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In support ofSantavana Forest Hermitage Fundraising Campaign for the New Education Centre, the patronage of Santavana Forest Hermitage will host an arts sharing event with the theme “Ties to China: Chan, Tea, Calligraphy, Guqin and More”， from Saturday, November 19th to Sunday November 20th, at the top floor in SKY Hotel, Kota Kinabalu.
We cordially invite all who are interested in calligraphy, Buddhism and Chinese culture, Chan and tea, Yixing clay and Guqin etc., to join us in the calligraphy work exhibition and the various talks and sharing sessions scheduled.
The calligraphy work exhibition will exhibit the calligraphy works, written in recent years, by Acharya Kai-yin, the Abbot of Santavana Forest Hermitage. These works are now available online for viewing and charity sale. Please check out the link
Seal script Clerical script Regular script Semi-cursive script cursive and semi cursive Cursive script tibetan and chinese
For detail, please contact：Ms. Liew +60 12-356 2312（whatsapp或 微信ID：gs_liew）or fill this form for booking
Regarding Santavana Fundraising campaign for new centre, as a token of our appreciation, those who have donated 10,000 Ringgits or above will receive a set of crystal miniature figurines of Buddha and his two outstanding disciples modeled after the full-sized ones in Sha Men Le Zhu (the worship hall), and special souvenirs of Santavana’s 20th Anniversary – two cakes of Puerh tea (one ripe and the other raw) with “Long Way to Go, Much Weight to Tow” printed on the packaging.
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Those who have donated 30,000 Ringgits or above will receive a set of crystal miniature figurines of Buddha and his two outstanding disciples modeled after the full-sized ones in Sha Men Le Zhu (the worship hall), a purple clay teapot engraved with Acarya Kaiyin’s calligraphy, beautifully encased in a bamboo box, and special souvenirs of Santavana’s 20th Anniversary – two cakes of Puerh tea (one ripe and the other raw) with “Long Way to Go, Much Weight to Tow” printed on the packaging.
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Those who have donated 100,000 Ringgits or above will receive a copper effigy of crowned Bodhisattva Metteyya, a purple clay teapot engraved with Acarya Kaiyin’s calligraphy, beautifully encased in a bamboo box, and special souvenirs of Santavana’s 20th Anniversary – two cakes of Puerh tea (one ripe and the other raw) with “Long Way to Go, Much Weight to Tow” printed on the packaging.
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Moreover, lay Buddhists from overseas also donate their own collections for the charity sale. The proceeds received from all sales will be used as building fund for the fundraising of the new Education Promotion Center of Santavana Forest Hermitage.
Donated by：
1）Ms Agnes Luo from Xiamen, China
i） 2016 Old Tree Tea, “Nv Er Hong”:
A special order from, and the processing of which is supervised by, the owner of Pu Wen Pin Tea House, the 2016 “Nv Er Hong” is 100% old tree tea with spring tea leaves picked from trees over a hundred years old in the famous Pu Erh region – Mount Bulang, Xishuangbanna, Yunan, China. The outside package features the calligraphy work of Acharya Kai-yin, in the ancient seal script, adding a hint of elegant simplicity to this item.
Quantity: 42 tea cakes, each weighs 250 grams
ii）2015 “Yi Pin” & 2014 “Pu Wen Pin”:
From Bangdong village, Lingcang, Yunan, another famous Pu Erh tea region, both the 2015 “Yi Pin” & the 2014 “Pu Wen Pin” tea cakes are made from 100% old tree tea. The inscriptions on the package are the calligraphy work of Acharya Kai-yin.
Quantity: 21 tea cakes for each kind (42 in total)
iii） One box of old handmade paper
2）100 Agarwoord bracelets from LC Agarwood Import & Export Co. Ltd
27 units of 1.0mm bracelets
48 units 1.2mm bracelets
25 units 1.6mm bracelets
3）100 Guqin albums from Mr. Ng Teck Hing, called “Chan Lin Xiang Yan” (literally Feast from the Forest Hermitage)
4）45 celadon tea jar from Mr Hsieh Chih Hsiang.
5) 50 copies of exquisite 2017 calendar from Mr. Ronnie Ang
6) 30 Key chains from Ms.Teah Foo Li
Other than the exhibition of the calligraphy works of Acharya Kai-yin, we have the pleasure to invite:
1) Professor Xuan Fang from Renmin University of China to give a talk on Chinese culture
2) The famous tea pot specialist, Mr. Tan Chin Hwee,to introduce Yixing clay (aka. Zisha Clay)
3) The tea specialist/sommelier, Ms.Camellia Siow, to give introduction on the culture of Pu Erh
4) Mr.Wu Jianjia to talk about Agarwood
5) Guqin instructor from Dalv Guqin Music School in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Ng Teck Hing,for Guqin performance
