Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear Devotees,
We are pleased to inform you of the Monthly-Pooja organized by the Florida Buddhist Vihara for the month of March. It will be held virtually & physically on Saturday March 28th 2026. The main sponsors for this event are Mr. Chathura Brahmanage and Mrs. Yamuna Brahmanage.
Our Program
06.30 PM Preparing Puja
07.00 PM Starting Puja
07.30 PM Seth Pirith chanting
08.00 PM Dhamma Talk
09.15 PM Ending
By having the following items prepared during this occasion, you will be able to join us in paying homage to the Lord Buddha (Buddha Vandana) as well:
*The following link will enable you to join the above program:
https://meet.google.com/sug-gpbq-fcv
*Essential Items for the Temple:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rx5Dks2NggPxWJvb6o6hu5UnAoLd_0VY5oCJ8jT_KXk/edit?usp=sharing
(Please forward this to your friends and others who may be interested)
Further contact: 813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
With Metta,
May the noble triple gem bless you all !
Florida Buddhist Vihara
Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear Devotees,
We are pleased to inform you of the Monthly-Pooja organized by the Florida Buddhist Vihara for the month of February. It will be held virtually & physically on Saturday, February 28th, 2026.
Our Program
06.30 PM Preparing Puja
07.00 PM Starting Puja
07.30 PM Seth Pirith chanting
08.00 PM Dhamma Talk
09.15 PM Ending
By having the following items prepared during this occasion, you will be able to join us in paying homage to the Lord Buddha (Buddha Vandana) as well:
*The following link will enable you to join the above program:
https://meet.google.com/sug-gpbq-fcv
*Essential Items for the Temple:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rx5Dks2NggPxWJvb6o6hu5UnAoLd_0VY5oCJ8jT_KXk/edit?usp=sharing
(Please forward this to your friends and others who may be interested)
Further contact: 813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
With Metta,
May the noble triple gem bless you all !
Florida Buddhist Vihara
Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear Devotees,
We are pleased to inform you of the Monthly-Pooja organized by the Florida Buddhist Vihara for the month of January. It will be held virtually & physically on Saturday, January 31st, 2026.
Our Program
06.30 PM Preparing Puja
07.00 PM Starting Puja
07.30 PM Seth Pirith chanting
08.00 PM Dhamma Talk
09.15 PM Ending
By having the following items prepared during this occasion, you will be able to join us in paying homage to the Lord Buddha (Buddha Vandana) as well:
*The following link will enable you to join the above program:
https://meet.google.com/sug-gpbq-fcv
*Essential Items for the Temple:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rx5Dks2NggPxWJvb6o6hu5UnAoLd_0VY5oCJ8jT_KXk/edit?usp=sharing
(Please forward this to your friends and others who may be interested)
Further contact: 813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
With metta,
May the noble triple gem bless you all !
Dear Devotees,
On January 1st, 2026, Florida Buddhist Vihara has planned to perform the traditional Kiribath (milk rice) Buddha-Pooja followed by the chanting of Dhamma Chakkappavattana sutra to bless you all, once again, for the new year. With this email, we kindly invite you to attend the above blessing ceremony.
Agenda
09.00 a.m. Arrival of devotees
09.30 a.m. Offering of milk rice & Gilanpasa
10.00 a.m. Brief Dhamma sermon (Sinhala & English)
10.30 a.m. Chanting of Pirith (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta)
11.15 a.m. Offering of the Buddha-Pooja
11.30 a.m. Offering of Dana (alms) to the monks
11.35 a.m. Serving of refreshments to participants
12.15 p.m. Distribution of chanted threads and blessed water
We kindly inform you that chanted threads and blessed water will be made available later for those devotees who would find it inconvenient to attend the ceremony.
We also kindly request devotees to provide flowers incense, T light candles and fruit juice for the Buddha-Pooja.
In addition, we will appreciate your contributions in terms of disposable plates, paper-cups, paper-plates, small water bottles, milk rice, chili paste (Lunumiris) and other Sri Lankan delicacies appropriate for the occasion.
The following link will enable you who are willing to join virtually the above program:-
https://meet.google.com/sug-gpbq-fcv
Essential things for the Temple
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rx5Dks2NggPxWJvb6o6hu5UnAoLd_0VY5oCJ8jT_KXk/edit
May the Triple Gem bless you !
With Metta,
Florida Buddhist Vihara
Further contact: 813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
With metta,
සුපින්වත,
2026 නව වසරට සෙත් පතා පවත්වනු ලබන විශේෂ කිරි ආහාර බුද්ධ පූජාව හා දම්සක්පැවතුම් සූත්ර සජ්ජායනාව මෙවරත් 2026 ජනවාරි මස 01 වන දින ෆ්ලොරිඩා බෞද්ධ විහාරස්ථානයේ දී පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු සංවිධානය කොට ඇත. ඒ සඳහා පැමිණ සහභාගී වී ආශීර්වාද ලබාගන්නා ලෙස ඔබ සැමට මෙත් සිතින් ඇරයුම් කරමු.
වැඩසටහන
පෙ:ව: 09.00 පැමිණීම
පෙ:ව: 09.30 කිරි අහාර සහ ගිලන්පස බුද්ධ පූජාව
පෙ:ව: 10.00 කෙටි ධර්මානු ශාසනාව (සින්හල/ ඉංග්රීසි)
පෙ:ව: 10.30 දම්සක් පැවතුම් සූත්ර සජ්ඣායනාවේ ආරම්භය
පෙ:ව: 11.15 බුද්ධ පූජාව
පෙ:ව: 11.30 දන් පිළිගැන්වීම
පෙ:ව: 11.35 කිරිබත් සමගින් තේපැන් සංග්රහය
ප: ව: 12.15 පිරිත් පැන් සහ පිරිත් නූල් බෙදාදීම
නියමිත වෙලාවට පැමිණීමට අපහසු පින්වතුන්ට ද පසුව පැමිණ පිරිත් පැන් සහ පිරිත් නූල් ලබාගත හැකිබව කාරුණිකව සිහිපත් කරනු කැමැත්තෙමු.
සම්බුද්ධ පූජාව සඳහා, මල්-හදුන්කූරු-ඉටිපහන් (T light candles ) හා ගිලන්පස ද, සහභාගීවන හැමදෙනාට සංග්රහය සඳහා කුඩා වතුර බෝතල්, පේපර් කප්ස් හා පේපර් ප්ලේට්ස්, කිරිබත්, ලුණුමිරිස්, බිස්කට්, කෙසෙල්ගෙඩි සහ වෙනත් ලාංකික රසකැවිලි ආදිය ද සමග පැමිණීම අගය කරමු.
මෙත් සිතිනි !
ෆ්ලොරිඩා බෞද්ධ විහාරය
813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear Devotees,
We are pleased to inform you of the Monthly-Pooja organized by the Florida Buddhist Vihara for the month of November. It will be held virtually & physically on Saturday, November 29, 2025.
Our Program
06.30 PM Preparing Puja
07.00 PM Starting Puja
07.30 PM Seth Pirith chanting
08.00 PM Dhamma Talk
09.15 PM Ending
By having the following items prepared during this occasion, you will be able to join us in paying homage to the Lord Buddha (Buddha Vandana) as well:
*The following link will enable you to join the above program:
https://meet.google.com/sug-gpbq-fcv
*Essential Items for the Temple:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rx5Dks2NggPxWJvb6o6hu5UnAoLd_0VY5oCJ8jT_KXk/edit?usp=sharing
(Please forward this to your friends and others who may be interested)
Further contact: 813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
With metta,
May the noble triple gem bless you all !
Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear friends in the Dhamma,
We would like to share merits with all who contributed to the successfully concluded Kathina Ceremony for 2025 at the Florida Buddhist Vihara. Moreover, we would like to bless upon all the Mahasangha who participated in the Katina ceremony, sponsors for this year’s Katina ceremony, those who dedicated a night sleeplessly to sew the Katina robe, sponsors for the Pirikaras and Dana, all contributors and organizers of the Dhaham pasela children’s pola, those who cleaned up the temple prior to the event and once the event was concluded, and to all of you who participated in person and through the online event.
May the blessings of the triple gem be with you all !
Florida Buddhist Vihara,
Ven. Morathota Ananda
Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear Devotees,
Florida Buddhist Vihara is organizing the Annual Shramadana to clean the temple premises, clear the garden area, in preparation for the Kathina Ceremony on October 31 and November 1. The Shramadana will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 9.00am till 5.00pm.
All devotees are kindly invited to participate in this highly important meritorious deed. Volunteering your labor and efforts to clean the Vihara Premises, Shrine room and the Bodhi tree vicinity are extremely praised acts by our Supreme Sambuddha, the Greatest among the three worlds.
Kindly sign in the links below and let us know how many participants can be expected. Please bring gloves, masks, and any other garden tools that will help you.
Sign-Up for the Sramadana
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KOOjcouZB6G3agqLJQzYa4lGeqble5H514UmXx8yLAQ/edit?tab=t.0
Shramadana Day (October 26) Lunch Sign-Up Sheet
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hO2SAnJfONyS5KL5rCV3YP9GGmGi8kap0_WPvxFqflo/edit
May the Blessings of the Noble Triple Gem be with you all!
With Metta,
Florida Buddhist Vihara
Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear Devotees,
Florida Buddhist Vihara cordially invites you to the ”Katina Ceremony 2025” and Pirith chanting on Friday, October 31 and ”Dane ” offering (Lunch) on Saturday, November 01 at the Florida Buddhist Vihara premises.
Program
Friday October 31st
| 06.30 pm | Arrival of devotees and guests. |
| 07.00 pm – 08.00 pm | Gilanpasa Buddha Pujawa |
| 08.00 pm – 08.30 pm | Offering of Gilanpasa for monks. Tea & coffee for laity. |
| 08.30 pm – 09.00 pm | Welcome speech and introducing the Venerable monks. Short Dhamma talk (Anusasanawa) of pirith. |
| 09.00 pm | Maha Piritha chanting. |
| 10.00 pm | Dhammachakkhapawattana Sutta. |
| 11.00 pm | Conclusion of pirith chanting. Distribution of blessed threads. (Pirith threads). |
| 12.00 am | Commencement of sewing of the ”Katina Robe”. |
Saturday November 01st
| 06.30 am – 07.00 am | Preparing ”Heel Dane” |
| 07.00 am – 07.15 am | Offering of the “Buddha Pujawa” |
| 07.15 am – 08.15 am | Offering of “Heel Dana” to the monks. Breakfast for laity. |
| 10.00 am – 11.00 am | Children’s Pola (trade fair). |
| 11.00 am – 11.15 am | Offering of midday “Buddha Poojawa” |
| 11.30 am | Offering of “Dana” for monks. Lunch for laity. |
| 01.00 pm – 01.30 pm | ”Katina” Perahera (Procession). |
| 01.30 pm – 02.30 pm | Offering of the “Katina Robe”. Dhamma sermon (Anusasanawa). |
| 02.30 pm | Punyanumodanawa (Transfer of merits) and vote of thanks. |
| 02.45 pm | Conclusion of “Katina” ceremony. Cleaning of the premises. |
Kathina Dane (Lunch) Sign-Up Sheet November 01, 2025
Kindly note that Face Masks are Required While Offering Dana.
Please join us virtually via the link given below if you are unable to attend in person.
Further contact: 813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
With metta,
May the noble triple gem bless you all !
Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear Devotees,
We are pleased to inform you of the Monthly-Pooja organized by the Florida Buddhist Vihara for the month of October. It will be held virtually & physically on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
Our Program
06.30 PM Preparing Puja
07.00 PM Starting Puja
07.30 PM Seth Pirith chanting
08.00 PM Dhamma Talk
09.15 PM Ending
By having the following items prepared during this occasion, you will be able to join us in paying homage to the Lord Buddha (Buddha Vandana) as well:
*The following link will enable you to join the above program:
https://meet.google.com/sug-gpbq-fcv
*Essential Items for the Temple:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rx5Dks2NggPxWJvb6o6hu5UnAoLd_0VY5oCJ8jT_KXk/edit?usp=sharing
* Please find the attachment below
“Buddha Wandana Book”
(Please forward this to your friends and others who may be interested)
Further contact: 813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
With metta,
May the noble triple gem bless you all !
Florida Buddhist Vihara
2208 Maydell Drive
Tampa, FL 33619.
813-621-1337 / Cell 813-313-9784
Dear Devotees,
We are pleased to inform you of the Monthly-Pooja organized by the Florida Buddhist Vihara for the month of September. It will be held virtually & physically on Saturday, September 27, 2025.
Our Program
06.30 PM Preparing Puja
07.00 PM Starting Puja
07.30 PM Seth Pirith chanting
08.00 PM Dhamma Talk
09.15 PM Ending
By having the following items prepared during this occasion, you will be able to join us in paying homage to the Lord Buddha (Buddha Vandana) as well:
*The following link will enable you to join the above program:
https://meet.google.com/sug-gpbq-fcv
*Essential Items for the Temple:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rx5Dks2NggPxWJvb6o6hu5UnAoLd_0VY5oCJ8jT_KXk/edit?usp=sharing
* Please find the attachment below
“Buddha Wandana Book”
(Please forward this to your friends and others who may be interested)
Further contact: 813-621-1337, 813-313-9784
With metta,
May the noble triple gem bless you all !
