{"id":109688,"date":"2020-12-13T18:32:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T01:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=109688"},"modified":"2020-12-13T18:36:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T01:36:58","slug":"the-inauguration-of-the-bo-maluwa-with-atavisi-buddha-pooja-and-katina-pinkama-at-the-dgmc-dhamma-ghaveshi-meditation-centre-wellington-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/12\/13\/the-inauguration-of-the-bo-maluwa-with-atavisi-buddha-pooja-and-katina-pinkama-at-the-dgmc-dhamma-ghaveshi-meditation-centre-wellington-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inauguration of the Bo Maluwa with Atavisi Buddha Pooja and Katina Pinkama at the DGMC ( Dhamma Ghaveshi Meditation Centre) Wellington New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr.\u00a0Chula Rajapakse MNZM<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Several\nhundred Buddhist devotees of Wellington New Zealand took part in an epic event\non 20th of November  , the inauguration of the Bo Maluwa in the\npremises of the DGMC at Wainuomata, a suburb of Lower Hutt about twenty\nkilometres north of Wellington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a\u00a0structure built to protect DGMC\u2019s\u00a0fledgling Bo Sapling ,from the cold \u00a0and wind of Wellington. The four sides of this Maluwa \u00a0had the seven Buddha statues each ,representing the twenty eight Buddha\u2019s of this\u00a0kalpa. These statues were placed in purpose built sheltered compartments, as the four side of the Maluwa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both of the Buddha statues and the Bo Sapling \u00a0had been gifted to the DGMC abbot , Bhante Welimada Jinalankara some years earlier by his supporters in Sri\u00a0lanka . \u00a0The \u00a0design & construction of the maluwa at a cost of over fifty thousand NZ dollars was carried out for a\u00a0large part by the DGMC supporters from Wellington with the design and\u00a0engineering know how also coming from the same group. While the funds for these were donated mainly by Wellington based supporters, donations also came from devotees from the rest of NZ,\u00a0Australia \u00a0and even Europe, North America and the Middle\u00a0East . Bhante Jinalankara has regular Dhamma talks and\u00a0discussion with the devotees from all of these areas \u00a0and has done so for the many decades he has been in\u00a0New Zealand, via\u00a0sky and internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abbot Jinalankara\n, in his discourse traced the history of the DGMC from it\u2019s inauguration\nin 2009 in a rented accommodation as a  temporary abode  through\nto moving to it\u2019s current acquired premises in Wainuiomata in\n2013 through to the inauguration of the Bo Maluwa. He recounted\nthe regular Dhamma activities  provided like sermons, meditation\nand at a sil programs and Dhamma sermons via the internet and zoom.\nBhante expressed appreciation and offered merit to all those who had\ncontributed to making these events & activities possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nwas followed by an Atavisi Buddha Pooja and chanting of pirith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nfollowing morning the annual Katina program  was held at the DGMC\npremises. This was attended by sixteen monks drawn mainly from Wellington but\nalso from Auckland , Hamilton and Christchurch. It was equally\nwell attended by DGMC’s lay supporters. The DGMC website details the\nactivities offered by Bhante Jinalankara and the two other resident\nmonks.Those interested in benefiting from these programs and wanting to support\nthem, are directed to this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\naddition to the two kuti\u2019s  presently available onsite, there are plans to\nbuild more kuti\u2019s and dormitory facilities for the convenience  of\nvisiting monks and lay followers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Chula\nRajapakse MNZM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Convenor,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DGMC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr.\u00a0Chula Rajapakse MNZM Several hundred Buddhist devotees of Wellington New Zealand took part in an epic event on 20th of November  , the inauguration of the Bo Maluwa in the premises of the DGMC at Wainuomata, a suburb of Lower Hutt about twenty kilometres north of Wellington. This was a\u00a0structure built to protect DGMC\u2019s\u00a0fledgling Bo Sapling ,from the cold […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddhism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}