Support
Your kind support allows Bhavana Society to continue offering the teachings of the Buddha free of charge to all. Bhavana Society solely depends on your generosity.
Support can be Monetary, Meals, Volunteer, Items, Scholarships and Books
Monetary Donations
Your donations allow us to continue offering the teachinges of Buddha free of charge to all. Bhavana Society solely depends on your generosity.
At Bhavana Society, we practice dana (Pali for generosity) by offering the Buddha’s teachings free of charge to all.
Along with sila (virtuous behavior), dana is considered essential to building a strong foundation upon which wisdom can arise through meditation. It is through the practice of dana that we learn to let go of our self-interest and greed…
Meals (called Dana)
Traditionally, Buddhist lay followers support monastics by offering meals to the monastic community. Monks depend on these offerings because they may only eat food that is offered to them. Often, a meal offering is made to honor a special event in someone’s life such as a birthday, a marriage or the anniversary of a relative’s death. A meal also may be offered simply to support the monks and the monastery. You may offer a monetary donation instead of cooking a meal.
Dana (meals) Calendar
View our Dana Calendar to see which dates are available to offer a meal. If the date is available, to offer a meal, please contact the office at (304) 856-3241 or email info@bhavanasociety.org
Scholarships
Sri Henepola Gunaratana Scholarship Trust
Established by Bhante G, the SHGST provides essential school supplies to the poorest of Sri Lanka’s children so that may attend school. Each year, the fund provides for the basic needs of children so poor that pencils, paper, books and even shoes are unaffordable. The charity, which is run entirely by volunteers, has zero overhead costs. 100% of donations go directly to helping Sri Lanka’s poorest children. We invite the donors to visit Sri Lanka and meet the students they support.
Board of Trustees:
- The chief monk in Tumpane district
- The head monk of the Henepola temple
- The government agent of Galagedara, Tumpane
- The deputy director of divisional education, Galagedara.
Items to Donate
Because our supporters wish to donate to Bhavana Society’s residential community, we provide this list of items which would be useful. We deeply appreciate your donations and we remain grateful to ALL of our supporters!
Bhante G has requested that no processed foods be offered to the monastery. This is for the health of our monastics. Please, no cookies, crackers, candies, etc…
Amazon Wishlist
11/10/22 — The monastery is in need of plastic lids for a glass dishes. We use these to store leftovers.
https://tinyurl.com/Kitchen-lids
visit this to see the items on the Bhavana Society’s Amazon Wishlist
We are profoundly grateful for the kindness and generosity of each and every one of our supporters. Thank you for your support!
Volunteer
Ways you can help out…
There are many ways you can be of service to the Bhavana Society. If you think you could help out in some way, contact us at info@bhavanasociety.org. If we know how you would like to help before you visit, we can get materials ready for you, if needed.
Books to Donate
(Page updated: December 3, 2020)
From time to time we list books in the categories below that would be useful to add to the Bhavana library collection. If you wish to donate one or more books, please let us know the title and the author of the book you wish to offer before sending it to Bhavana (in order to avoid duplications) by contacting us through email at: info@bhavanasociety.org…..