Celebrating Buddha Purnima

Atish Dipankar Dhyan Kendra celebrated Buddha Purnima on May 1, 2026 with an evening of prayer songs, guided meditation and meaningful conversations. The programme included chanting of the Heart Sutra in Sanskrit, a short guided meditation by our teacher Dr Anindya Chatterjee, and a conversation with him on ‘Finding inner stability’ moderated by Dr Anuttama Banerjee.

We had gathered in a community hall in Salt Lake from where the programme was livestreamed for online participants. A special addition at this edition of Buddha Jayanti was a display stall of artefacts made by some of our members to raise donations for Atish Dipankar Dhyan Kendra.