A group of Tai Khamti Buddhist Community of Arunachal Pradesh celebrated Kaṭhina-civara function with monks, nuns, faculty and students of
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (Deemed University) and community of Nalanda.
More than 30 lay
Buddhist men and women under the Mrs. Protima Longphong from Arunachal Pradesh participated
in the ceremony. The robe prepared by them was then offered to the Saṅgha of Nava Nalanda Mahavihara.
Khamti ladies preparing looms for weaving Chivara |
Khamti women preparing warp and weft |
Khamti men playing traditional music |
Weaving in progress |
Kaṭhina
robe developed by Khamti group being offered to the Saṅgha of NNM |
The Saṅgha of NNM offering the Kaṭhina robe to selected monk |
The
word 'Kaṭhina' is Pali in
origin that means a frame used in weaving robes. The ‘Kaṭhina’
also means difficult, grave, profound, pure or stable. This is very
special ceremony and rare occasion to accumulate more merits for both monastic
(venerable monks and nuns) and the devotees.
The
Pali literature states that the tradition of vassā (a rainy season retreat) was instituted at Veḷuvana (Rājgir)
by the Buddha. The three-month rainy
season was used as a retreat period, during which the monks would stay in one
location and avoid any travel. The aim was to prevent the monks from damaging
any crops and small insects while walking through the damp fields as the roads
were expected to be flooded. The rainy
season retreat was quickly adopted as an annual custom, a time for reflection,
contemplation and meditation.
The
month followed by the end of the vassā
season is known as the civara
māsa in Theravada tradition which literally means the month of
offering the Kaṭhina
robe.
According
to the Vinaya rules, the offering is
done in the first instance by the lay followers who bring the cloth to the vihāra and then
offered to the Saṅgha. After
preparing the robe in a proper way, the Saṅgha
then gather in a specific place call ‘sīmā’
(space in which all local monk community
have to assemble as a complete saṅgha) or chapter house according to the code of discipline and
decide to hand over it to the monk who has completed the vassā retreat
successfully at that particular vihāra.
In this way there are two stages of process of offering; first to the Saṅgha by lay
followers, and then the Saṅgha offers
the robe to the monk who successfully observed the rainy-retreat. In this
manner, both the monks and lay followers can accumulate lot of merits out of
this Kaṭhina
robe offering ceremony.
All
the gifts offered by the devotees on the day of Kaṭhina celebration valid meritoriously
same as the offering of Kaṭhina
robe. It is said even if you offer a tread or a needle or even one penny to the
Saṅgha today; you are able to possess
as much merit as you offer the Kaṭhina
robe.
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The Kaṭhina-civara function was
followed by
5th Sāriputta World Peace Walk.
5th Sāriputta World Peace Walk.
As mentioned in
Buddhist literature Venerable Sāriputta attained parinirvāṇa on Kārtika
Pūrṇimā (full moon day — October-November). Nava Nalanda Mahavihara since
2010 has been organizing the Peace Walk to give befitting tribute to this son
of the soil.

Students of Nalanda Heritage School leading the Walk |
Venerable Monks and Nuns |
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