Anniversary of the Late Chief Abbot Phra Khru Baidikar Kemiyo

All devotees are welcome to commemorate the anniversary of the Late Chief Abbot of Wat Deva Raja Banphot, Phra Khru Baidikar Kemiyo Ploy @ Rev. Tan on 23rd March 2010(Tuesday). May the late reverend will rest in peace and his soul will be in nibbana. Sadhu 3x.

May all devotees be blessed with good health, prosperity and happy always.

[23hb March 2010(Selasa) merupakan hari memperingati pemergian bekas ketua sami Wat Deva Raja Banphot, Phra Khru Baidikar Kemiyo Ploy @ Rev. Tan. Semoga roh beliau akan tenang di nibbana and dicucuri rahmat hendaknya. Sadhu 3x.

Semoga semua 'devotee' akan mendapat keberkatan dan kemakmuran hendaknya.]

Magha Puja/Makha Puja Day

Māgha Pūjā Day / Makha Bucha Day

Observed by Thai, Lao, and Cambodian Buddhists.

2009 date 9 February
2010 date 28 February

Māgha Pūjā or Makha Bucha ( Thai: มาฆบูชา ) is an important religious festival celebrated by Buddhists in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos on the full moon day of the third lunar month (this usually falls in February). The third lunar month is known in the Thai language as Makha (Pali: Māgha); Bucha is also a Thai word (Pali: Pūjā), meaning "to venerate" or "to honor". As such, Makha Bucha Day is for the veneration of Buddha and his teachings on the full moon day of the third lunar month.

The spiritual aims of the day are: not to commit any kind of sins; do only good; purify one's mind.
Māgha Pūjā is a public holiday in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia - and is an occasion when Buddhists tend to go to the temple to perform merit-making activities.

It was nine full months after Buddha got Enlightenment, on the full-moon day of 6th lunar month, 45 year before the Buddhist era.

Origin of Māgha Pūjā Day
Māgha Pūjā day marks the four auspicious occasions, which happened nine months after the Enlightenment of the Buddha at Veḷuvana Bamboo Grove, near Rājagaha in Northern India. On that occasion, as recorded in the commentary to the Mahāsamayasutta, DN-Comm 20) four marvellous events occurred:

There were 1,250 Sangha followers, that came to see the Buddha that evening without any schedule. All of them were Arhantas, the Enlightened One, and all of them were ordained by the Buddha himself.

The Buddha gave those Arhantas principles of the Buddhism, called "The ovadhapatimokha". Those principles are: - To cease from all evil,- To do what is good,- To cleanse one's mind; it was the full-moon day.

The Buddha gave an important teaching to the assembled monks on that day 2,500 years ago called the 'Ovādapātimokkha' which laid down the principles of the Buddhist teachings. In Thailand, this teaching has been dubbed the 'Heart of Buddhism'. Activities to be observed on Māgha Pūjā Day

In the evening of Magha Puja full-moon day, each temple in Thailand holds a candle light procession called a wian tian (wian meaning circle; tian meaning candle). Holding flowers, incense and a lighted candle, the monks and congregation members circumambulate clockwise three times around the Uposatha Hall - once for each of the Three Jewels – the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.

Tham Boon: Making merit by going to temples for special observances and join in the other Buddhist activities.

Rab Sin: Keeping the Five Precepts. Practise of renunciation: Observe the Eight Precepts, practise of meditation and mental discipline, stay in the temple, wearing white robes, for a number of days.

source: wikipedia free encyclopedia

Happy Chinese New Year - Year of Tiger

Wat Deva Raja wish all devotees Happy Chinese New Year - Year of Tiger. May all be happy and prosperous with great success in business and career and may all be awarded with good health and abundance of wealth. Sadhu 3x.

(Wat Deva Raja ingin mengucapkan Selamat Tahun Baru China kepada semua pada tahun harimau kali ini. Semoga semuanya beroleh kejayaan dan mendapat keberkatan, dimurahkan rezeki dan sihat sentiasa hendaknya. Sadhu 3x.)

Lawatan Rasmi Dari Pejabat Menteri Besar Perak ke Wat Deva Raja Banphot Untuk Merasmikan Loy Khra Thong & Majlis Bersama Rakyat

Tarikh : 31/10/2009

Masa : 8.30pm

Tempat : Perkarangan Wat Deva Raja Banphot

2615, Jalan Sekolah, Pondok Tanjung, 34010 Taiping, Perak

Aturcara Majlis:-

7.00pm : Ketibaan orang-ramai

8.00pm : Ketibaan Dif2 Kehormat

8.30pm : Ketibaan Wakil Rasmi dari Pejabat Menteri Besar Perak, Dato' Dr Mah Hang Soon

8.31pm : Nyanyian lagu 1Malaysia oleh kanak2 Siam, Melayu, China & India Pondok Tanjung

8.34pm : Persembahan tarian tradisional Thai & Krong Yau (Gendang Panjang Siam)

8.35pm : Ucapan Ketua Sami Wat Deva Raja Banphot, Phra Sumetho @ Rev. Chao Boy

8.40pm : Ucapan Ketua Kampung Pondok Tanjung

8.45pm : Ucapan YB Datuk Kapten(B) Najmuddin B. Elias Al-Hafiz

9.00pm : Ucapan Wakil Rasmi dari Pejabat Menteri Besar Perak, Dato' Dr Mah Hang Soon dan Perasmian Hari Loy Khra Thong 2009 di Wat Deva Raja Banphot.

9.15pm : Penyampaian Sumbangan untuk Warga Emas & yang kurang kemampuan

9.20pm : Ucapan penutupan dari Ahli Parlimen Larut, Dato' Hamzah

9.35pm : Jamuan Makan Malam untuk semua hadirin

9.50pm : Dato' Dr Mah Hang Soon dan wakil2 dari Pejabat Menteri Besar Perak melawat sekitar kawasan Wat Deva Raja Banphot

10.00pm : Upacara perarakan Loy Khra Tong bermula dari wat menuju ke pekan dan seterusnya ke sungai berhampiran wat

11.00pm : Pertunjukan tarian

12.00pm : Majlis Bersurai

Gambar2 majlis perasmian dilampirkan disini:-

Gambar Hari Loy Khra Thong Di Wat Deva Raja Banphot

Sangha Phapa & Loy Khra Thong Festival

Wat Deva Raja cordially invite all devotees to our annual event to celebrate Sangha Phapa & Loy Khra Thong festival on 31st October 2009. May all be blessed and may your good merit will brings you and family happiness and wash away all dhukkha, phaya & rokha. Sadhu(3x).

(Wat Deva Raja dengan segala hormatnya dan amat berbesar hati untuk menjemput tuan2 & puan2 sekelian ke majlis tahunan untuk menyambut Sangha Phapa & perayaan Loy Khra Thong pada tahun ini. Diharap semuanya akan mendapat keberkatan dan kebahagiaan berkekalan serta menjauhi segala kedukaan, mara bahaya dan penyakit yang sedang berleluasa kini. Sadhu(3x)

Meditation Group - Wesak Day Activities

Pictures of Meditation Group performing meditation under the Bodhi tree at the peak of Wat Deva Raja Banphot.
(Gambar2 ahli kumpulan meditasi yang 'Ther Sin' dan melakukan meditasi di puncak bukit Wat Deva Raja Banphot)

Picture taken at Bird Release ceremony..

(Siap sedia untuk upacara melepas burung)

Bathing of Bhuddha..

(Upacara mandi Buddha sedang bermula)

Morning Chanting..

(Sembahyang subuh)

Members cleaning the temple..

(Membersihkan kawasan dalam wat)

Lining up to perform walking meditation..

(Beratur untuk meditasi sambil berjalan)

Food is served..

(Sedang menjamu selera..)

Lining up for paying homage to ancestors..

(Beratur untuk upacara sembah hormat 'saksit' wat dan orang2 tua yang telah meninggal dunia tetapi telah banyak berjasa kepada wat ini)

Listening to Dhamma..

(Sedang mendengar "Dhamma" dari Phra Sumetho (Chao Boy)

Observe 8 precept..

(Upacara "Rap Sin 8" sedang bermula...

Group photo..Meditation Group of Wat Deva Raja Banphot.

(Gambar kumpulan meditasi yang 'Ther Sin' di Wat Deva Raja Banphot)