Vassana Aradhana Ceremony - 2023

This is a past event. This event took place on July 29, 2023

Vassana Aradhana (Invitation) Ceremony

Vassana season is a period where Buddhist monks take time to offer advice and sermons to the lay people. Vassana season begins with the Esala poya, the full moon day in the month of July and ends in October with Katina pooja.

As part of this tradition, lay people invite the resident monks to engage in religious activities during the Vassana season. Vassana pooja is the formal event where the monks are cordially invited to commence the Vassana program for the year.

For the year 2023, the Vassana pooja is scheduled on 29th of July .

Inviting resident monks to observe Vassana period

This year, Mr. and Mrs. Kapila and Chamila Marasinghe, Mr. and Mrs. Dinesh and Ganga Uduwana have graciously accepted to invite the monks to conduct the Vassana pooja at the temple. They are also the patrons for the Katina program that is celebrated in November.

Please join Kapila, Chamila, Dinesh, Ganga and their families, your friends and the resident monks on Saturday, July 29th at 9.00 AM for a special pooja and pirith chanting to commence the Vassana season. Program is as follows

• 9:00 am - Offering Buddha Pooja
• 9:30 am - Vas Aradhana
• 9:45am - Dhamma sermon
• 10:45 am - Offering Dana
• 12:30 pm - End of the Ceremony

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