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2024 Florida Buddhist Vihara Katina Ceremony on November 09 & 10

Dear Devotees,

The grand “Katina” ceremony. marking the end of the “Vassana” (rainy) season that started on July 20, 2024 is scheduled to start on Saturday, November 09, 2024 at the Florida Buddhist Vihara premises.

The Dhamma program for children will start at 04.30pm- 05.30pm on November 09th

Sri Lankan dinner stall as a fundraiser for the temple will continue from 07.00pm.

Offering of flowers and Gilanpasa Buddha Puja will begin around 07.00pm.

Around 08.00pm, the Chathumadhura Gilanpasa will be offered to the monks who will be in attendance for all night chanting.

Welcome and introducing the Ven. monks attending to the Pirith Chanting and the Dhamma talk on the Pirith chanting will commence at 08.30pm.

The all night Pirith chanting ceremony that is intended to bestow the blessings of the triple gem on all living beings and that consists of pre-midnight, midnight and post midnight sessions, is expected to begin around 09.00pm.

At the conclusion of the Maha Piritha around 12.00am, the task of stitching the “Katina” robe will get underway.

Very early morning of the following day (Sunday, November 10th) blessed water and string will be distributed among the devotees.

Because the morning Buddha Puja consisting of offering of incense, flowers, and light is scheduled for 07.00am on Sunday, Nov 10th, please make sure that the temple receives any items that you wish to offer for the monks’ breakfast well in advance. The offering of breakfast to about twenty members of the clergy will be conducted at 07.15am. Following the monks ‘ breakfast and then the lay people’s breakfast ,the “Katina” pageant, in which the “Katina” robe is traditionally carried in a procession, is expected to start at 08.45am.

Once the devotees who take part in the “Katina” procession finally approach the sermon hall, this year’s “Katina” sponsors

Mr.Dumesh Kankanamlage

Mr.Charith Milanka

Mr.Harsha Nawarathna

Mr.Isuru Jayalath

Mr.Jagath Vithanage

Mr.Naveen Udawatta

Mr.Niransha Kumarachchi

Mr.Rumal Hannadige

Mr.Ruwan Samaraweera

Mr.Waruna Jayasooriya will offer the “Katina” robe to the monks in association with the other devotees in attendance.

Following the offering of the “Katina” robe and the conclusion of the related sermon ,Ven. monks will perform the essential rituals based on the Sangha code of conduct and reach a consensus on the potential robe recipient monk from the group of monks who resided at the temple during the “Vasana” season.

Consequent to actions relevant to the coda of conduct “Vinaya Karama” the ceremony will conclude with the monks bestowing their blessings on all those who contributed towards this year’s “Katina” ceremony.

The Dhamma sermon illustrating the virtues of “Katina” known as the “Katinanisansa” sermon, which is traditionally conducted at the end of the Katina ceremony, is scheduled to be delivered in person from 09.15am- to 10.15am on Sunday, Nov 10th.

මියපරලොව ගිය දෙමාපිය, ගුරුවරු, ඤාති-හිත-

මිත්‍රයින් උදෙසා පින්

පමුණුවාලීම පිණිස, පිංකම සඳහා වැඩමවන

භික්ෂූන්වහන්සේ වෙත

කෙරෙන පිරිකර පූජාවන්, ගමන් වියදම් සඳහා

බරපැන ඇරවීමට අවැසි සහ

කැමති පින්වතුන් ඒ සඳහා දායක වන ලෙසටද

කාරුණික ව දැනුම්දෙන අතර, ගෙදර සිට පින්කමට

සම්බන්ධ වීමට හා

විහාරාවශ්‍යතා ලේඛනයට ඇතුළුවීම සඳහා පහත ඇමුණුම් ඔස්සේ පිවිසෙන්න.

Any donations to be made towards “Pirikara” and the travel expenses of the visiting monks, in remembrance of departed parents, teachers, relatives and friends, can be made through the following links.

Please follow the links below

Please join us virtually via the following link if you are unable to attend in person.

https://meet.google.com/sug-gpbq-fcv

Kathina Breakfast (Dana) Sign-Up Sheet

November 10, 2024

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nrnIAs9wek-Tn0-Q6u7pTPhv-loL8mLkETB0ThdhS4k/edit

Kathina Ceremony Pirikara-List

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13oeDXoALejJ5JgY_GAgKCd902u7_B04WAXxTB7Q7oek/edit?usp=sharing

Fund-Raiser Sign-Up for the Tree Removal from the FBV Premises :

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rr97Hphus5LUvZfZUaZ7Kyl7hPhC1RTocMaIp_2f50E/edit?usp=sharing

Essential things for the Temple.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rx5Dks2NggPxWJvb6o6hu5UnAoLd_0VY5oCJ8jT_KXk/edit