24hrmetta

24HrMetta – Illuminating The World With Metta

24HrMetta is an event for all to come together to chant and radiate metta for world peace, stability and harmony. This round-the-clock event to be held at SJK (C) Sungai Way, Jalan SS 9A/1, Petaling Jaya from 31 December 2011 to 1 January 2012 will be a very meaningful way to celebrate and herald the New Year, focusing on illuminating the world with metta and fostering peace and harmony.

Organised by Aloka Foundation, this meaningful event will commence at 9 am on 31 December 2011 with the Official Opening by Venerable Mahinda, our Chairman and Spiritual Director. The 24-hr non-stop chanting will commence with the first hour chanting (10.00 am to 11.00 am) by members of the Maha Sangha.

Participating Buddhist organisations and groups of devotees from Theravadan, Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions will then take turns to chant the Karaniya Metta Sutta or appropriate sutras/mantras in one-hour sessions until 10 am on 1 January 2012.

The event will come to a fitting end with a Closing Ceremony cum Sanghika Dana at 11 am on 1 January 2012. Members of the Maha Sangha will lead in a special session to dedicate merits of the 24HrMetta for world peace, harmony and stability.

Do come and join us in this meaningful event! Register your participation here.

WHY I SHOULD REGISTER?

• Be part of the chanting and practice of metta marathon
• Be integral in the 24hr focus on illuminating the world with metta and bringing peace, stability and harmony to the world
• Make a commitment to participate in a spiritually-enriching event
• Your RM30 registration fee also gets you a Metta Kit comprising a Compendium of Metta booklet and a candle in a glass to make an offering to the Triple Gem in one’s name.  It is also a contribution for the Sanghika Dana.

ACT NOW!

• Register and make your choice of the timeslots that you will commit yourselves to the chanting and practice of metta.

In conjunction with the 24th Hr Metta event, there will be:

• Offer of Lights to the Triple Gem with the wish to illuminate the world with metta and also to dispel the darkness of ignorance with the clarity of wisdom; and
• Offer of Water to the Triple Gem with the wish to cleanse and purify our minds from defilements