New Year Week Program

Name: New Year Week Program
Start: 2025-12-25
End: 2026-01-01
Location: Aranya Sangharama Vihar

New Year Week Program at Aranya Sangharama Vihara

December 25 – January 1

Please visit this page https://aranyavihara.in/visiting-aranya-sangharama/ and fill the form to visit the monastery during this time.

25 DECEMBER — Opening Day: Intention

5:30–7:00 — Morning Puja and meditation
7:00 — Breakfast
8:00 — Piṇḍapāta
9:00–10:30 — Seva
10:30–11:00 — Opening Reflection
11:00 — Anumodanā & Meal
Afternoon — Rest / Personal Practice
3:00–4:00 — Group meditation
4:00–5:00 — New Year Aspiration Workshop
Reflecting on:
- What qualities to cultivate in the new year
- What to let go of from the past year
Collective Aspirations:Participants write a wholesome aspiration for the new year. The aspirations are placed near the shrine for the rest of the week.
5:00 — Nāmpāna
7:00–8:30 — Evening Puja and meditation

26 DECEMBER — Dāna Day

5:30–7:00 — Morning Puja and meditation
- Includes announcement of the Generosity Practice Game.
- Participants write simple “acts of generosity” prompts and place them in a central bowl.
- Examples:
  - Offer sincere words of appreciation to someone
  - Write a kind note to someone who has quietly supported you
  - Notice something out of place and quietly fix it
  - Pick up any litter you see
  - Choose one person and silently send them mettā throughout the day
7:00 — Breakfast
8:00 — Piṇḍapāta
9:00–10:30 — Seva
- More prompts for generosity may be added to the bowl.
10:30 — Drawing the Prompts
- Each person draws a generosity prompt to carry out quietly before the end of the day.
11:00 — Anumodanā & Meal
Afternoon — Rest / Personal Practice
3:00–4:00 — Group meditation
4:00–5:00 — Sutta readings on Dāna followed by group discussion
5:00 — Nāmpāna
7:00–8:30 — Evening Puja and meditation
Chanting + reflection on the joy of generosity.

27 DECEMBER — Silent Practice Weekend, Day 1

5:30–7:00 — Morning Puja and meditation
- Includes announcement that Noble Silence is to be kept over the weekend.
7:00 — Breakfast
8:00 — Piṇḍapāta
9:00–10:30 — Sitting and walking meditation
10:30–11:00 — Dhamma reflections
11:00 — Anumodanā & Meal
Afternoon — Rest / Personal Practice
14:00–16:30 — Walk to Old Monastery Site & Outdoor Puja
- Slow, silent walk → chanting → sitting meditation → reflection at the old site.
5:00 — Nāmpāna
7:00–8:30 — Evening Puja and meditation

28 DECEMBER — Silent Practice Weekend, Day 2

29 DECEMBER — Gratitude & Forgiveness Day

5:30–7:00 — Morning Puja
- Reflection on gratitude and forgiveness.
7:00 — Breakfast
8:00 — Piṇḍapāta
9:00–10:30 — Seva
10:45–11:00 — Reflections from Ajahn Cha: On letting go
11:00 — Anumodanā & Meal
Afternoon — Rest / Personal Practice
3:00–4:00 — Group meditation
4:00–5:00 — Sutta readings on gratitude and sharing circle
Optional sharing of things to be grateful for from the last year and things to be forgiven and left behind.
5:00 — Nāmpāna
7:00–8:30 — Evening Puja and meditation
- Includes a formal asking for forgiveness from the Triple Gem.

30 DECEMBER — Renewing the Heart: Beginning the New Year with the Brahmavihāras

31 DECEMBER — New Year’s Eve (Full-Day Program)

5:30–7:00 — Morning Puja and meditation
7:00 — Breakfast
8:00 — Piṇḍapāta
9:00–10:30 — Sitting and walking meditation
10:30–11:00 — Dhamma reflections
11:00 — Anumodanā & Meal
Afternoon — Rest / Personal Practice
2:00–4:30 — Floating Lantern Making
- Symbolic “release” activity for the year’s end.
5:00 — Nāmpāna
7:00–9:30 — Evening Puja, chanting, sitting, and walking meditation
10:00–10:30 — Orientation for Itipiso Chanting
10:30 PM – Midnight — Itipiso Chanting
Midnight — Floating Lantern Release at the pond to welcome the New Year

1 JANUARY — New Year’s Day

25 Dec 2025 - 01 Jan 2026

Expired!

All Day

Aranya Sangharama Vihar