Vesak 2020 Timetable for  Home  Celebration 7th May 2020

BGKT public Vesak cancelled.

We will celebrate at home. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Timetable

19.00-19.05 Five minutes silence

19.05-19.25 Chant the BGKT Puja Sheet and Metta Sutta in Pali and read in English – offer flowers candles and incense at the appropriate times

http://buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/bgkt-puja-sheet/

http://buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/metta-sutta-discourse-on-loving-kindness/

19.25-19.55 Meditation on Loving-kindness Metta (30 mins)

19.55-20.25 Dhamma Talk or Dhamma Study (30 mins) Topic the significance of Vesak

20.25-20.55 Sitting Meditation Anapanasati (30 mins)

20.55-21.00 Chant in Pali and English “May all beings be well and happy. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu”

Chanting of the Mangalas [Blessings] by those who have taken Eight Precepts (Eight Uposatha Precepts or Ajivatthamaka Sila) and are wearing sashes presented by their senior Bhikkhu Preceptor and white cream or beige clothes

http://buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/mangalas-blessings/

Bibliography

Wheel 54 The Mirror of the Dhamma: A Manual of Buddhist Chanting and Devotional Texts, by Nārada Thera and Bhikkhu Kassapa
https://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh054_Narada_Mirror-Of-The-Dhamma.html

Wheel 178 Significance of Vesak, by K.N. Jayatilleke
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh178_Jayatilleke_Significance-of-Vesak.html

Wheel 206-207 Lay Buddhist Practice: The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, and Rains Residence, by Bhikkhu Khantipālo
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh206_Khantipalo_Lay-Buddhist-Practice.html

Wheel 402-404 Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka by A. G. S. Kariyawasam
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh402_Kariawasam_Buddhist-Ceremonies-Rituals-Sri-Lanka.html

The Buddha and His Message: Past Present Future: United Nations Vesak Day Lecture by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi, BPS, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Second edition 2010 (BP 108S) (ISBN 978-955-24-0346-0)
https://www.bps.lk/olib/bp/bp108s_Bodhi_Buddha-And-His-Message.pdf

Buddhist Studies: Life of the Buddha, Buddhanet

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/lifebuddha/contents1.htm

Significance of the Full Moons in Buddhism, by Alec Robertson, BCC Buddhist Cultural Centre, Sri Lanka, (3rd edition) 1998. ISBN 955-8129-04-6
https://www.online.buddhistcc.com/books/singnificance-of-the-full-moons-in-buddhism-detail.html