2024 Event Calendar
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Vesak-2024 Observances

Vesak is the most sacred day on the Buddhist calendar and typically we spend the day to reflect upon the sublime teachings of The Buddha and also to memorialize and celebrate The Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and entering into Parinbbana. We are cordially inviting you to Vesak-2024 observance [full day retreat] on Saturday, May 18th, at NEBVMC. The program will be starting from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Prior registration is important to us for providing lunch to the participants.

The Program of the day

  • 07:00AM – Kiripidu Pooja/Offerings
  • 08:30AM – Sila Observance
  • 09:15AM – Meditation
  • 10:15AM – Dhamma
  • 11:15AM – Buddha pooja
  • 11:35AM – Devotees partaking lunch
  • 01:00PM – Dhamma/discussion
  • 04:00PM – Buddha pooja
  • 04:30PM – Dhammachakka sutta chanting
  • 05:00PM – End

Medium: Sinhala

Registration status: Open (please contact temple)

**Children’s Vesak Sila Observance – Saturday, May 25th,

**World Vesak Celebration on Saturday, May 25th, 2024 from 5:00PM onwards

May all immensely meritorious deeds performed in the Vesak season lead you down the path to Enlightenment. With the blessings of the merits accrued, may you all be well, happy, peaceful and successful. Please keep in mind that The Buddha emphasized the only way to pay homage to him is by diligently learning and practicing his teachings.

Vesak Ceremony on Saturday, May 25th, 2024

Dear Friends, 

You are invited to a special Buddhist holiday. On Saturday, May 25, 2024, between 5:00 and 7:30 PM, we will be celebrating Vesak Day. Vesak Day is important to Buddhist because it marks the enlightenment of Buddha and celebrates his importance in the world.

The Buddha’s teachings focused on compassion, peace and goodwill with the possibility to awakening wisdom within every human being. His teachings have become a beacon of light pervading the far corners of earth today guiding millions through the darkness of human suffering. We invite you to light a candle to show your gratitude to the Buddha, 

  • Mal perahara/Procession
  • Making symbolic offerings to the Triple Gem (Buddha Pooja)
  • Blessings
  • Messages
  • Devotional songs sung by children and adults of the community
  • Lighting of Vesak decorations
  • Dansala/Dinner
  • End of Celebration and clean up

May all immensely meritorious deeds performed in the Vesak season lead you down the path to Enlightenment. With the blessings of the merits accrued, may you all be well, happy, peaceful and successful. Please keep in mind that The Buddha emphasized the only way to pay homage to him is by diligently learning and practicing his teachings.

Dear Dhamma friends,

With the arrival of spring, we are seeking assistance from volunteers to spruce up the temple and its surroundings. Please select the day and time you wish to drop by and participate. You can choose multiple days if you are able to do so. April 27, May 4, 11, 12

We will be cleaning up, mulching and planting flowers./ Vesak decoration

Please bring gardening tools and/or gardening gloves if you have them.

We will need:  

1) Plants (annuals/perennials)

 2) Garden soil and fertilizer

 3) Landscape fabric

4) Mulch (color Red)

If you are unable to participate, but want to donate plants, please bring them to the temple at your convenience and volunteers will plant them for you. Mulch will be provided by the temple.

For more information on any of the above please contact the temple.


Sri Lankan New Year Celebration – 2024

Boston Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center is organizing the Sri Lankan New Year Festival 2024 on Saturday, April 13th, from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm at Nara Park’s Picnic Pavilion at 25 Ledge Rock Way, Acton, MA 01720.

Celebrations will commence with religious observances, and we will then proceed with cultural customs such as “Kiri Ithiraveema” (boiling milk), “Hisa thel gema” (anointing oil), “Avurudu kreeda” (New Year games) and a potluck feast of traditional New Year food for everyone to share.

As we did last year, we are having a potluck meal, and we are kindly requesting the entire community to bring any food items to share, with an emphasis on traditional food and sweets.

We will have a separate table to symbolically represent the Avurudu table, which will include traditional sweets and kiribath. We are sharing a sign-up sheet for the food contributions for that table and for the goodie bags for kids, with our Dhamma school parents before it is sent out to the wider community.


We appreciate all contributions and your generosity towards making this event a success. There will be a list of fun games for everyone. We would love to see the participation of Dhamma school students and parents in the festivities and games. We hope to see you all there!

If you have any questions. please contact the temple

Buddhist Meditation: A Powerful Tool for Transformation – March 12, 2024

Join Bhante Pannasiri and Jenn Linde from New England Buddhist Vihara as they lead us in meditation and offer teachings and a conversation about transformation.

Stay for tea and fellowship afterwards. Held in Edwards Hall. No registration required.

You can view our past events here.