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Invitation for Khmer New Year
The Year of the Dragon, B.E 2556
The Monks and board of directors of Bodhikaram Temple, the Mondul Ottawa Khmer Buddhist Monastery, would like to invite you and your family to join us in Khmer Traditional New Year which will be held on the date and time below:
Date: Friday Evening, April 13, 2012
Time: 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
-Pay Respect to the Triple Gem and Undertake the Five Precepts
-Invite the Monks chanting Paritta
Date: Saturday Morning, April 14, 2012
Time:
-9:00 am : Arrival of guests
-9:30 am : Paying respects to the Triple Gem and taking the Five Precepts.
-10:00 am : Putting alms into alms-bowl, Food offering to th Buddhist Monks.
-11:30 am : Blessing given by the monks, Lunch of monks, Dhamma Lecture, Transferring merits to our ancestors.
-12:00 am : Communal Lunch.
Please come and join us in order to preserve our Buddhism, Khmer Culture and to perform the merit for your present and future happy life. May peace and happiness be upon you and your family!
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