You are warmly invited to our Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, at Sitagu Buddha Vihara, Austin, TX ,USA.

Thank you.

On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 10:48:44 AM EDT, Ashin Ariyadhamma <aariyadhamma@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear All,

You are warmly invited to our Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony
on Sunday, Nov 14, 2021, at Sitagu Buddha Vihara, Austin, TX ,USA.

Scheduled events:

11:00 a.m – Offering of lunch to the 12 Monks, 1 Novice & 4 Nuns
11:30 a.m – Lunch for lay people Burmese Rice Noddle (Mont Hin Gar) & others
1:00 p.m – Kathina Parade then Offering of Kathina Robes, Dhamma Talk and Sharing Merits

Free Lunch for lay people will be provided. Please bring any traditional dishes and desserts that you would like to offer to monks or share with others. You are also requested to inform the Vihara, if you plan to offer food so that they may make arrangements for offering accordingly.

You may offer following items :

1. Kathina Robes
2. Main Sponsor Donation
3. Food (Swam) + Navakamma ($) Donation for 17 {monks, novice & nuns} + Mont Hin Kha ( Rice Noddle + Desserts) for over 100 lay people .
4. Padaythar Pin ( Cluster trees).
5. Flowers + Fruits Offering & Decoration for the Buddhas.
6. Volunteer Service (Cooking + Cleaning + Preparing + Serving).
7. Atithi Sala (Guest House)
8. Drainage Concrete Canal
9. Sitagu Museum Project

Let me know if you Zelle to TDSA account ( donation) or Zelle to Ashin Ariyadhamma ( 512-750-9963).

ကထိန္ဒါန လွဴၾကသူမွာ က ် ဳိ းငါးျဖာကား –
သြားေလရာ၀ယ ္အႏ ၱၱၱရာယ ္ကင္း ၊ ပစၥည္းရင္းမွာ မီးျပင္းမဖ ်က္ ၊

ဆိပ္မတက ္ဘဲ ၊ ေမ့ေလ ် ာ့ ဥစၥာ မဆုံးပါရ ၊
ျပိဳ င္ရွာၾကေသာ ္ကုိယ္ကဦးစြာ အသာရသည္ ၊
ငါးျဖာ ကထိန္ လွဴ က ် ဳိ း တည္း ။

Five benefits for the Kathina Robe donors :

(1) They will be free from unhappy states throughout their lives. When they make a journey, whether of short or long distance, they won’t be hampered by unnecessary preparations, but will furnished with all requirement and provisions.
(2) They will have freedom from hindrances of all kinds and they will have every aspiration fulfilled.
(3) They won’t be affected by poison or possessed evil spells, etc.
(4) Their possessions will never be spoiled or lost; they will be able to leave their belongings behind without any worry, that is, they will be safe.
(5) The donors of the Kathina robe will always be fortunate, their good deeds will succeed, they will be successful among many rivals.
* Whenever you cultivate wholesome deeds you should not allow yourself to be a prey to attachment.

Invited & Participated Monks, Novice & Nuns List

1. U Vayaminda – Shwe Phone Pwint Kyaung, Ft. Worth, Texas
2. Ashin Ariyadhamma – Sitagu Buddha Vihara, Austin, Texas
3. Ashin Aggadhamma – Sitagu Buddha Vihara
4. U Aloka – Alodawpyae Kyaung, San Antonio, Texas
5. U Silananda –

Shwe Phone Pwint Kyaung, Ft. Worth, Texas
6. Ashin Saccanyana – Sitagu Buddha Vihara
7. U Subodha – Sri Lanka Vihara, Pflugerville, Texas (Sri Lankan)
8. U Sarana – Sri Lanka Vihara, Pflugerville, Texas (Sri Lankan)
9. Ashin Cintita – Sitagu Buddha Vihara (American)
10. U Nalaka – Sri Lanka Vihara, Pflugerville, Texas (American)
11. Ashin Buddhanyana – Sitagu Buddha Vihara (Vietnamese)
12. Ashin Dhamma Rakkhita – Sitagu Buddha Vihara (Vietnamese)
13. Shin Subodha – Sitagu Buddha Vihara (American)
14. Daw Dhammananda – Sitagu Buddha Vihara (Vietnamese)
15. Daw Aggesi Phuoc-Hoi – Houston (Vietnamese)
16. Ma Nanda An-Nhien – Port Arthur (Vietnamese)
17. Ma Magganyani – Houston (Vietnamese)

Nov 14, 21 – Austin Buddha Vihara Group Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony : Donors List –

1. Dr. U Thane Kyaw + Daw San San – $ 100.
2. Dr. Aung Kyaing – $ 200.
3. Daw Esika Group – $ 1000.
4. Ma Magganyani Group – $ 1000 ( $ 300 for Guest House).
5. Daw Elizabeth, U Moe, Susan – $ 100.
6. Ma Pyone Pyone Myint, NY – $ 300.
7. Mi Mi Han Law Yone – $ 300.
8. Ms Tam Hanh – $ 200.
9. Dr. Aung Ba + Dr. Sandar Min Family – $ 300.
10. Ko Win Mon + Ma Khin Ni Ni Han – $ 300.
11. Ko Yan Naung + Ma Aye Cho, daughter – Moe Pwint Oo , son – Soe Min Oo – $ 500.
12. Ma Shwe Shwe Khaing – $ 100.
13. Bruce & Nwe – $ 100.
14. Ko Kyaw Gyi + Dr. Ma Zin – $ 100.
15. U Khin Mg Htay (VOA) + Dr. Than Than Htay, MD – $ 100.
16. Aung Aung + Hsu Mon Kyi Family – $ 100 for Cluster Tree.
17. Daw Khin Khin Oo & Ma San Wai Thant Family – $ 100.
18. Daisy Lee Family – $ 100.
19. Trina Tang Family – $ 100.
20. Ko Melvin Tan + Dr. Tin Tin Wai Family – $ 300.
21. U Soe Moe Than + Daw Myo Myo Tun, Son – Mg Lu Mhwe – $ 1000.
22. Razor Hlaing & Khin Mya Nu – $ 200.
23. Daw Khin Khin Hla, Raymond Aung & Andrew Aung – $ 150.
24. Daw Khin Toe Yee – $ 100.
25. Dr. Tin Aung Hla + Dr. Win Wah Kyu Family – $ 300.
26. Dr. Win Bo + Daw Than Than Shwe Family – $ 300
27. Dr. Aung Naing Lwin + Dr. Kyi Kyi Shwe Family – $ 250.
28. Ko Victor + Dr. Myint Myint Aye Family – $ 300.
29. Dr. Mg Mg Oo + Ma Thandar Sư Myint Family – $ 150.
30. Dhammafam USA – $ 1000.
31. Bao Linn Family – $ 300.
32. Tran Chen Family – $ 300.
33. Tan Tran & Kim Huynh Family – $ 300.
34. Thien Nguyên – $ 300.
35. Dr. Myo Aung + Dr. Yu Yu Khin – $ 300.
36. Dr Khin Mar Mar and son Dr Robert Win, GA – $ 100.
37. Kyaw Kyaw Lay & Le Le Thu Zar Khin Family – $ 150.
38. Dr. Soe Ni & Dr. Khin Ohnmar Family- $ 100.
39. Daw Kyi Myint, LA & Daw Yin Myint, Monywa, Myanmar – $ 100.
40. Thein H Myint & Ma Cho Cho Win, CO – $ 50.
41. Ko Aung Moe Oo + Ma Khaing Myo Sett, Tiffany Thiri Myo Sett, John Nyan Lin Htet – $ 1000.
42. Ko Too + Dr. Le Wai Thant Family – $ 150

Today (Nov 3, 21) Total Generous Donation – $ 12,000
To be continued !

May you all be peaceful !

Sadhu ! Sadhu ! Sadhu !

Theravada Dhamma Society of America

Sitagu Buddha Vihara
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Austin, TX 78737

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