Date: 2 Jun 2023 (Fri)
Time: 8am – 8pm (Click to view timetable of activities)
Venue: The Buddhist Library
Please join us for our activities! All are welcome!
Come celebrate Vesak Day! On this day, we commemorate the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Gautama Buddha. We use the opportunity to reiterate our determination to lead noble lives, to purify our minds, to practice loving-kindness and to bring peace and harmony to all beings.
We have a whole range of activities you can take part in, whether you stay the entire day, come in the morning, or come in the afternoon. This includes the opportunity to bathe Prince Siddhartha, morning and evening pujas, exhibition of Buddha relics, meditation sessions led by both Buddhist Library sangha and lay teachers, and much more.
Programme
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8am | Morning Puja & Blessings (English & Pali) and Special Chanting – Girimananda Sutta led by Buddhist Library Sangha |
| 9am | Meditation led by Bhante Somananda |
| 10-10.30am | 远青法师带领信众拜八十八佛 Chinese chanting of the “Eighty eight Buddhas Repentance Text” led by Venerable Seck Wan Chin |
| 10.45am | Bathing of Prince Siddharta led by Venerables |
| 11.30am | Dana for Mahasangha |
| 12pm | Vegetarian Lunch cooked by BL volunteers |
| 1.30pm | Vesak Day Message by followed by Dhamma Talk by Buddhist Library Sangha |
| 3pm | Tea break |
| 3.30-5pm | Meditation led by lay teacher Bro Tan Chau Yee |
| 5pm | Break |
| 7pm | Candle light procession led by Buddhist Library Sangha |
| 7.30pm | Puja & Blessings (English & Pali) led by Buddhist Library Sangha |
| 8pm | End |
Concurrent activities throughout the day:
(1) Relic exhibition
(2) Offering of flowers and candles
(3) Bathing of Prince Siddhartha
(4) Blessings by monks from 1.30-7pm
Offer Candles and Flowers
Candles can be offered in the lead up to Vesak, on Sun 21 May and Sun 28 May ($20), and you can make arrangements now for flowers to be offered on Vesak Day itself ($10/$20/$50). Fill up the reply slip to do so.
Download and Share Poster
Click here to download and share the Buddhist Library Vesak 2023 poster, which summarizes all details of the event.
Call for Sponsorship and Donations
We are also seeking sponsorship to cover the costs of tentage, water and flowers, amongst other expenses. Any amount is welcome! Funds collected in excess of costs will go towards upkeep of the Library premises/our Building Fund. Fill up the same reply slip to sponsor/donate.
Display of Buddha Relics