{"id":19177,"date":"2025-08-09T21:46:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/?p=19177"},"modified":"2025-08-09T21:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:48:26","slug":"kathina-2025-dia-12-de-outubro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/2025\/08\/09\/kathina-2025-dia-12-de-outubro\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathina 2025 \u2013 12 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Everyone is welcome to participate in this occasion, <\/span>celebrating the presence of the monastic community <\/span>in Sumedharama. <\/span><\/span>Programme:<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n
9.30 a.m. \u2013 Arrival at the Monastery (bring a meal to share)<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n
10 a.m. \u2013 Request for the five precepts, followed by songs<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n
10.30 a.m. \u2013 Rice supply (Pindapat)<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n
11 a.m. \u2013 Dinner for monks and lunch for the lay community<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n
12.30 p.m. \u2013 <\/strong>The community offers the traditional monastic habit<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
1 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 Ajahn Vajiro gives a lecture by Dhamma<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
From 2 p.m. onwards \u2013 more informal time with everyone and the monastic community.<\/span><\/h6>\n
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In the rainy season (Vassa), in Asia, (the period corresponding to summer in Europe) the monks undertake to stay in a certain place for three months.<\/span><\/p>\n

The story goes that at the end of this period, the Buddha allowed the monks to look for fabric with which they could patch up their old habit or even make a new one. The fabrics that the monks collected consisted of rags that had been thrown away. Over time people, realising this need, began to hang fabric from the trees so that the monks could \u2018find\u2019 them. The custom then developed so that not only pieces of cloth were left on the trees, but also the habits already made. People saw here an opportunity to make offerings of other requirements to monks, as a gesture of support and appreciation of their practice. The ceremony was called Kathina, which is the name of the loom that monks use to sew their habits with the fabrics offered.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this same ceremony the monks offer lectures on the Dhamma, and there is also a period where people have the opportunity to meet and talk to the monks more informally. In this event it becomes quite evident the interconnection of the lay community with the monastic community and how both benefit from this dynamic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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