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Pa Bah Ceremony (Festival Day – All Welcome)

Please join us on September 18, 2016 for a traditional ceremony organized by local friends who wish to offer support for Temple Forest Monastery. It will also be an opportunity to meet with friends and the monastic community, and to hear a Dhamma Talk.

Everyone is welcome to join us for any part of the occasion: an alms-round and shared meal, a Buddhist ‘Offering Ceremony’ (called a “Pa Bah”) and a Dhamma Talk offered by Ajahn Jayanto.

When: 

Sunday, September 18, 2016, 10 a.m.–2.30 p.m.

Where:

Temple Forest Monastery     

32 Derbyshire Ln,

Temple, NH, 03084

Schedule:

10.15 a.m. – Introductory Remarks

10.30 a.m. – Prepare Food Offering  

10.45 a.m. – Alms-round

11 a.m. – Shared Meal

12.30 p.m. – Precepts, Paritta Chanting & Offering Ceremony  

1.15 p.m. – Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Jayanto  

2.00 p.m. – Close of Ceremony & Chance to meet Sangha

2.30 p.m. – End

Earlier Event: September 17
Novice Going Forth Ceremony
Later Event: September 24
Moon Day (Dhamma Talk after Evening Puja)