This year’s Kaṭhina ceremony, held on Saturday, 1 November 2025, was sponsored by 63 Dhamma friends of the Buddhist Wisdom Centre (BWC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were represented by Bro. Lee Lee Kim and nine other representatives. This is the third time that Dhamma friends from BWC have sponsored the Kaṭhina ceremony at Paṇḍitārāma Lumbini International Vipassanā Meditation Center (PLIVMC), following earlier sponsorships in 2012 and 2018.
Seven of the donor representatives meditated here for up to 27 days before the ceremony. In its first 25 years of operation, PLIVMC has welcomed 125 retreatants from Malaysia.
Ven. Sayalay Bhaddamaṇikā has led retreats at the Bodhiyārāma Hermitage in Kuala Kubu Bharu since 2014.
The individual donors of the BWC are as follows (IMO = in memory of): IMO Sayadaw Jnanapurnik; Teo Chiang Khai & family; Sukey Tan Soo Kee & family; Ng Siew Hua & family; Nelson Tang, Wendy Choong & family; Raymond Lim & Fiona Tan SM; Jamie Ng Guat Wah, Benjamin Lai Khaik Chiong & family; Lee Lee Kim, Janet Lim & family; Chong Sow Fong & Quek Jin Keat; Tan Kuee Fong; Lee Lay Beng, Yap Sui Lyn, Yap Jin Khai, Yap Sher Min; Dato Yee Weng Loon & family; Ivy Wee Swee Moi & Leong Kok Wai; Chua Siow Leng & Tam Chiew Lin; The Bee family; Lo Pau San, Tan Thai Hong, Lo Kooi Fong, Dickson Ong Jee Sheng & family, IMO Ong Keh Heng; Lim Boon Hang & family; Mabel Wee Swee Hin; Sati Chan Ho Yin; Nancy Ong, IMO Uwe Bolger, Daw Tharn Tyin & departed relatives; Bro. Chong Voon Siong; Yeoh Soo Hock & family; Loo Liew, Tan Thiam Lee & family, IMO Tan Bean Seng, Gow Bee Eng & Chang Ah Kow; William Wung & family; Sayalay Visutacari (Wee Inn Koon); Lina Tan & Paul Chong; John Chin; Dato Seri Dr. Victor Wee Eng Lye; Leong Poh Chwee & family; Hoh Swee Chee & family; Paul Moss & Tan Ping Ping, IMO Lum Ah Moi; Mr. & Mrs. Lim Jee Kong; Lim Hee Chay; Tan Say Kee; Moy Yun Leng; Ang Mok Fee Lan & family, IMO Ang Seng Chin @ Ang Choo; Helen Loke; Leong Mei Cheun, IMO Chong Boon Hean; Shymiin Chor; Wong Siew Yin; Lee Lay Beng, IMO Lee Chan Sooi; Lee Lay Beng, IMO Tan Siew Yiok; Lee Lay Beng, IMO Lee Gim Chuan; Leong Sut Mee, Kng Tua Kah; Tuen Foo Fat; Wong Gue Len; Naik Hiong Keong; Sia Cho Hi & family; Ng Poh Hwa & Ng Ngen Hwa; Tina & family, IMO Cheah Swee Seng; Mary Soon Bee Lee & How Eng Keong; Evelyn Ch’ng Ean Leng; Fun Swee Pin & Tan Yoke Lin, IMO Goon Siew Hem; Toh Sin Chye & family, IMO Lee Kim Joo; Alan Ch’ng; Tay Siew Thang; Nicole & Harvard; Kelly Ch’ng; Brendan Ch’ng; Linda Ch’ng Bee Leng; Yap Hon Keong, Lim Miew Ling & family; Leon Yin, Constance & family; Anna Thiang.
We were delighted to welcome monastics from various monasteries and nunneries in Lumbini and Kathmandu as our guests.
Sādhu! Sādhu! Sādhu!
Photography on this page by Jane, Ch’ng Hui Leng