News and Announcements
Vesak – Nairobi Kenya – 2010
Vesak is the most spiritual and holy day for Buddhists. It is held on the full moon day of May. After the Vesak celebration at the Samadhi center in Prague, Bhante left to attend the Vesak celebration in Nairobi, Kenya. There were two special events in Nairobi. The first was the UN celebration of Vesak…
Vesak Day 2010 – The Day of Enlightenment
The Samadhi Meditation Center celebrated the holiest day of the Buddhist Calendar, Vesak Day on May 22nd. Vesak is the most important spiritual holiday for many Buddhists around the world. On this special day we remember the Birth, Enlightenment and passing away of Gotama the Buddha. This year, 2010 was the 2599th birthday of the…
Ireland Teaching Tour
Bhante Y. Wimala has just returned to the Prague Samadhi Meditation Center after spending a week in Ireland. Bhante’s annual Irish tour included a four day meditation retreat, and two one day retreats at the Chrysalis Holistic Center in Wicklow. An evening seminar was also held at the Sanctuary in Dublin, the capital of Ireland.…
Health Services Excellence Award
We are delighted to report that Bhante Wimala has recently been awarded the Health Services Excellence Award from the Ministries of Health and Resettlement of the government of Sri Lanka. Bhante was chosen as the recipient of this great honor in gratitude for his extensive humanitarian efforts on behalf of the displaced persons who became…
Talk at the CECB
Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau of Sri lanka has over 500 professional engineers and designers and is one of the largest in the country. On the 17 of March staff gathered in the conference hall of the head quarters of CECB in Colombo to hear Bhante Y. Wimala. It was a one and one half hour…
The Latest Appointment
We are delighted to announce that once again Bhante Y. Wimala has being appointed as the Chief Sangha Nayaka (Head Monk) to the United States. In addition he was also appointed as the Chief Sangha Nayaka to the Czech Republic and Kenya. Appointment as Chief Sangha Nayaka to the United States of America, Czech Republic…
