On the dawn of Esala Full-Moon Poya Day, the Oxford Buddhist Society's first Mindfulness Meditation Retreat and Sīla Programme was held in honour of the traditional invitation - where relevant customary deeds related to the observance of Rains Retreat were well performed out of compassion and loving-kindness - driving upon the Theravāda monastic code echoed through the ages.

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The third Kaṭhina Robe Offering Ceremony will devotedly be sponsored by Mr Amalka Hewa Naimanage, Mrs Nilu Jayasinghe & family and Mr Kelum Palliyaguru, Mrs Chalani Samarasinghe & family - along with their close-knit friends in Oxford.