- Friday, October 29th: Pre-Kathina-Almsgiving open afternoon
- Saturday, October 30th: Online Kathina-Almsgiving
See information shared by the Friends of Aloka Vihara below on how to participate, donate and celebrate.
Participate (before hand)
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery welcome you to a pre-Kathina-Almsgiving open afternoon for tea and conversation with the Bhikkhunis and residents on October 29th, 2021, from 2pm – 6pm.
This will be an opportunity for Aloka Vihara’s community of ardent lay supporters to visit with the Bhikkhunis and, if you wish, help the donors prepare for a festive Kathina-Almsgiving event, bring dishes to be offered for the next day’s meal dana or make any other Kathina-Almsgiving offerings.
If you plan to bring a dish, please let us know on or before Thursday, October 28th, by emailing guestnun@gmail.com.
Donate
Additionally, if you are interested in letting others know about the event, here is a link to a flyer to share.
Celebrate
We invite you to join this auspicious occasion of the Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery Kathina-Almsgiving. There are a couple of ways to attend virtually:
- Tune in via Zoom. Here is the quick link to join: https://bit.ly/3BVRc56
- Meeting ID: 833 0995 8332
Passcode: 47075 - If needed for audio, find your local phone number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k9zSlaLXs
- Meeting ID: 833 0995 8332
- Watch live (starting at 1pm PDT) on the AVFM YouTube channel.
Schedule
All times below are in Pacific Daylight Savings Time.
If you plan to join via Zoom, we will open the “room” at 12:30pm for informal greetings and conversation.
The donors of the Kathina-Almsgiving will be present on site to make the offerings.
| 12:30 | Informal greetings and conversation |
| 1:00 | Chanting, puja, and taking three refuges and five precepts |
| Procession with Kathina-Almsgiving cloth and Buddha relics | |
| Poem | |
| Formal offering of Kathina-Almsgiving cloth and other requisites | |
| Chanting Arahant Bhikkhuni chant | |
| Bhikkhunis choose recipient of Kathina-Almsgiving robe and go to begin cutting and marking the cloth | |
| 2:00 | Dhamma reflections from Ayya Santacitta, Ayya Sobhana, Ayya Santussika |
| 3:15 | Last reflections and sharing of merit |
| 3:30 | Close Zoom. (Sewing will continue until completion of the robe before dawn) |
We look for to seeing you online October 30th and/or in-person October 29th.