Request for Sponsorship for Wesak Day Celebration 2011

Wesak day is a day commemorating the Birth, Enlightenment, and the Parinirvana of Lord Buddha Sakyamuni. Buddhist all over the world would hold celebration to mark this auspicious day, and We, at Sakyamuni Dharma Centre, will be celebrating the special day with various activities and our programmes will extend to cover the whole month of Wesak.

The highlight of our programmes are:

(1) to design and construct a float to participate in the yearly KL Wesak float procession organised by Joint Wesak Celebration Committee (which starts and ends at Brickfield Maha Vihara, Kuala Lumpur) ;

(2) to participate in the yearly PJ Wesak float procession organised by Chempaka Buddhist Lodge (which starts and ends at Chempaka Buddhist Lodge, Petaling Jaya);

(3) to invite six (6) learned and experienced monks from India to give talks on Buddhist teachings to the public;

(4) to request the said monk to perform prayers for the continued peace and prosperity of Malaysia; and

(5) to organise and to provide FREE vegetarian lunch to all devotees, well-wishers and the public on Wesak Day, 17 May 2011.

For this year's float procession, we are putting up a 12-foot-high Stupa, decorated with light and flowers. Our Stupa would be of the exact replica of the Stupa we have constructed in our garden. Stupa is a Buddhist holy object rarely seen in Malaysia. We are confident that it would be an attractive sight among the many floats put up by various Buddhist organisations.The float procession, both in KL and PJ, have become a popular tourist events attracting thousands of people, bringing happiness to many people of all races, colour sand creeds.

As a non-profit Buddhist organisation, we rely solely on the charity of our volunteers and sponsors. It is through the generousity of the public that we are able to carry out all our charitable activities.

Therefore if you are interested in sponsoring some of the cost of our one-month-long celebration, please contact us : sdcmalaysia@gmail.com or call 019-241-5781 (Christine) or 012-299-3688 (Bro HP).

Thank you for your kindness. Om Mani Pedme Hum!