Kathina Ceremony at Scotland’s
Buddhist Vihara
Pictures By Malitha
Yatiwella
The devotees of Scotland’s Buddhist Vihara organised the annual
Kathina Ceremony on 10th of November under the guidance of the
Venerable Kamburawala Sri Rewatha Nayaka Thero, the Chief Sangha Nayaka for Great Britain
( Kotte Chapter)
The ceremony, which was held
in the Vihara, was well attended by the devotees of many parts of Scotland including Aberdeen,
Edinburgh, Stirling, Inverness, Dundee and Glasgow.
It was a remarkable day for
devotees and friends of the Vihara as there were seven monks for the ceremony,
4 of whom had come all the way from London.
The Kathinanisansa Sermon was delivered by Venereble
Konvewe Ariyarathana Thero of London Buddhist Vihara.
Venerable Kahaththewela
Chandajothi, Venerable Pulasthigama Dhammakusla, Venerable Karavila Kotuwe
Dhammathilaka of Thames Vihara attended the ceremony with Mr Kotinkaduwa, a
trustee of Thames Meditation Society.
Venerable Mathugama Palitha
and Venerable Denagama Dhammara, the
resident monks of Scotland’s
Buddhist Vihara successfully completed their three month’s retreat.
As a part of this annual
ceremony Mr and Mrs Sarathchandra from Cambridge
donated a Land Rover vehicle to the Vihara to aid it in continuing its Dhamma
work with comfort and speed and to support Venerable Rewatha’s new project for
teaching mindfulness in Scottish Schools.
