Friday, December 01, 2006

Invitation to the opening ceremony of Scotland's Buddhist Vihara at it's new premises

We would like to invite you to the Opening Ceremony of the new Vihara premises on Sunday the 03rd of December 2006 at 1.30 pm at No. 1, Caldercuilt Road, Glasgow, G20 0AD.

This auspicious occasion will be further enhanced by the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Venerable K. Sri Rewatha Thero being ordained as a monk.

The program of the event is as follows:

11:00 - 11:30 - Arriving at the New Vihara
11:30 – 11:45 - Buddha Puja
11:45 – 12:30 - Dana for the Monks
12:30 – 01:30 – Lunch for laypeople
01:30 – 03:30 – Pariththa Chanting (blessings) from Maha Sangha
03:30 – 04:00 – Ceylon Tea

Guests can come and participate in any part of the above schedule. They are free to leave at any time. We apologise for the short notice of this invitation, but the legal requirements of the purchase left us littlie time to make alternative arrangements.

We would like to express our gratitude to the many devotees and friends who have given so generously and make this meritorious event a reality.

With Metta,

Organising Committee