new Burmese Monastery in Brooklyn

Dear Tsopemaling,

We would like to invite you to the opening of a new Burmese Monastery in Brooklyn, NY this Sunday, August 29, from 10am to 1pm.

The monastery will offer spiritual and social support to the growing Burmese communities in the New York area. The monks who will reside there were some of the brave organizers of the Saffron Revolution--Venerable Sayadaw U Pyinya Zawta, U Gawsita and U Agga Nyana. They continue to work toward peace and equality in Burma today.

Location Metta Parami Monastery
185 Madison Street View Larger Map
Brooklyn, NY

Please come and share merits by offering alms food and requisites to the residents and 15 invited venerable monks and see the included schedule below.

We hope that you can join us,

Myra and friends from the USCB

Date: Sunday August 29, 2010
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Place: 185 Madison Street (Between Bedford Ave and Nostrand Ave)
Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: (718) 230-0605
Train (G) to Bedford and Nostrand Ave Station
Train (A, C) to Nostrand Ave Station

Time Programme
10:00 Assembly of Resident and Invited Monks
10:05 Welcome Speech by Sayadaw U Pyinya Zawta
10:15 Opening Prayer for the New Monastery
10:30 Offering of Lunch to Sangha
11:00 Providing Lunch to Devotees
12:00 Taking 3 Refuges and Five Precepts
12:15 Offering of Waso Robes and Requisites
12:45 Dhamma Speech
13:00 Sharing of Merits

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