CNY lunch dana

Lunchtime on the first day of Chinese New Year was spent at the Nandaka Vihara Meditation Society at the foothills of the hill at Cherok Tokun. Although forewarned by See See, I didn't expect to see so many people in the old meditation hall. Along one side of the hall were some 20-or-so local and foreign monks, mostly from Sri Lanka. The most senior among them was this Bhante Meetalawe Vineeta Mahathero from the Polgasovita Vipassana Meditation Centre in Piliyandala. From the second to eighth night of Chinese New Year, the monks will participate in the nightly paritta chanting sessions at the temporary pavillion next to the stream.

(Image from Nandaka Vihara's facebook)

(Image from Nandaka Vihara's facebook)

(Image from Nandaka Vihara's facebook)