Meditation Retreat

Greetings, I hope this message finds each of you doing well. I am writing on behalf of the Georgia Buddhist Vihara to invite you to start the new year by joining community members for a special day-long vipassana (mindfulness) meditation retreat on Saturday, January...

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Undu Vap Poya

Undu Vap  Poya Program will be observed on the Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara.  We invite you all to join the program.Morning Program7:30–8:30a.m.Observance of the eight Precepts, Buddha Puja and Heel Dana8:30–8:45a.m.Tea...

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The Significance of Unduvap Poya Day

The arrival of the great Arahat Bhikkuni Sangamitta to Sri Lanka and the found chon of establishment of the order of the nuns (Bhikkuni Sasanaya) took place on Unduvap Poya Day. Further on this Unduvap Poya Day, she brought with her a sapling of the Sacred Jayasrimaha Bodhi...

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Georgia Buddhist Vihara Katina Ceremony Pirith Chanting

Live stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcyPoYRpmzUIf this link fails, please look for a new live event at the GBV YouTube home page athttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UChi0wbxm3zgglDDjpjC3...

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Annual Katina Puja Ceremony 2015

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, ‘the period of rain’).  Katina...

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බලන් සබඳ ඒ මුණි තෙද අසිරිය..

ඉතින් අපේ ගෞතම සම්මා සම්බුදුරජාණන්වහන්සේ බුද්ධත්වය ලබා ගත් පසු තමා ගේ මවු තුමියට කෙළෙහි ගුණ දැක්වීම සදහා එතුමියව සතර අපායෙන් මුදවා ගැනීම සදහා ශ්‍රි සද්ධර්මය දේශනා කිරීම සදහා තවුතිසා දිව්‍ය​ ලෝකයට වැඩම කොට මාතෘ දෙව් පුත් හට අභිධර්මය දේශනා කොට තුන් මසක් තවුතිසා දිව්‍ය​ ලෝකයේ වස්...

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Sign Up for Atavisi Buddha Puja

Dear Devotees & Friends,Participating in Atavisi Buddha Puja during this rainy season retreatwill bring you special merits to make your path to Nirvanapleasurable and quicker with right intentions associated with wisdom.As this opportunity is made for you, please take advantage of it,as our life is very short andextremely fragile. Please click...

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Nikini Poya

Nikini  Poya Program will be observed on the Sunday, August  23rd, 2015 from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara.  We invite you all to join the program.Please sign up for the programCheck out who is coming!!!! Morning Program7:30–8:30a.m.Observance of the eight Precepts, Buddha Puja and Heel Dana8:30–8:45a.m.Tea...

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Meditation (Monthly) Retreat

Greetings, I hope this message finds each of you doing well. I am writing on behalf of the Georgia Buddhist Vihara to invite you to the next vipassana (mindfulness) meditation retreat on Saturday, July 18, 2015 from 7:30am to 5pm. This one-day, monthly meditation retreat will be held on-site at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara (3153...

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QUEEN MAHĀ MĀYĀ’S DREAM

A long time ago in India, there lived a king named Suddhodana and a queen named Mahā Māyā. One full moon night on moth of July, the Queen dreamt of four guardian devas (deities) carried her with the soft bed where she is sleeping, to the Lake Anotatta...

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