Duruthu Full Moon Poya Program will be Observed on Saturday, January 14, 2017 from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara. We invite you all to join the program.
Duruthu Poya is this Full-moon day of January, which celebrates these events:
1: The Perfectly Enlighten One, the Buddha’s first visit to Sri Lanka. (nine months after his Enlightenment, the Blessed One visited Mahiyangana, in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. His mission was to restore peace, to create a state of freedom from war or violence.)
2: The Blessed One, offered Deity Sumana, some locks of hair. He placed it in an urn as a valuable Relic in the Mahiyangana Stupa.
1: The Perfectly Enlighten One, the Buddha’s second visit was to Nagadipa, in the Jaffna District. The Awakened One, Buddha, visited Nagadipa, to settle a dispute between Mahodara and Chulodara, uncle and nephew respectively, who were about to wase war, to gain the ownership of a gem studded throne. Buddha, saw this and arrived in Nagadipa, emphasizing the value of harmony and ill-effects of hatred and settled the dispute without blood-shed.
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Duruthu Full Moon Poya Program will be Observed on Saturday, January 14, 2017 from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Georgia Buddhist Vihara. We invite you all to join the program.
Duruthu Poya is this Full-moon day of January, which celebrates these events:
1: The Perfectly Enlighten One, the Buddha’s first visit to Sri Lanka. (nine months after his Enlightenment, the Blessed One visited Mahiyangana, in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. His mission was to restore peace, to create a state of freedom from war or violence.)2: The Blessed One, offered Deity Sumana, some locks of hair. He placed it in an urn as a valuable Relic in the Mahiyangana Stupa.
1: The Perfectly Enlighten One, the Buddha’s second visit was to Nagadipa, in the Jaffna District. The Awakened One, Buddha, visited Nagadipa, to settle a dispute between Mahodara and Chulodara, uncle and nephew respectively, who were about to wase war, to gain the ownership of a gem studded throne. Buddha, saw this and arrived in Nagadipa, emphasizing the value of harmony and ill-effects of hatred and settled the dispute without blood-shed.
MORNING PROGRAM
7:30 am – 8:30 am : Observance of the eight Precepts, Buddha Puja and Heel Dana.MORNING PROGRAM
8:30 am – 9:00 am : Tea & coffee break.
9:00 am – 10:00 am : Vipassana Introduction.
10:00 am - 11:00 am: Sutra Discussion
11:00 am - 11:30 pm : Buddha Puja (MUST Start at 11:00 AM)
11:30 am – 12:00 Noon: Dana offering to the monastics and those who observe eight precepts.
12:00Noon – 1:00pm Luncheon
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm : Discussion (base on Abhidhamma) by Dr. Deeptha Jayaratne
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm : Tea & coffee break.
3:30-4:30 pm: Dhamma Desana by Baminiyanvila Dhammaloka.
5:00 pm: Pujava and end of the program.
