Kathina Festival Program on
6th and 7th November 2004
6th November
6.30 - 7.00pm:
Gilan Pasa Buddha Puja
7.00 - 8.00pm: Repast
(Short-eats and tea)
8.00 - 11.00pm: Pirith
Invoking
blessings and tying pirith nool.
12.00 midnight: Termination of Program
for the day
7th November
9.00am: Procession
Carrying Kathina Cheevara, starts from Lido Motel.
9.45am: Arrival
of the Kathina Cheevara at the vihara
10.00am: Offering of the
Kathina Cheevara at the Shrine
10.15-11.00am: Kathinanisansa
Deshana
11.00am: Buddha Puja
11.20am:
Offering of alms to monks
12.00am:
Offering of Pirikara and rejoicing merits.
12.30pm:
Lunch for the participants and termination of the festival.
Note
Donations (puja
vastu) in cash or kind for the use of the temple and the monks may be placed at the "Kap
ruka" located inside the vihara. Please see the requisites list below.
Arrangements are being made for those devotees
who wish to donate robes ("cheevara") to obtain same from the vihara.
With meththa
Ven. Ahangama Rathanasiri Thero
Viharadhipathy
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Toronto Mahavihara
Buddhist Meditation Centre
KATHINA CEREMONY-2004
Requisites for the Vihara and Resident Monks
- One Humidifier
- White marker boards and stand with rubber shoes
- Winter Hats (wool)
- Gloves(rubber, gardening, oven and winter)
- Brooms
- Postage Stamps
- Aluminum foil(for food-packing)
- Polythene foil(for food-packing)
- Plastic wraps
- Zip-lock bags
- Phone cards
- Mops
- Laundry detergent(liquid)
- Fabric softener
- Pillows
- Dishwashing liquid
- 60W bulbs
- Tylenol
- Advil
- First Aid items
- Tooth paste(Sensodyne)
- Toilet papers
- Tissue papers/paper towels
- Toilet cleaning items
- Garbage bags(large and small)
- Gillette triple-blade razors
