Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day Program

The Duruthu Poya day program will be held on on Sunday, Jan 08, 2012, from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara,  We invite you all, to join the program.MORNING PROGRAM7:30am – 8:30am Observance of the eight Precepts, Buddha Puja and Heel Dana.8:30am –...

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The Significance of Unduvap Poya Day

The unique event of bringing the Bo-sapling of the sacred Jayasiri Maha Bodhi (under which our blessed one, the enlightened one, attained the supreme bliss of Buddhahood) from India to Anuradhapura by Sangha Miththa Maha Rahath Therani (Emperor Asoka’s  daughter, Arahat...

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Kathina 2011

Annual Kathina Maha Pinkama Katina refers to the offering of  a special robe (katina civara) carefully prepared by  pious laity and presented by them to monks who have completed the three-month period of retreat called Vas in Sinhala and Vassana in Pali (literally,...

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Binara Full Moon

The Binara Poya   program will be held on   Sep 10  2011, from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara,  We invite you all, to join the Binara Full moon day program.MORNING PROGRAM7:30am – 8:30am Observance of the eight Precepts, Buddha Puja and Heel Dana.8:30am – 9:00am Tea, & coffee break9:00am – 11:00am  Vipassana...

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One Day Mindfull Retreat

   I am writing on behalf of the Georgia Buddhist Vihara to invite you to the next meditation retreat and noble day of silence on Saturday, July 16 from 7am to 7pm.  This one-day vipassana/mindfulness meditation retreat will held at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara.  For this particular retreat session,...

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Rajitha P. Siyasena

Day 1:When we started the retreat I had no idea that I would learn the amount I learned today. Meditating and sitting in one place sure was difficult but the valuable insight we got from the first day clearly outweighed the hardships. As the day progressed we meditated and discussed...

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What I feel? Youth retreat experiences.

Georgia Buddhist Vihara’s  Youth Retreat Commemorated the 2,600thAnniversary of the Buddha’s Awakening(May 28,29,30 & 31, 2011) Well over 2000 years ago the Buddha urged Ananda his constant companion and a faithful disciple to become a lamp unto himself, and not to be distressed by the fact that the Buddha in the very nature of things,...

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Mindful Day

I am posting this message on behalf of the Georgia Buddhist Vihara to remind and invite you to the next meditation retreat and noble day of silence on Saturday, June 18 from 7am to 7pm.  This one-day vipassana/mindfulness meditation retreat will held at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara. All meditation instructions,...

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Ranuka Manamendra

Georgia Buddhist Vihara’s  Youth Retreat to Commemorated the 2,600thAnniversary of the Buddha’s Awakening (May 28,29,30 & 31, 2011)Diary of a Dhamma BrotherBy Ranuka ManamendraDay 1I got to the temple around 7:30. Within me I felt a sort of confusion, because I had...

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Nuwan Perera

Day 1Today was the beginning of our Dhamma immersion experience, and I am not sure what to expect. We did not follow the entire schedule because we took Das Sil at ten, so we skipped what will probably be the hardest part, waking up at five! After we took Das sil we had lunch,...

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Janith Wickramasuriya

Georgia Buddhist Vihara’s  Youth Retreat to Commemorated the 2,600thAnniversary of the Buddha’s Awakening (May 28,29,30 & 31, 2011)Diary of a Dhamma BrotherConclusion of the 4 Day retreatBy Janith Wickramasuriya Day 1We practiced group meditation for the first time...

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Commemorate the 2,600th Anniversary of the Buddha’s Awakening

Commemoration of  the 2,600th Anniversary of the Buddha’s AwakeningAnnual Wesak; celebrates three events of the utmost significance in the life of prince Siddhartha who became an enlighten Buddha.   Georgia Buddhist Vihara celebrates the wesak on May 21 2011. Wesak...

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Sri Lankan New Year celebration

Dear Friends and Devotees,Sri Lankan New Year celebration will be held on the   Saturday, April 16th, 2011 at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara, 3153 Miller Rd, Lithonia,  GA 30038.10.15 am Lighting the oil lamp.10.30 am Significance of the New Year11.00am Buddha...

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Game & Activities Sign Up Sheet (New Year 2015)

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Game & Activities Sign Up Form (New Year 2015)

var submitted=false; Games & ActivitiesPlease feel free to sign-up for any game or activity that are not in the list.We kindly seek volunteers to organize games.Traditional New-year Games Bursting balloons (Children)Bun eating competition (Children)Placing the eye on the elephant (Adults)OW, Na, Ba (open)Musical chairs (Children)Musical chairs...

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New Year 2015 Sign Up Spred Sheet

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New Year Celebration 2015 Sign Up Form

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Wesak Program 2014 Sign Up Spread Sheet

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Wesak Program 2014 Sign Up Form

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Mindful Day

Friends,I hope this email finds each of you doing well.  I am writing on behalf of the Georgia Buddhist Vihara to remind and invite you to the next day-long meditation retreat and noble day of silence on Saturday, March 12 from 7am to 7pm.  This one-day vipassana/mindfulness meditation retreat will held at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara. All...

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Significance of Medin Poya

Courtesy: The IslandBy Premasara Epasinghe It was on the Medin Full Moon Day, the Blessed one, along with a retinue of about 20,000 disciples’ trecked from Veluwanaramaya, Rajagriha, to Kimbulwathpura to meet his father, king Suddodhana, relatives and friends of the Sakhya Clan (a tribe dwelling in Northern India, in which Gotama or Sakyamuni...

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One-Year Memorial Pinkama Sign Up Spread Sheet

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One-Year Memorial Pinkama Sign Up Form

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Poya Program Sign Up Sheet

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