During the Spring Festival of the Yi Si Year (the Year of the Snake), Than Hsiang Temple in Penang launched a series of New Year celebration activities, spreading blessings and the wisdom of Dharma to the public and welcoming everyone to this auspicious new year.

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2025 Than Hsiang Reunion Luncheon

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On 7 January 2025 (the eighth day of the twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar),
which is the 'Buddha's Enlightenment Day', Than Hsiang Temple held a Noon Offering at
10:45am on the 6th floor Da xiong Dian (Mahamudra Hall)and invited Venerable Wei Wu, the founder of Than Hsiang Temple,to give a dhamma talk to the public on the origins of Lapa Festival.

Venerable Wei Wu explained that before he became a monk, Sakyamuni Buddha was a
prince named Siddhartha, who abandoned his position as a prince of honour and wealth
and chose to become a monk.

Than Hsiang's Pu Men Pin Online Gong Xiu Dharma Sharing (06/12/2024)

Teaching Assistant of International Buddhist College, Sis Wong Ping Ling shared on "The Parables of The Lotus Sūtra ( part 1 )".

The Lotus Sūtra is one of the most important sūtras in Mahayana Buddhism, and it is very influential in East Asia (countries like China, Japan, Korea, and so on).

Date: December 5, 2024
Venue: Sungai Ara Kawaii Wan Ching Yuen (SAKWCY)
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We were delighted to welcome Venerable Pannyavaro to SAKWCY where he led a session attended by approximately 20 participants, including lay Buddhists, senior citizens, and committee members from SAKWCY.

Special guests, Sis Gladys and her husband Bro Stephen, who were visiting Penang, also attended. They had been invited by the President of SAKWCY, Venerable Zhen Nian.

On 4 Dec 2024, at 9 am, about 18 of us gathered at Sungai Ara Wan Ching Yuen to learn how to cook delicious vegetarian dishes from Venerable Zhen Sheng. The main purpose of the class was to do merits via meal Dana to Monastic Sangha and Wan Ching Yuen (WCY) senior citizens after the class.

In conjunction with “World Meatless Day”, Than Hsiang Temple’s Kitchen team diligently prepared healthy and delicious vegan meals. These meals were shared with the public at the temple’s canteen on Monday, November 25, 2024 from 11:00am to 1:30pm.

Commemorate the death anniversary of Venerable Jing Xian

The 22nd day of the 10th lunar month marks the commemoration of Venerable Jing Xian.
On November22, 2024 at 10am, Than Hsiang Temple held a grand Offering before the Guan Yin statue at the Da Bei Dian. After that the devotees, led by the monks, proceeded to the Ancestral Hall to chant Sutras and transferred the merits in front of Jing Xian’s memorial tablet.

21 October, 2024, the 19th day of the 9th lunar month is the Birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Than Hsiang Temple held a Noon Offering at 10:45 a.m. in the Da Bei Dian. More than one hundred devotees gathered to pray for themselves and their families by chanting and worshiping the Guanyin Bodhisattva under the guidance of the monks. Many of them opted for a vegetarian diet on this auspicious day.

In celebration of the Guanyin Birthday, Than Hsiang Temple held a Three Refuge and Five Precepts ceremony on Sunday, October 20, 2024. A total of 17 devotees made the aspiration to come to Than Hsiang Temple to take refuge in the Three Jewels and received the Five Precepts.

The ceremony started at 2:30 p.m., after the prelude ceremony at the Da Bei Dian.