Sunday, 31 August 2025
In tribute to Chief Reverend, we will be presenting a video including:
Date: Sunday, 31st August 2025
Time: 8.30pm SYD | MY/SG 6:30pm
Video Premiere Release on YouTube:
Programme at Aloka | 20 & 21 Sep (Sat/Sun)
6:45pm 108 Lights offering
7:00pm Chanting & meditation in the Aloka Stupa
(Closing date: 18 Sep)
All-night chanting in the Stupa from 7pm – 7am, dedicated to:
Groups will be chanting in hourly slots throughout the night. If you wish to participate, please contact us for more details about registering. (Closing date: 12 Sep)
All-night chanting continues until 7am
Join us for merit-making activity to tidy up the gardens at Aloka as we move into spring. All welcome, including family and friends.
Date: Sunday 24 August
Time: 9:30 am – 3pm
*Please RSVP by Sun, 17 August to facilitate lunch arrangements.
If you can assist by providing dana for lunch, please let us know.
If you are unable to come on Sun 24 Aug but would like to help out on another day, please contact Aloka.
Sadhu sadhu sadhu!
What to bring:
– hat & sunscreen
– gardening gloves;
– sturdy, closed shoes or work boots (NO slippers, thongs)
– your own gardening tools (if you have some. Please label with your name)
– water bottle
Since the time of the Buddha, it is traditional for the Sangha to spend the 3-month Rains Retreat (VASSA) in one location. Lay supporters invite the Sangha to stay in a certain place and pledge to provide whatever support Sangha members may require in terms of requisites.
Bhante and Sister have been invited to spend Vassa 2025 in retreat at Aloka. Although they may not be meeting devotees personally, they will be dedicating the merits of their practice for the wellbeing of all members, devotees and sponsors.
If you would like to participate in the meritorious deed of supporting the needs of the Sangha and those staying at Aloka during this period, you are welcome to make a contribution by filling in the Rains Retreat sponsorship form:
May this merit accrue unto your spiritual wellbeing and happiness, and to the wellbeing and happiness of the many.
Bhante and Sister will conduct a special Bodhi puja, dedicated to:
Programme
10am Bodhi Puja (at the Bodhi tree opposite the Aloka Stupa)
11:30am Lunch dana (please bring a vegetarian dish to share)
1:00pm Australian Buddhist Mission Inc. (ABM) Annual General Meeting (All members welcome)
Important Parking Information: Parking will not be available opposite the Stupa. This area will be used for passenger drop-off (especially elderly & less-able people) and turning vehicles etc. After dropping off any passengers, please proceed down the hill to the parking area and Dhamma Hall to deliver dishes for lunch dana. A shuttle car will be available for those who require transport from the parking area to the Bodhi tree.
Join us on Sun 8 June to welcome Bhante and Sister back to Aloka…
10:00 am Chanting, Meditation & Blessings
11:30am Lunch dana*
12:30pm Dhamma talk by Bhante Mahinda
*Please bring a vegetarian dish to share for lunch.
For those who have been practising and/or reading Bhante’s booklet, please click below to submit questions* about Metta and Mindfulness.
*Note: If time permits, questions will be answered during Bhante’s Dhamma talk on 8 June, or otherwise, at another session to be organised later in June (TBC).
Read Bhante’s booket “Metta and Mindfulness”
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