Persatuan Peranakan Baba Nyonya KL/Selangor Gathering&Dance, Tenji Restaurant,Solaris Mont Kiara,KL@18th April, 2009

Persatuan Peranakan Baba Nyonya KL/Selangor Gathering&Dance, Tenji Restaurant,Solaris Mont Kiara@18th April, 2009
Lastest PPBNKLS activity is Gathering and Dance in Tenji Japanese Buffet Restaurant in Solaris Soho KL, Mont Kiara on Sat 18th April 2009 evening. Great food and place to meet fellow Peranakans and friends. Ticket is RM75/head which is lower than the published price and it included live music.

Date: 18th April, 2009
Time: 7:00pm onwards
Venue: Tenji Restaurant, Jalan Solaris 2, Soho KL, Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.

Please let me know if you are interested to go. RSVP me early to avoid disappointment. Thank you.

Best Regards,
Bro.Cedric Tan
Asst Hon Secretary
Peranakan Baba Nyonya Association Kuala Lumpur/Selangor
(peranakan_kl@yahoo.com.my)
PPBNKLS (2008)

KMBS Building Fund Dinner 2008 6pm of 12th July 2008 in Hee Lai Ton Restaurant, Sri Kembangan, Selangor.

Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society [KMBS] Building Fund Dinner 2008

Spiritual Advisor: Ven. B. Saranankara Maha Thera

Building the future
Fund a noble cause

KMBS Building Fund Dinner 2008
Date & Place: 6pm of 12th July 2008 in Hee Lai Ton Restaurant, Sri Kembangan, Selangor.


Dear Sir or Madam,

Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society (KMBS) is a young and dynamic Buddhist organization that brings the dhamma to the Buddhist community of Puchong, Kinrara and its surrounding areas. KMBS has laid the foundation for creating a community of wholesome individuals and family institution that promotes good noble values in accordance with the Teachings of our Master, the Lord BUDDHA.

We organise both spiritual and communal activities. The spiritual activities include weekly sermons/dhamma talks, meditation, chanting and annual retreats. Communal based spiritual activities include Sunday Dhamma School, Youth Development activities, Fellowships, Children and Youth Camps and Parenting Courses to name a few. All activities are geared toward the strengthening of moral values in individual and to instill awareness in parents and children of their responsibilities to family, country and the world at large.

As our current premises, which is on temporary loan basis is critically inadequate to cater for the overwhelming demand for Sunday Dhamma School, Youth activities and other community based activities, the Building Fund Committee is working to raise funds for the purchase of a new building. To realize this dream of “a home of our own”, Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society (KMBS), Building Fund Committee is organizing a Building Fund Dinner, at Hee Lai Ton Restaurant, in Sri Kembangan. The Dinner is scheduled to be held on Saturday 12th July, 2008 at 6pm sharp, serving both vegetarian and non vegetarian food.

KMBS humbly appeals to your generous heart to support this noble and worthy cause. We invite you/your company to take advantage and participate in this unique opportunity in the following ways:-

1 Corporate Table Sponsorship
2 Advertisement in our Souvenir Program
3 Building/Room Sponsorship

For further information and submission of your completed forms together with your payment (cheque should be crossed and made payable to “Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society – Puchong, Selangor”), please contact any of the following committee members:
Bro Tom Hen @013-3997725, Bro Gan @ 012-2871800, Sis Paru @ 012-2878105.

You can also contribute by direct payment (bank-in) to KMBS account at Public Bank,
Acc No 3133842320. Completed forms can be faxed to 03-20931160.

With folded palms and loving heart we thank you for your kind support and generosity.

With Warm Regards,
Sis Rasika Paru
Organizing Chairperson
KMBS Building Fund Dinner 2008
Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society Building Fund Dinner 2008


KMBS Building Fund Dinner 2008

SPONSORSHIP / ADVERTISEMENT FORM

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THE GIFT OF TRUTH
The gift of food is useful only till hunger returns.
The gift of clothes is useful only till they are worn.
The gift of a house is useful only till it is dilapidated.
The gift of medicine only delays sickness and death.
But the gift of the DHAMMA protects a person throughout his rebirths-----
It even helps him break free from rebirth altogether.

http://www.kinrarametta.org

In Memory of the Late Ven. Abhinyana

Venerable Abhinyana was born in 1946, in England to a Protestant family. In 1970, during summer holidays in India, he made his first contact with Buddhism and found out this religion was what he needed to follow and practice. Finally, in 1972, he left his home and became Buddhist monk in the Thai Theravada Tradition in Malaysia. From 1979 he started his teaching career here and there, to provide the teachings of Buddha for everyone with the purpose of helping them get rid of their suffering and achieve happiness. He is constantly travelling to offer the Dharma talk for those wishing to learn and practice Buddhism. For more details on the Late Ven.Abhinyana's Books log on:- http://members.tripod.com/anatta0/

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Ven. Abhinyana passed away on 14th April, 2008 in the home of his nearest family at Parklands on the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Australia at 4.30am [Brisbane Time].


KL Memorial Service & Sanghika Dana of the Late Ven. Abhinyana

Date: Sunday, 27th April, 2008
Time: 10:30 am
Venue: Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple, Lot 85, Jalan Tujuh, Sentul Pasar. 51000 Kuala Lumpur.

All are Welcome to pay their last respect to the Late Ven. Abhinyana !

To be conducted and administered by one of the Venerables in the Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple, Sentul Pasar, Kuala Lumpur.

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On behalf of KMBS, I would like to convey our Condolences to our Brother Goh Hock Guan, who have been a great mentee, sponsor of Bhante Abhinyana's books and a strong financial supporter for Bhante's missionary work in Malaysia & abroad and most of all to the Late Bhante's Abhinyana's family and relatives in Parklands, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Australia. Let us have a short reflection on Bhante Abhinyana's good Dhammadutta work towards mankind and where ever Bhante may be, May He be reborn into a better plane of existences. Sadhu ! Sadhu ! Sadhu !

Sukhi Hotu and With Metta,
David Karuna Tan
President KMBS
http://www.kinrarametta.org

Don't disrupt Olympic Torch Run, says Chief Venerable

KUALA LUMPUR: Politics should be kept out of the coming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Buddhist Chief High Priest of Malaysia Venerable K.Sri Dhammaratana also urged Malaysians to refrain from interfering in the Olympic torch relay which is scheduled to take place here on Monday, 21st April, 2008.

"My request to Malaysians of all races and religions is to remain calm and to have a positive attitude. Let's make the Olympic Games successful in the name of international peace. We should let compassion be our guiding light and non-violence be our way of life," he said.

Taking a cue from the Dalai Lama, Ven.Dhammaratana reiterated that there were different platforms for different issues.

"Some people are trying to turn the Olympics into a political game but as far as I know it is an international sports meet. We must try to understand and be aware of what the Olympic Games is all about. It's an occasion celebrated together in the true spirit of sports.
"While the torch is being carried in Malaysia, we should get together and radiate positive energy for the success of the games," he said at the Maha Vihara temple in Brickfields yesterday.

Ven.Dhammaratana said a Special prayer would be held on Sunday at 9am to pray for peace in Tibet and the success of the Olympic Games.

"As a religious leader, I'm trying my best to influence the people to spread peace and pray with a sincere heart. I have invited Buddhist monks and other religious leaders in the country to join us in the simultaneous prayer.

"It's also part of our duty to influence the monks in Tibet, whether Chinese, Tibetan, Thai or Japanese, to carry the message of peace."

He also said that those who had disrupted the relay in London, Paris and San Francisco had created an unhealthy environment.

"This can be due to a lack of understanding and their emotions. Being human beings we are all different and our emotions sometimes rule our actions."

The Malaysian leg of the relay will begin on Monday at the Dataran Merdeka. It will pass by Wisma OCM, the City Hall building, Parliament House, the National Museum, National Mosque, Old Central Railway Station, Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) and KL Tower before arriving at Merdeka Stadium.

The torchbearers from Malaysia include badminton players Razif, Jalani and Rashid Sidek, Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock; women world squash champion Nicol David; bowler Shalin Zulkifli; swimmers Lim Keng Liat and Nurul Huda Abdullah; former national football team skipper Datuk Soh Chin Aun; runner Marina Chin and diver Bryan Nickson Lomas.

The Olympic Council of Malaysia will also be organising a Fun Run for the public at 7.30am on the eve of the relay at Dataran Merdeka.

MORE PLACES OF WORSHIP FOR BUDDHIST PLEASE, AUTHORITIES URGED by SJ ECHO

SJ ECHO 30 January 2008

Buddhist Community hands over objections to the Draft Local Plan with 4,000 signatures attached
Excerpts from the objection letter submitted to the Subang Jaya Municipal Council:
We urge the MPSJ to adhere to the Federal Government guidelines in relation to the provisions for building of places of worship for non-Muslims, which is one place of worship for every 2,600 devotees or 5,000 residents.
Based on the MPSJ Draft Local Plan, there is no land allocation for the building of Buddhist temples (Vihara)/ tokong in all the areas under planning except Blok Perancangan Kecil 3.4 Puchong which was allocated only ONE tokong/Vihara.
We need to have more Buddhist temples to cater to the spiritual and religious education needs of the large number of devotees.
With regards to public amenities, we would like to propose to the MPSJ to reserve a piece of land and provide allocation to build a crematorium especially for the benefit of the Buddhist and Hindu communities who opt for cremation for their last rites. Considering the size of Buddhist residents in MPSJ areas, the building of a crematorium will directly helps the MPSJ in reducing land use for burial grounds.
We hope the Federal, State and local authorities; elected representatives and local councillors will seriously consider our objections and proposals as a duty and commitment to take care the welfare and interest of the Buddhist community which comprises 42.6% of all residents within the Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya which includes areas in Subang Jaya/USJ, Kinrara, Puchong, Seri Kembangan, Putra Heights, Bandar Putra Permai and Subang Hi-Tech.
We are prepared to attend the Committee Public Hearing on the MPSJ Draft Local Plan and we hope the local authority will invite us to attend the public hearing to provide details on our submissions.
Persatuan Penganut Agama Buddha Subang Jaya
Persatuan Penganut Agama Buddha Fo Guang Malaysia, Cawangan USJ
Persatuan Penganut Buddha Serdang, Seri Kembangan
Malaysia Mahayana Buddhist Association, Subang Jaya
Kinrara Metta Buddhist Society, Puchong

Wat Rajaphohong, Penang to host Songkran Festival

Friday April 11, 2008

Bukit Mertajam temple to host Songkran festival

MALAYSIANS from all walks of life are invi-ted to join in the festivities at this year’s Songkran festival at Wat Rajaphohong Buddhist Temple in Ara Kuda, Bukit Mertajam on Sunday, 13th April, 2008.

Jointly organised by the Malaysian Siamese Association Penang Branch, the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Penang and Wat Rajaphohong, this year’s festival will feature a Miss Songkran competition, sand pagoda contest, a traditional Thai game of Soi Dow and cultural shows.

Also known as the water festival, Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year which starts on April 13 annually.

According to tradition, it is a time of merit-making, offering food to Buddhist monks, paying respect to the elders by pouring water on their palms, asking their forgiveness and wishing them good luck, good health and happiness.

“This year, we’ve decided to hold the festival in Bukit Mertajam, as there is a sizeable Siamese community around the area. The temple that’s hosting the event is over a hundred years old,” said Manopchai Vongphakdi, the Thai Consul-General of Penang.

“There will be many Buddhist ceremonies and Thai cultural events and performances,” he added.

Elaborating on the sand pagoda contest, Vongphakdi said:

“The Siamese believe that over time, as many people come and go from the temple, the sand on the ground would eventually thin out. Hence, at the end of the day, the sand pagodas will be demolished and this will replenish the sand.”

Vilai Phromsuwan, president of the Siamese Association’s Penang branch, said she hoped people from the northern states would join in the fun as it was a multi-racial event.

“In previous years, the Songkran festival was held on the island, but this year we’ve moved it to the mainland. There are seven Siamese temples in the state, and we plan to shift the venue each year to cover all the temples,” she added.

Vongphakdi added that the consulate was planning big celebrations in the next couple of years to mark the 150th anniversary of its presence in Penang.

“We hope this will promote goodwill and foster better relations between Thailand and Malaysia,” Vongphakdi said.

This Sunday’s Songkran festivities will start at 9am.

Festival for all: Vongphakdi (in coat) watching the children dressed in colourful Thai attire having fun playing together.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and many dignitaries are scheduled to attend.