Thursday, November 10, 2011
Charity trip on Deepavali Day
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Raub Charity Trip 2011
On 6/8/2011, our bus departed from Buddhist Maha Vihara, KL at 8:45am. Upon our arrival in Raub, our host, Raub Buddhist Association (RBA Committee) gave us sumptuous welcoming vegetarian lunch at Silver City Restaurant.
(1) Two brothers who suffers from glaucoma. The elder brother's wife has breast cancer and his grandson has eye cancer. Bro. Terry Ng (a Reiki expert) gave reiki treatment to the two brothers.
(2) A jobless single father with an eleven year old daughter. He also has to look after his 86 year old mother. Sis. Tiau Min also arranged a single lady who suffers from a stubborn skin disease and arthritis to meet us at the same place. Sis. Mary and Sis. Tan gave Reiki treatment to the single lady.
(3) A single mother with two mentally challenged sons.
One of her son bid farewell to us when we were leaving their house.
(4) A couple with two children. The husband is ill and unable to work.
(5) A single mother who suffers from SLE and kidney failure.
After dinner at Ah Fatt Restaurant, we attended an inspiring dhamma talk delivered by Dato' Ang Choo Hong. The title of the talk was "Engaged Buddhism and self-cultivation".
On the 2nd day, we commenced our program by visiting the "Pasar Tani" (Farmers' Market). Due to Muslims' fasting month, there were fewer stalls than last year.
We then visited three old folk homes and and another six needy families. Below are the snapshots of our visits.
We have a group photograph with the committee of Raub Buddhist Association before bidding farewell to them.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Charitable Visits to Two Welfare Homes in Kajang
Monday, February 28, 2011
Second Visit to Jenjarom Old Folk Home
Sis Lim and Sis. Mei Sze were the birthday girls in February 2011. Sis. Chi Lan couldn't find any birthday cake around, she bought a "pau" as a substitute to wish them a happy birthday. A big sadhu to the birthday girls for giving us a treat at Restoran New Shiang Sze Lou
Monday, February 21, 2011
Visits to Kim Loo Ting Hong Ying Home and Xin Hui Buddhist Society Orphanage Home
Dhamma sharing at Kim Loo Ting. Seat in the middle (in blue T-Shirt) is Bro. Eddie, an American red Indian who frequently volunteers at BMSM bookshop.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Paying a visit to Rumah Sejahtera Jenjarom
Sis. Looi had a friendly chat with the caretaker of the home (the Indian man). He arranges meals to be prepared for the inmates and collect the food from the restaurant.
Interaction with the inmates of the home.
Group photograph
The restaurant that does the catering for us.
Participation in a Sanghikadana in Kuala Sawah Monastery
The pagoda at Kuala Sawah Monastery. The Chinese name of the monastery is "静修居“. I forgot to check out its English name.
The monks' quarter
I found this magazine at the Kuala Sawah monastery. Its publication (which target Malaysian Buddhists) is sponsored by Original Buddhism Society (原始佛教会) in Taiwan to propagate Theravada Buddhism. The inaugural issue of this magazine was published in July 2010. The society is headquartered in Taipei, it has another centre in Taichung (Taiwan) and a centre in New York, USA. Through this magazine, I came to know that it has set up two centres (中道禅林) in Malaysia last year, one in Penang at 77-3, Lorong Selamat, 10400 Pulau Pinang and another in Ipoh at 61A & 61B, Jln Chung Ah Ming, 31650 Ipoh. Ven. Bhikku Vupasama (随佛法师)is the advisor of the Society. He conducted a series of Mandarin dhamma talks in November/December 2010 at Butterworth Buddhist Association, Seck Kiah Eeh in Malacca, its centre in Ipoh and Penang, and Chempaka Buddhist Lodge in Petaling Jaya.
After the sanghikadana, we invited the five venerables from Penang to visit Vihara Samadhi (located at Section U12, Bukit Raja Industrial Estate).
Group photograph with the five venerables in front of the multipurpose building at Vihara Samadhi. Ven. Pannasammi was standing in the fourth position from right. The construction of the building for the shrine hall is still in progress. We were told by the site engineer that it will be ready by April 2011.