Poson Full Moon Day Retreat
June 30, 2018 (Saturday)
8:30 OBSERVING 8 PRECEPTS & BUDDHA VANDANA
9:00 DHAMMATALK
10:00 MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
11:00 BUDDHA VANDANA
11:30 OFFERING OF LUNCH DĀNA
12:30 WALKING MEDITATION
13:30 PARITTA CHATING
14:00 PALI CLASS & DHAMMA DISCUSSION
16:00 RELEASING OF 8 PRECEPTS
17.50 BODHI PUJA
18.00 BUDDHA VANDANA
18.30 ATTHAVISATI BUDDHA PUJA
19.30 REFRESHMENTS
CONTACT: .626.913.0775 (Temple)
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Importance of Poson Full Moon Day:
Poson full-moon poya day (Poson Poya Day/Poson Festival) is celebrated the arrival of Buddhism in
Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC, a festival of great historical and religious significance celebrated island-wide by Buddhists. Poson, held on the full moon day of June, commemorates the occasion over 2,000 years ago when Arahat Mahinda, son of Emperor Asoka of India, converted King Devanampiyatissa to Buddhism. The main center of celebration is
Mihintale, the ancient monastic complex where the royal missionary monk Mahinda perched the first sermon to the ruling king and at
Anuradhapura the ancient capital, to which large crowd of pilgrims converge. Mass religious observances, illuminations pageants are part of the celebrations.
