Скачать или смотреть Kathina Celebration 2022

The Kathina (pronounced ka-tee-na) is widely celebrated in the Buddhist countries of Southeast Asia. It’s a time when monastics and lay practitioners reunite after the monastics’ long varsa or “rains retreat.” This year, the Ong family of Malaysia has offered the Robe of Merit on behalf of the people of Ukraine.

Dating to the Buddha’s time, it’s traditionally an occasion when lay friends make offerings of the four requisites—food, clothing, shelter, and medicine—to replenish the monks’ and nuns’ supplies after the three-month monastic retreat. The monastics accept these offerings, and ceremonially offer a “robe of merit” to a worthy monastic.

Join us for the ceremony that includes a procession, chanting, and a short Dharma talk. We’ll rejoice in the interdependent relationship of sangha and the lay community.

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