Buddhism As Education

The Buddhist Missionary Society of Malaysia (BMSM) will be organising this event starting from 22 August 2009 to 23 August 2009 at the Kajang Buddhist Center which also housed the BMSM Kajang Branch office. This event is also called Ulambana ceremony which falls on the 7th month of the lunar calender each year. This is the time for children to perform dana, observe precepts and to chant sutta so as to transfer merits to the departed parents and relatives as well as to honour our living parents by sharing merits with them. You may decide on your own the amount of contribution you wish to donate. No amount is too small or too big. All contributions will be used for the construction of the BMSM Kajang Branch building. For donors of RM300 and above, the name (living or deceased) will be printed on the plaque. Kindly make your cheque payable to BMSM Kajang Building Fund and send it to BMSM, No. 123 Jalan Berhala off Jalan Tun Sambanthan, 50470 Kuala Lumpur. All contributions must reach BMSM

In conjuction with the 120th anniversary celebration, the Taiping Bodi Lankarama Buddhist Temple will be holding an All Night Chanting and Blessing Ceremony on 5 September 2009 (Saturday) throught the night till the following morning. The over night service will be conducted by 20 monks from Sri Lanka. Besides, you will be also provided with a rare opportunity to light up an oil lamp to receive blessing for the well-being of yourselves, your family and friends and to transfer your merits to the departed ones. For those who are interested to participate in this event and dedicate the merit to your beloved ones, please contact the temple at 05-8077216 for more details and assistance. May your generosity bring you much peace and happiness. Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu.

It has been a common situation till today that leaders of Buddhist association and societies often discourage its members from being politically active or being sympathetic to any political ideologies or its cause. This is because Buddhists as the whole has been ingrained for decades that they should not address any issues or raise matters that show signs of political connotations or support of any political organizations. In any Buddhist association or societies normally, if there are any of its committee members or leaders show any signs of interest in politics or being part of a political party or comments in political development of our nation, they will be often treated with suspicion and frowned. I personally agreed with Loka Ng, a former leader of the Buddhist Missionary Society of Malaysia (BMSM) and Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM). Such thought and perception are completely inaccurate, wronged and should be corrected as quickly as possible. By encouraging leaders

In conjunction with the Yu Lan Pheng festival, the Heong Sun See Temple in Penang will be organising a series of Pujas with the aim of promoting Filial Piety, Praying for World Peace as well as Transferring of Merits to the Departed, thus releasing them from sufferings and be reborn in a higher realm. The Grand Sad Dharma Pundarika Puja will be performed on 16 August 2009 from 8.00pm to 9.30pm. The recititation of the Sad Dharma Pundarika Puja for seven nights will be led by reverend monks of Heong Sun See Temple. This Puja, also known as the Lotus of the True Law Sutra contains teaching of the Buddha for different levels of sentient beings to attain enlightenment with the spirit of Boddhisattva's vow of willing to preach the limitless sentient beings. The Compassionate Water Repentence Puja and Mong Sun will be held on 23 August 2009 from 8.00am to 6.00pm. The history of this Puja started when a highly respected monk named Venerable Wu Tat who had a pus that resembled a human face