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This class is designed for everyone to understand Buddhist concepts. Understanding Buddhist concepts will help you to face today’s challenges effectively. This knowledge will help to develop your mindfulness and stay focused even in difficult moments of life. You will be prepared to work more effectively in your working places, schools and universities. Understanding the superior knowledge of the Buddha will help to resolve problems with the mind of Loving Kindness, develop critical thinking, and resolve problems effectively. Deep concepts of Buddhism such as the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Five Hindrances, Five aggregates of clinging, and Dependent Origination will be taught in the class. You will develop your knowledge to understand Suttas by yourself.

This program is excellent for high school and university students. Also, the program will be helpful for students to reduce and eradicate their stress, depression, and anxiety. Students can learn techniques from Buddhism to improve the efficiency of the mind by developing mindfulness. Hence you will learn how to do many things in a small period of time.

Because this class is more interactive, you will get the opportunity to ask questions. You can learn how to resolve day-to-day difficulties with the Buddha’s wisdom.

​The class will be taught by a monk trained in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.​

Approximate schedule:
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7.30 pm – 8.15 pm – Buddhist concepts and Sutta study
8.15 pm – 8.30 pm – Q & A, Solving real-life scenarios and the end of the program

“Uposatha” means to come near our spiritual friends to learn the Buddha’s teachings.
Eight-precept Sil/Uposatha program. The day is spent meditating and learning the teachings of the Buddha. Lunch dana are offered to participants. You will have the opportunity to observe

This programme will be carried out in Sinhala medium

Approximate schedule:
08.00 am – Going refuge to Triple Gem and observing eights precepts
08.15 am – Dhamma sermon
10.00 am – Guided meditation
10.45 am – Buddha puja
11.00 am – Lunch dana
12.30 pm – Sharing merits, announcements and chanting a sutta
01.00 pm – Dhamma sermon
02.30 pm – Guided or Silent Meditation
02.50 pm – Tea Break
03.10 pm – Dhamma discussion
04.20 pm – Conclusion & blessings

Children are a special and valuable segment of our society. They will be future leaders and are the ones who will bear the responsibilities of this society. Therefore, it is imperative that parents nurture their children with virtues from a young age, so that, they will have a worthy and righteous foundation.

It is with the noble intention of cultivating remarkable values among our children the Mahamewnawa England has initiated the Sunday Dhamma School. Supreme Lord Buddha, our greatest teacher, spread infinite kindness to children and showed the path for becoming virtuous human beings. It is this stream of teaching that we share with children of the Sunday School and we warmly welcome those at any age group to join.

With the kind guidance of the venerable theros, children can participate through zoom technology weekly and come in-person to nearest Asapuwa once a month. During these sessions, children could learn many important element like Dhamma, Pirith, Meditation, Good practices and Buddhist ways of living, etc in both Sinhala and English media. Since the language is an invaluable part of a culture, the Sinhala language is also taught from scratch. These online and in-person sessions are delivered by experts in the field in highly interactive and interesting manner to appeal to children by considering their delicate states of mind.