kathina - Thubten Chodron

The robe of merit. At the kathina ceremony after the rains retreat, the sangha receives and distributes offerings of cloth to be used to make robes.

Chapter 12: Bodhicitta in the Chinese tradition
The methods to develop bodhicitta as presented in the Chinese Buddhist tradition.
Kaṭhina ceremony 2015
An explanation of the kaṭhina ceremony followed by a guided meditation on rejoicing.
The significance of the kathina ceremony
The story of how and why the Buddha introduced the kathina ceremony for the sangha.
Bringing the kathina ceremony to the West
What the kathina ceremony means to the Sravasti Abbey community.
Sravasti Abbey’s first kathina ceremony
The kathina robe ceremony to celebrate the end of the rains retreat (varsa) and the invitation for feedback within the sangha (pravarana).