📅 When: Every Saturday
⏱️ Time: 2:30–5:30 pm
📌 Where: Subhuthi Buddhist Center
🧎 For: Children 7 years and up
🎤 Medium: English
💰 Cost: Expenses are covered with generous donations
What makes our Dhamma School different?
- Taught by venerable monks of Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monasteries
- Focus on developing wholesome qualities
- Focus on meditation and mindfulness
- No exams
- No graded homework
📝 Registration
We kindly request you to register your child to our Physical Dhamma Program and to be added to our WhatsApp group for Dhamma content and updates regarding our programs.
Please be aware that before accepting the WhatsApp group requests, we will review the registration document. So, kindly fill out the registration form as well.
📝 Program Schedule
| Time | Agenda Item |
|---|---|
| 2:30 pm | Hall Preparation |
| 3:00 pm | Going refuge to Triple Gem, observing five precepts & Paritta Chanting |
| 3:15 pm | Dhamma Sermon (Talk on the Buddha’s Teachings) |
| 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:10 pm | Good Deeds |
| 4:20 pm | Meditation |
| 4:30 pm | Activity |
| 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Blessings & Conclusion |
ℹ️ To help parents make the most of the time their children are in the Dhamma School, we are offering a Dhamma program on the same day. We are asking everyone to take part in that program as well.
🫴 Practicing Generosity
Sponsor a small snack for the group. This teaches your children the joy of practicing generosity.
Click the link below if you wish support.
❓Frequently Asked Questions
✒️ Paritta Chanting Book
✒️ Notebook to write down the notes
✒️ Pen or Pencil
✒️ Water Bottle
✒️ Flowers
White Attire
Children below the age of 7 could participate by sitting with their parents.
There are no books needed for class. All material will be provided. However, we do highly recommend a notebook dedicated for the kid’s program.
We also recommend that you have a copy of our Paritta Chanting Book.
You can join our WhatsApp Group to participate in the programs and receive the registration form or click the button below to register.
All of the programs at Colombo Dhamma Friends are offered free of charge. We are supported exclusively by donations.
You can read a detailed list of Dhamma Topics covered in Dhamma School here.
- Gratitude to parents
- Important English Dhamma vocabulary such as contentment, renunciation, rebirth, detachment, gratitude, etc
- Meaning of vandana, pirit, and puja chanting
- Sila, Buddhist Ethics and precepts
- Meditation, including breathing, metta bhavana, and Buddhanussati among others
- Life of the Buddha
- Specific understanding of how suffering arises in life and solutions to overcome
- Real meaning of Buddhist holidays
- Lives of the great arahant disciples
- Advanced topics such as pancupadanakhanda, ayatana, paticcasamupada, dhatu, etc. in age appropriate fashion
- Books of Sutta Pitaka and organization
- History of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
We always receive positive feedback from parents regarding their children’s enthusiasm about attending our Kids Dhamma Program with CDF. The monks who teach the class have worked with kids for many years and know how to teach Dhamma to kids in a way that is both understandable and meaningful to their lives. If they understand and see how the Dhamma applies to their own lives, then they always want to learn more.
Our website is full of Dhamma material for kids that you can use to supplement their classwork. Especially see the Mirror of Dhamma Video Programme, the Monks in the Morning Podcast, and the Dhamma Kids Podcast. We also have some wonderful resources to download.
Yes, there is parking
🛑 Kindly refrain from obstructing the resident entrances and driving lanes.
As we conduct the program in a rented hall, a kind donation to help cover the expenses would be greatly appreciated.
🪷 Paritta Chanting (PDFs)
These are some of the paritta chants we do in class for you to download if you like:
🧘♂️ Guided Meditations
Loving Kindness Meditation | Guided Meditation
Buddhanussati: Verses of Recollection on the Buddha l Guided Meditation
☸️ Life of Buddha with English Subtitles
The Great Invitation | Part 1
The Birth of Prince Siddhartha | Part 2
Ascetic Asita’s Prediction | Part 3
The Naming Ceremony & Great Prophecy | Part 4
The Passing Away of Queen Maha Maya | Part 5
📚 Other Programs
Online Children’s Dhamma Program
📅 When: Every Sunday
⏱️ Time: 7:30 pm – 9:05 pm (SL Time)
🌐 Meeting ID: 681 200 1000 | Password: Shared via WhatsApp Group
🧎 For: Children (above 7 years)
🎤 Medium: English
💰 Cost: Free
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About Us
Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery has been holding English Dhamma programs for over ten years. Learn more about the history of Colombo Dhamma Friends, Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery, and our founder Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera.
