Join in a community meal offering and celebration of Magha Puja at the Pacific Hermitage. All are welcome!
Three times a year, the community commemorates the primary Buddhist holy days at the Pacific Hermitage. Magha Puja (sometimes called Sangha Day) will be observed on Saturday, Feb. 28 in the traditional way: Gathering at the monastery, offering a meal, taking the five precepts together, and talking on Dhamma with the monastics in residence.
The schedule for the day is from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, as follows:
- Arrive by 10 AM.
- If you like, you can bring a meal or dish to share, already prepared and ready to go on the table when you arrive.
- We will offer the meal by 10:30, eat, and clean up.
- Around 11:30, there will be time for chanting, taking precepts, Dhamma conversation, and perhaps tours of the property. There may be other activities as Ajahn Sudanto determines.
- Families are welcome! There’s a big field, a small pond, and walking trails for kids to enjoy.
- The event should wrap up around 1:00 PM.
Magha Puja celebrates the occasion when 1,250 arahant disciples spontaneously gathered to hear a teaching from the Buddha, the Ovādapātimokkha. It is also the day the Buddha announced that he would enter Parinibbana in three months. Ajahn Maha Boowa offered this talk on the significance of this holiday, if you want to discover more.
We hope to see you there!