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MAHA BODHI SOCIETY, BENGALURU, INDIA
21558th SACRED BUDDHA JAYANTI
CELEBRATIONS 2014
VESAKHA BUDDHA PURNIMA
ಪವಿತ್ರ ವ್ಯೆಶಾಖ ಬುದ್ಧ ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮಾ
14-05-2014
Pabbajja Courses for
Children : 27-04-2015 to 04-05-2010
Men & Women : 07-05-2014 to 15-05-2014
Talk and guided meditation by
Venerable Ananda Bhanteji
13th May 2014 Tuesday 3 pm
Venue: Ashwini Hall, NIMHANS, Bengaluru
MENTAL PATIENTS SERVICE DAY
Guests
Sri.B.Gopal
President, Praja Parivarthana Vedike
Dr. Sathischandra
Director and Vice Chancellor, NIMHANS
Presided by
Venerable Ashin Nodinyana Bhanteji
Professor of Pali and Abhidhamma, Myanmar
Blessings by
Venerable Ananda Bhante
14-05-2014 Wednesday 10 am
Venue: Maha Bodhi Society, 14, Kalidasa Raod, Gandhinagar, Bangalore-560009
VESAKHA
SACRED BUDDHA PURNIMA DAY
10 AM – Sanghadana and Pindapata Puja
11
AM - Sri Maha Bodhi Puja, Vishwa Maitri Stupa Puja, Siripada Cetiya
Puja Buddha Puja at Mahabodhi Loka Shanti Buddha Vihara, Undertaking of
Tisarana, Atthasila and Pancasila
Dhamma Desana by
Venerable Ananda Bhante
General Secretary, Maha Bodhi Society, Bengaluru
Blessings by
Venerable Ashin Nodinyana
Professor of Pali and Abhidhamma, Myanmar
Buddha Purnima Day Address by
Nadoja Dr. Ham pa Nagarajaiah
Famous Kannada Author and Thinker
Release of Books by
Dr. M. G.Krishnan
Vice Chancellor, Karnataka State Open University, Mysore
Books to be released
Perspective of Buddhism – 30 Dhamma talks by Venerable Acharya Buddharakkhita
Sutta Nipata – Kannada translation by Sri Anish Bodh
Upasakarige Boudha Anushasana – by Sri Anish Bodh
Sutta Sara Kaipidi by Smt.Gayathri Chabbi
Mahabodhi Samsthegalu – Kiru parichaya by Dr.B.V.Rajaram
1.30 PM : Meals for Devotees
Meals Dana by
Upasakas B.Gopal, Dr.Jayprakash, Dr.Ramachandra, Sri Subbanna and family members
2.30 to 4.30PM
Dhamma Deeksha, meditation programs and Dhamma discourses
6.00PM
Vesakha Purnima Dhamma Discourse
Special Puja and Blessing Ceremony by
Venerable Ashin Nodinyana
Professor of Pali and Abhidhamma, Myanmar
7:30 Deepa Puja
We thank all the donors who have generously helped us to make these programs successful.
Books on Buddhism are available on discounts from 7-14 May 2014
SPECIAL PALI COURSE
A
special Pali Course is being held at Maha Bodhi Society, Bengaluru,
from 3-27 May 2014, 6 PM -7:30 PM daily by Venerable Ashin Nodinyana,
Professor of Pali & Abhidhamma, International Theravada Buddhist
University, Yongon, Myanmar. Interested people may enroll with Mr.Ravi –
08548823222
Mahabodhi
Center for Theravada Buddhist Studies is conducting One-Year Diploma,
3-years Undergraduate, 2-year Masters degree and Ph.D courses in
Theravada Buddhist Studies. Please contact after 16th May onwards the
Director at the Mahabodhi Office.
To Commemorate the Three Great Events
Yours,
President and Members,
Maha Bodhi Society, Mahabodhi maitri mandala,
Mahabodhi Centre for Theravada Buddhist Studies,
Mahabodhi Foundation, Baghavan Buddha University,
Responding to Congress charge that Narendra Modi was a ‘fake’OBC,
Gujarat government cited its two-decade old notification which says the
Modh-Ghanchi (oil-pressers) caste, to which Modi belongs, was inlcuded
in Other Backward Castes (OBCs) categories. “The Social Welfare
Department of the Gujarat Government has passed a notification on July
25, 1994 which included 36 castes as OBCs and at number 25(b)
Modh-Ghanchi caste has been mentioned to which Narendra Modi belongs.
The caste has been included amongst OBCs,” Nitin Patel, the state
government’s spokesperson, said.
The
Congress claimed on Thursday the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate
Narendra Modi doesn’t belong to any backward caste, but was in fact born
into an upper caste “Vaishya” family, that is given title of “Modh”,
for being super rich, like Mod Brahmin and Modh Bania.
Alleging
Modi was a “fake OBC”, former Gujarat Assembly opposition leader
Shaktisinh Gohil armed with documents said Modi belonged to a Vaishya
sub-caste the “Modh Ghanchi”, a microscopic minority found only in
Gujarat. “He, in fact, belongs to the upper caste since he comes from a
prosperous business community,” said Gohil.
Gohil
further contested Modi’s claim of being a tea-seller, saying his uncle
ran a canteen at a state road transport office, where Modi used to sit
occasionally. Gohil’s disclosure came at an AICC press briefing here,
when he said, “Here comes the “fake OBC” of Gujarat after the state is
already getting a bad name for fake encounters.”
He went on, “If Modi is speaking the truth that he used to sell tea, he should disclose from which “larri”
(cart) he used to do so, and there must be still many people of his age
who used to have tea stalls in the area to vouch for his authenticity.”
Gohil
flaunted a Gujarat government resolution dated January 1, 2002 that he
had procured through the Right To Information Act (RTI) to show how Modi
usurped the rights of Other Backward Castes (OBCs) by placing his rich
“Modh Ghanchi” caste in the OBC category within four months of becoming
chief minister.
Asked
why he was making the disclosure so late in the day when Modi has been
flaunting his OBC credentials all these months, Gohil said he was
supplied the government resolution only two days ago, after the second
RTI appeal, and he could make it to Delhi to share it with the media
only after polling was over on Wednesday in the Abdasa Assembly
by-election, which he was contesting in Gujarat.
He
explained the “Modh Ghanchis” are not of “Teli” caste like the Muslim
Ghanchis of Gujarat who enjoy OBC status. They are “Vaishyas”. He also
quoted from the authentic Gujarati lexicon ‘Bhagvadgomandal’, which says
the Modh are rich people living in a particular village. Gandhiji was a
“modh vanik”, he said.
Modh
is an adjective showing the prosperity status of a particular caste or
community. “By acquiring OBC status for his selfish motives, Modi has in
fact encroached upon the right of members of OBC. Modi is a man born in
upper caste and indulging in low level politics. A man’s actions have
nothing to do with his caste. The best example of this was Dr BR
Ambedkar,” Gohil said.