BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Buddhist Society Of Victoria (BSV) - ECPv6.15.13//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Buddhist Society Of Victoria (BSV) X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.bsv.net.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Buddhist Society Of Victoria (BSV) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20230401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20230930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20241005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241110T093000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241110T150000 DTSTAMP:20260416T224423 CREATED:20241012T085519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241012T085841Z UID:10001342-1731231000-1731250800@www.bsv.net.au SUMMARY:Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony 2024 DESCRIPTION:The BSV committee invites everyone to join the Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony – a ceremony to offer robes and other requisites to the Sangha as an expression of our gratitude. This year’s event will be held at the Newbury Buddhist Monastery (107 Beaches Lane\, Newbury).Date: Sunday\, 10 November 2024Time: 09:30 am – 03:00 pm (AEDT) \nPlease arrive by 9.00 am to enable the event to commence at 9.30 am sharp. \nIn the morning there will be a Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Nissarano followed by Rice Pindapatha and offering lunch dana to the Monastics. Communal lunch will be at 11.30am. If you wish\, please bring a dish to share with the monastics and the lay community. Please bring ready-to-eat food. No food preparation and reheating available.  The Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony will begin at 12:30 pm. \nAttending in personYou are encouraged to check the weather at Newbury before leaving home and bring suitable clothes (e.g. jacket\, hat/beanie) including an umbrella. The weather at Newbury is usually 5 degrees cooler than in Melbourne. It is highly recommended to wear sturdy walking shoes as the terrain is uneven and can be muddy.  For those who suffer from hay fever or asthma\, please take appropriate precautions as the pollen count is high during spring season in Newbury \nBus to NBMPlease click HERE to reserve your seat. When reserving your ticket\, you will be given the option to pay online or at the BSV Office. If you want to pay for your ticket at the Office\, select “Cash” as your payment method during the checkout process. You will need to pay for it within 7 days of purchase or your ticket will be released back into the pool.Last day to secure a seat is Monday\, 4th November 2024\, 5 pm (subject to availability).The bus will depart from the BSV Buddhaloka Centre (71 Darling Road\, Malvern East) by 7 am SHARP. Please plan to be at the Centre by 6.45 am. The bus will leave NBM at 3.30 pm to return to the Buddhaloka Centre. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kathina Ceremony Program: \n\n\n\n09.30\nPresident’s welcome message\n\n\n09.35\nRequest to observe 5 precepts followed by Rains Retreat message by Ajahn Nissarano and Ayya Upekkha\n\n\n09.40\nEnd of Rain Retreat message by Ajahn Nissarano & Ayya Upekkha\n\n\n09.45\nEnd of Rain Retreat message by Ajahn Nissarano & Ayya Upekkha\n\n\n09:50\nDhamma Talk by Ajahn Nissarano\n\n\n10.20\nShort Blessing by Monastics\n\n\n10.25\nRice Pindapatha & offering lunch dana to monastics\n\n\n11.00\nCommunal lunch\n\n\n12.30 \nProcession followed by Formal Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony\n\n\n13.45 \nLay community makes offerings of robes and other requisites to NBM monastics.\n\n\n14:15\nClosing Remarks: thankyou message to all the visitors and volunteers\n\n\n14:20\nOpen Day Walking Tours of the Meditation Retreat Centre\n\n\n15:15\nBoarding Bus for 15:30 Departure from NBM\n\n\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \nDana/Gift Offering for the CeremonyDevotees and lay people are invited to offer any of the four requisites (robes\, food\, medicine\, shelter) to the BSV-NBM Bhikkhu and Bhikkhuni Sangha as a practical way of expressing their gratitude and support. \nRequisites available for offering at the Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony: \n\nGift wrapped robes\, robes and bowl sets will be available at the NBM for offering:\nFull Set of Robes with Alms Bowl – $70\nFull Set of Robes Only – $40\nTowels Set – $30\nTowel Only – $10\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robe & Other Requisites \nThe offering is symbolic. Your donation will go towards supporting NBM Sangha.\nThis donation is not tax deductible.\n Donate Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n NBM Building Fund \nMake a donation towards the NBM Retreat Centre Project Stage 2a.\nThis donation is tax deductible.\n Donate Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dana/Gift Offering for the Ceremony\n \n A giver of food is a giver of strength.\nA giver of clothes is a giver of beauty.\nA giver of vehicle is a giver of ease.\nA giver of lamp is a giver of vision.\nAnd the one who is a giver of residence is a giver of everything.\nBut the one who teaches the Dhamma is a giver of the deathless.\nThe Buddha explains to a deva the true value of various kinds of gifts. \n(SN 1.42) URL:https://www.bsv.net.au/events/kathina-robe-offering-ceremony-2024/ LOCATION:Newbury Buddhist Monestery\, 107 Beaches Road\, Newbury\, VIC\, 3458\, Australia CATEGORIES:Dhamma Teaching Programs,NBM,Online,Special Event,Upcoming,Weekly ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bsv.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kathina-2024-at-NBM-3.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR