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The agenda is as follow:
April 26, Friday: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm – Special Dhamma Event 
April 27, Saturday, 7:00 am to 7:30 pm (Retreat)
April 28, Sunday, 7:00 am to 7:30 pm (Retreat)

Place:
Manawmaya Theravada Buddhist Society (MTBS)
13260 108th Ave Surrey BC
(604) 951-9054

Lunch on April 27 will be generously provided by Ma Thaw family, Ko family, and Catherine Aung
Lunch on April 28 will be generously provided by Dr. Tun Zan Maung family
You may bring a dish for the Sangha (3 in total) if you wish.

If you are interested to participate this two-day retreat, please register at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJwUgWxyOipfLOGohk8Djurt6BeIIKO7C4tUUb6oEJD4oidw/viewform

There are no paper forms for registration. Anyone who needs assistance in enrolling can text to either Dr. Tun Zan Maung (778-241-3716) or Dr Khin Khin Oo (604-318-4167).
All sermons are open to everyone and do not require registration. Please arrive on time.

Thank you very much with loving kindness (Metta).
MTBS

We are going to celebrate the Myanmar New Year with Dhamma talk on Sunday April 14, 2024 at the MTBS temple.

U Htay Aung, Daw Aung May Oo and family will generously donate lunch to all attendees.

You and your loved ones are cordially invited to the event.

The event agenda is the following:

Place:  
Manawmaya Theravada Buddhist Society (MTBS)
13260 108th Ave Surrey BC
(604) 951-9054

Time:  
10:00 a.m. –  Taking five precepts,
10:05 a.m. –  Listening to Dhamma talk,
11:15 a.m. –  Offering lunch to Venerable U Sanda, and
11:20 a.m. –  Lunch (Mote-hin-gar) to well-wishers.

Please see the attached updated Dhamma events calendar for 2024.  You can visit regularly http://www.mtbscanada.org and  https://www.facebook.com/mtbscanada/ for upcoming Dhamma events.

If you wish to sponsor a Dhamma Talk event to get wholesome merit, please kindly let the Venerable U Sanda know at (604) 951-9054.

You can also take some wholesome merit (Kuso) by laying the tables and chairs for all attendees and well-wishers before the event, taking them down and doing clean-up after the event.  Please pass the message to those who don’t have emails.

Kathina Robe Donation Report 2023 Kathina Ceremony Expenses Donation Report 2023

We, MTBS, plan to hold Kahtina Robe offering ceremony to donate robes to the six members of the Sangha, including Venerable U Sanda, on November 5, 2023, Sunday.

You can donate robe(s) for $50 each.

The main food for the event is Mote Hin Gar (Burmese noodle in fish gravy).  In order for a wider audience to participate in the event, we would like to offer you an opportunity to be a donor for the foods to the attendees at the event by donating $100.

The event agenda is the following:

Time:
10:00 a.m. –  Taking five precepts,
10:05 a.m. –  Celebration of Kahtina Robe Offering and Listening to Dhamma talk,
11:05 am.  –  Offering donations to the members of Sangha,
11:15 a.m. –  Offering lunch to the members of Sangha, and
11:20 a.m. –  Lunch (Mote Hin Gar (Burmese noodle in fish gravy)) to well-wishers.

Place: Manawmaya Theravada Buddhist Society (MTBS)

13260 108th Ave Surrey BC

(604) 951-9054

If you want to donate for foods as a food donor and/or robe(s), please contact Venerable U Sanda at 604-951-9054 or Dennis Ko (President) at 604-761-0419 or by sending eTransfer or via Canadahelp.org.  You can donate cash/foods/robes at the event too.

In addition, if you would like to donate something to make a toiletries tree that would be donated to the attending members of Sangha, you can kindly send them to the temple in advance or bring them with you to the event.

We are seeking volunteers to prepare Mote-hin-gar on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, from 10 am to 1-2 pm for the event.  Lunch will be provided for volunteers on that day.  Please show up at the monastery on  October 31, 2023, around 10 am if you are able to volunteer.

We have sad news to share as Aunty Dulcie, a former board member of MTBS, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 25 2023 at 2 pm in Prince George, BC. She is remembered as a kind, gentle, warmhearted and helpful lady at MTBS. We send our prayers and condolences to Daw Sanda Win (Aunty Dulcie’s sister) and family.

We plan to hold a special Dhamma talk and offer a Potluck to share merit with late Aunty Dulcie on Saturday, September 16, 2023.

The event agenda is the following:

Time:
10:00 a.m. –  Taking five precepts,
10:05 a.m. –  Listening to Dhamma talk,
11:15 a.m. –  Offering lunch to Venerable U Sanda, and
11:30 a.m. –  Potluck Lunch.

Place:
Manawmaya Theravada Buddhist Society (MTBS)
13260 108th Ave Surrey BC
(604) 951-9054

It is a community event – a potluck lunch, and there is no donor/sponsor for the event.  Please bring your favorite dish(es)/food(s)/dessert(s) to be shared.  The MTBS will prepare rice and cutlery for the event.  

We also welcome anyone who would like to contribute any amount of cash donation for Aunty Dulcie’s last journey. In this regard, please kindly give your cash donation to Sayadaw U Sanda or U Dennis Ko, either before September 16 or at the event on September 16. Once MTBS collects all the donations, MTBS will make a list of donors, and transfer money to Daw Sanda Win in Prince George.

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We plan to hold this year’s Waso Robe offering ceremony on Sunday, Aug 13, 2023 at MTBS.
The lunch donors are Daw San Thawda Kyaing (Ma Thaw) and family.

The event agenda is the following:

• Time:
  10:00 a.m. –  Taking five precepts,
  10:05 a.m. –  Listening to Dhamma talk,1
  11:15 a.m. –  Offering lunch to Venerable U Sanda, and
  11:30 a.m. –  Lunch (rice and variety of dishes) to well-wishers.

Place: Manawmaya Theravada Buddhist Society (MTBS)
13260 108th Ave Surrey BC
(604) 951-9054

We are seeking volunteers to prepare the dishes on Saturday, Aug 12, 2023, from 9:30 am to 3 pm.  If you are able to volunteer, please show up at the monastery on Aug 12, 2023, around 9:30 am.  The event donor will provide lunch for volunteers.