Invitation to join us for celebrating the ending of year 2011
and welcoming New Year of 2012
At Wat Yarnna Rangsee Buddhist Monastery
Sterling, Virginia
December 31, 2011 thru January 1, 2012
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Wat Yarnna Rangsee Buddhist Monastery is warmly willing to invite all Buddhists and the public to join in celebration of the end of the current year and welcoming of the New Year of 2012 for the sake of our great benefit and happiness physically as well as spiritually scheduled as follows:
Saturday, December 31, 2011
01:00-06.00 pm.Register for the eight precepts observance of the white-robed laypersons
07:00 pm.Buddhists and white-robed laypersons participate in Dhamma Practice
08:00 pm.Monks and laypersons join in evening chanting
08.19-11.59 pm.Chanting in praise of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha’s Great Virtue, Ten Perfections,
Verses of Jinabanjara and Smaller Victory
12:00 pm. Monks chant the Victory Blessing Holy stanzas and wish all participants for welcoming New Year, 2012
12.19 am. Participants join in New Year raffle-drawing
Sunday, January 1, 2012
10:19 am. Paying homage to the Triple Gem, observing Precepts and the monks chant
Victory Blessing Holy Stanzas, offering the suffron robe to the Principal Buddha Image
10:49 am. A chapter of Buddhist monks collect alms-food
10:59 am. Lunch offering to Buddhist monks
11.59 am. All participants enjoy self-served lunch
12:59 pm. All participants join in Dhamma talk on New Year's Day
01:29 pm. Offering gifts and the requisite to the monks followed by the monks blessing and closing ceremony.
On this auspicious occasion, Wat Yarnna Rangsee Buddhist Monastery welcomes all people to celebrate the New Year 2012 for the sake of the highest blessings for you and your better life. May all of you meet with the Fourfold Blessing, that is, Longevity, Beauty, Happiness and Health, plus sagacity and success on your duties at all times. Note: Those who have certain amulets and need their own amulets to be consecrated on this special occasion are advised to bring such items to the temple prior to the main event schedule. For more information, please contact: 703-406-8290 or 571-233-3439
