- Lord Buddha
Special Notice
Kathina Ceremony at the Meditation Center
October 25, 2025 Saturday
Dear Members/ Friends,
The Monks of Arizona International Buddhist Center cordially invite you and your friends to join us in celebrating “Kathina” the traditional robe offering ceremony. The lay community will present the special Kathina robe to the community of Maha Sangha as well as many necessities such as food, clothing, and medicine. This year the Kathina offering is mainly sponsored by Dr. Janaka Balasooriya and Pushpa and community of members in Arizona
October 25,2025
06.30 am - Bring Kathina cloth to Temple
07.00 am - kathina cloth offer to maha sangha
07.30 am - Heel dana Breakfast for maha sangha
BREAK
09.30 am - Arrival of food items
10.00 am - Arrival of all devotees (Members)
10:30 am - Buddha Puja (Offering to the Buddha
11:00 am - Kathina Robe offering and Sanghika Dana
12.00 pm - Kathina procession around the Temple
12.30 pm - Offering of Kathina robe and other gifts to The Venerable monks
12.45 pm - Robe determining meeting (of Sangha members
1:00 pm - Lunch for Devotees.
It is a tradition of the Kathina ceremony to shower the temple with gifts from lay followers as an acknowledgment of the free services provided by the temple.
You are all welcome to the participate in these meritorious activities at the meditation Center. May the blessing of the Triple Gem bless you and your family for good health and happiness.
Yours In The Dhamma,
Bhante Ananda
The ceremony starts at 10.00am. You can bring your favorite dish temple on time.
Introduction to Buddha's Core Teachings
We completed this course last month, and a few excerpts of the recording of those four classes are available for the public on YouTube.
Thursday Evening Meditation
We resumed our regular meditation sessions from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM on every Thursday, at AIBMC Meditation Center, 432 South Temple Street, Mesa, AZ 85204. You may RSVP here or walk in and join us on any Thursday.
Dhamma Discussion in English
Every Thursday from 8:00 PM to 8:30 PM (Click here for more info and RSVP)
Dhamma Discussion in Sinhala
Please check the upcoming events
Dhamma Sermon in Sinhala
First Wednesday of every month (Please check upcoming events)
Dhamma School for Children
Every Sunday from 10:00 AM to 12.:30 pm via Zoom
Every end of the month Sunday dhamma school for children in the Center 10:00 Am to 12.30 PM (Contact the temple for more info)
Feel free to contact us: 480-626-4153
info@meditationforyou.org
Our Mission
The mission of the Arizona International Buddhist Meditation Center is to teach the practical benefits of Buddhist meditation and the Dhamma. The Center is non-sectarian and open to people of all races, nationalities, ethnicities, and religions.
We offer instructional programs in meditation through regularly scheduled meditation, Dhamma talks, and special programs presented by visiting Buddhist monks whose experience and knowledge will help practitioners enrich their practice immensely. The Center can provide accommodation and a proper environment for mental relaxation and our library of Buddhist books will be available for the use of all practitioners.
Meditation, or Bhavana in the Buddha's language of Pali, means mental culture or development aimed at cleansing the mind of impurities and disturbances and cultivating the habits of concentration and mindfulness which leads eventually to the attainment of the highest wisdom through the realization of the Universal Truths of Sakyamuni Buddha's Teachings.
As the Center develops we also intend to add yoga studies as an additional tool for stress reduction.