New Year Blessings…

Dear Devotees and Friends in Dhamma,

The Vihara has organised a special Puja and Dana to bestow blessings for the year 2012.

Programme for 31st December 2011

11.30am Buddha Puja and Dana

12.30-01.30pm Lunch for lay people.

1.30.2.30pm Jaya Piritha Chanting


(Please feel free to bring a dish for Dana and to share.)


There will be another Puja and Jaya Piritha Chanting at 4.00pm for devotees who could not come for the morning programme.

Programme for 1st of January 2012

8.00am to 9.00am Kiripindu Puja and Nawagraha Puja.

We won’t be able to do the evening Puja on the 1st of January as the Venerable Rewatha will be leaving for Colombo for a short visit.

Please note that all the regular programmes of the Vihara including MBSR classes resume from 25th of January 2012.

The Buddhism 2 class will start on 11th of January at the University of Glasgow. Please see the university website for enrolment.

Auspicious Times( Nekath )for the Sinhala and Tamil New year

The Sinhala and Tamil New year will dawn in England at 08.17pm on Monday 13th April according to British Summer Time.

Auspicious times for various activities according to astrology are as follows:

Nonagatha Kalaya is from 01.53pm on 13th April

Lighting the fire (Lipa Gini Melaveema) to prepare( kiribath ) milk rice is at 11.20pm on 13th April. The Auspicious direction is North and auspicious cloth colour is cream, yellow or golden colour.

Prepare (Kiribath) milk rice from red rice mixed with sesame seeds and Ghee and jaggery.

Eating the first morsels (Ahara Anubhawaya) and entering into the first business transaction ( Weda Alleema, Ganudenu) is at 11.59pm

We will be conducting Awurudu Puja on 13th April at 4.00pm at the Vihara.