Mangala Vihara Buddhist Temple · since 1960

Mangala Vihara Dhamma FellowshipA community growing in Dhamma and compassion.

Established on 22 November 2009, MVDF brings SDS alumni, students and teachers together to learn, practise and share the Buddha's teachings through lifelong learning, fellowship and service.

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Plate IV of VII Mucalinda's shelter Semage, 1994

2009
Founded on 22 November
Four pillars
Learn, lead, grow, serve
SDS family
Alumni, students & teachers
Two tracks
Sutta study & Abhidhamma
01 · About
What MVDF stands for

Learn · Practise · Share

Our four pillars

Learning the Dhamma, nurturing future leaders, growing together, serving with compassion.

01

Learn the Dhamma

Deepen understanding through talks, Sutta study, discussion and reflection.

02

Nurture future leaders

Mentor and empower volunteers, facilitators, organisers and future Dhamma leaders.

03

Grow together

Build spiritual friendship, mutual support and lasting fellowship across generations.

04

Serve with compassion

Support the temple, Saṅgha and wider community through gratitude and service.

02 · Activities
What we do together

Learning, service and friendship

  • Dhamma learning
  • Temple & Saṅgha support
  • Fellowship
  • Community service
The MVDF Sutta Study class of 2025, about fifty members seated together for a group photo.
A full Dhamma talk in the Shrine Hall, the audience seated on the floor facing the monks.
A monk teaching a Dhamma class from slides in a classroom.
An alms round: members place food in the bowl of a monk walking past.
Members in aprons serving a buffet meal.
Members at a stall of free Dhamma books beneath the Buddhist flag.
A 2026 Kataññutā (gratitude) gathering: members and monks around a long dining table.
A donation ceremony overseas, where gifts from Mangala Vihara devotees, including computers and stationery, are presented in front of two seated monks.
Members dressed in white at the Shwedagon Pagoda at night, on a trip to Myanmar.
Members on a group walk with the Singapore skyline behind them.
Weekly class

Sutta Study

A slow, careful reading of one sutta at a time from the Majjhima and Saṃyutta Nikāya, with reference to Pāli where it helps.

Thursdays · 7.30pmChew Quee Neo Hall, level 2
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Weekly class

Abhidhamma

A systematic study of the Abhidhamma, the Buddha's analysis of mind and matter, using the Abhidhammattha Saṅgaha as its primary text.

Saturdays · 2.30–4.00pmSubhadda Room, level 3 · with Sister Siang Cheng
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03 · Join
Join MVDF

Together, let us learn, practise and share the Dhamma.

How to join

Sign up online, or come and meet us first.

  • Sign up online. Fill in the short MVDF member sign-up form and the fellowship will be in touch.
  • Come to a Thursday study class. Turn up at 7.30pm in the Chew Quee Neo Hall on level 2 and say hello.
  • Call first. Ring +65 6744 4285 and ask about MVDF.
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Contact MVDF

Meets
Thursdays 7.30pm · Chew Quee Neo Hall
Saturdays 2.30pm for Abhidhamma
Guidance
With the resident Sangha
Ven. Seelananda Thero & assisting monks
Postal
c/o Mangala Vihara
30 Jalan Eunos
Singapore 419495