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Tsunami Commemoration - Jan 2008
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New Year Blessings ceremony & Tsunami Commemoration Event
Tisarana Sri Lankan Buddhist Association in Norway organized a traditional New Year blessings ceremony and Tsunami commemoration event in Oslo, Sunday 20th January 2008.
The ceremony was conducted under the guidance of Ven. Kirindigalle Dhammaratana Maha Nayaka Thero, Chief Sanghanayaka to Scandinavia. Monks from the Thai and Vietnam temples in Norway, Norwegians, Vietnamese and Thai friends who supported us under the Tsunami catastrophe, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Norway H.E. Esala Weerakoon, Norwegian special envoy to Sri Lanka Mr. Jon Hanssen-Bauer and president of Norwegian Buddhist Federation Mr. Egil Lothe attended to the ceremony.
Program:
| 10.00 – 10.30 |
Welcome and observance of Pansil (five precepts) By Ven. Kirindigalle Dhammaratana Maha Nayaka Thero.
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| 10.30 – 11.15 |
New Year Blessings, Guided meditation: deeper relaxation and stress reduction in Sinhala /English
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| 11.15 – 12.45 |
Puja, Dana (serving alms to Sangha) and lunch for participants
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| 12.45 – 13.15 |
Tsunami commemoration ceremony: transfer merits for the departed relatives, friends and others. (Speech from Khuong Viet and Wat Thai temple?)
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| 13.15 – 14.15 |
Speeches: H.E. Esala Weerakoon, Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Norway, representative for Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Egil Lothe, President – Norwegian Buddhist Federation, President – Tisarana
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| 14.15 – 14.25 |
Presentation NBF/Tisarana Tsunami relief work, by Mr. Tilak Perera
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| 14.25 – 14.35 |
Presentation: Tisarana temple project, by prof. Harsha Ratnaweera
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| 14.35 |
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Members and the special invitees with Maha Sangha
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Members and the special invitees with Maha Sangha
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Norwegian special envoy to Sri Lanka address the audience
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Sri Lankan Ambassador to Norway HE Esala Weerakoon address the audience
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Executive committee 2007 -2008 with the special invitees and Maha Sangha
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Tsunami commemoration gathering
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Tsunami commemoration gathering
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One of the former presidents of Tisarana Mr. Tilak Perera address the audience
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Former coordinator of the Temple project prof. Harsha Ratnaweera address the audience
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Tsunami relief works in Sri Lanka
After the Tsunami disaster in South Asia in December 2004 the Buddhist Federation of Norway (BFN) started a fundraising campaign among Buddhists and other people in Norway. |
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