BGF Wesak Celebration 2022 (Onsite) – Buddha in My Heart
For online program schedule, please check the this page: https://bgf.org.my/mec-events/bgf-e-wesak-celebration-2022-buddha-in-my-heart/
Internalise His Sublimes Qualities
BGF presents BOTH
- WESAK ONLINE via BGF Facebook Live and
- WESAK ONSITE at BGF@Ara Damansara
Kindly refer to the visuals above for information about our onsite programs.
On this Wesak, we can …
🌸 Place the Qualities of the Buddha close to our Hearts & Internalise His Sublime Qualities
🌸 Light a candle to illuminate our minds with Right Thoughts & Right View
🌸 Listen to the Dhamma and embrace them in our deeds with Right Understanding.
🌸 Share this Wesak with our loved ones, family and friends
🌸 Reflect and Count our Blessings with contentment and Joy
🌸 Create a Legacy of a life well-lived.
Offerings of Lights
To offer a Light of any amount, please pledge via the link below
https://tinyurl.com/bgfwesak2022
Questions?
Please call our BGF Admin +6018-663 5730 if you need any assistance
Cannot Make It Onsite?
Fret not! You can still tune in online via our livestream via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bgf.org.my/live
Our Onsite Program
9.00am – 4.00pm
- Bathing of Baby Buddha
- Blessings by Reverend Udamaluwa Temple, Sri Maha Bodhi Temple (Anurudhapura) and Reverend Mahawela Rathanapala – Malwathu Maha Wihara Temple (Tooth Relic Temple, Kandy)
- Homage to the Buddha and Gem Stupa
- Lighting of Candles and Offering of Flowers
2.00pm – 4.00pm
- Invocation and Aspiration (Chanting of 28 Buddhas by Datuk Seri Dr. Victor Wee (also available via Facebook live stream page)
Buddhist Gem Fellowship
Speaker
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Datuk Seri Dr. Victor WeeFounding Member and Immediate Past President of Buddhist Gem Fellowship
DATUK SERI DR VICTOR WEE is a founding member and the Immediate Past President of Buddhist Gem Fellowship Malaysia (BGF). He is Honorary Secretary of the International Buddhist Confederation, a world body for Buddhists based in Delhi.
He started studying Buddhism at Seck Kia Eenh Dhamma School. He taught Dhamma to Buddhist groups and spoke at the local and international Buddhist Conferences. He leads Metta meditation at BGF for the last 23 years and is a pioneer in Buddhist music. He composed many Dharma songs in English and recorded five albums with the Wayfarers.
For his work in Buddhism, he was given several awards, including the Ten Outstanding Malaysian Youths in 1992 and the World Buddhist Outstanding Leader Award in 2013 by the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youths based in Bangkok.
He is currently Professor at the School of Hospitality and Tourism at Taylor’s University. In his career with the Malaysian Government he served as the Secretary General of Ministry of Tourism and the Chairman of Tourism Malaysia. He had also worked as Senior Director at the Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department and was Chairman to the Programme Committee for United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) during 2007-2012.
He received his Bachelor Degree in Economics at University of Malaya, Masters Degree in Sociology at Brown University, USA and Ph.D. in Economics at Bristol University in the UK.