03:30 – 04:00   Tea break (Gilanpasa)

04:00 – 05:00   Dhamma Talk – Jeewaka Sutta

06:30 – 07: 00  Poson Pooja

07:00  PM        Poson Dansala  & Lighting lanterns

 

If you plan to attend the Uposatha program by taking eight precepts, you may have your breakfast at home and be present at the Dharmapala Institute premises by 8.30 AM. Manjula and Saliya Vidanage are generously offering the meal-dana for the uposatha program.

 

At the end of the day we will be having the ‘Poson Dansela’ and the lighting of the lanterns. This year Indira and Palitha Jyaweera are generously offering the Poson Dansela.

 

We encourage all our members to participate at the Poson program as their time permits, and make use of this event to strengthen your own dhamma practice. You may feel free to join the meditation sessions, dhamma discussion forums and dhamma talks at any time of day. We will be discussing the Bāhiya Sutta for the morning and evening Dhamma discussion sessions. Please find the Audio links to a series of dhamma talk on the sutta by Venerable Ghanananda below and a pdf of the sutta text attached herewith. The sutta discussion will be conducted in Sinhala, during the program.