2000 – The number of Buddhism discussion classes increased to 11, with a total of 180 students.

2002 - Zhang Clan Association at Geylang was rented as a learning centre. After an opening ceremony was held for the centre by Master Jih-Chang, many more new students enrolled for buddhism studies.

2003 – The number of discussion classes increased to 15 with a total of 500 students. In the same year, specific classes targeting senior citizens and parents were also established.

2005 – In January, 3 Buddhism classes for children and youths were established.In September 2005, under Venerable Jing Yuan’s instructions, the bilingual Buddhism discussion classes were introduced officially. 

2007 – For the first time, Venerable Jing Yuan organized a three-day “Purification and Wisdom Retreat”. Almost 600 students participated in it. Another major event, Master’s Remembrance Day, was held in Singapore for the first time and was attended by more than 900 students.

2008 – The number of Buddhism discussion classes expanded to 43 with nearly 1,700 students. In July, the English Buddhism classes were also set up. December that year,  we invited the Taiwanese Insightful Praise Choir to perform at the Victoria Music Hall in Singapore. 

2009 – The first Buddhism music performance was held at Tai Pei Buddhist Centre.

2010 – We shifted to CitiRaya Building at Lorong 27, Geylang, occupying levels two and three of the building. The second Buddhism music performance was also held at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery (KMSPKS), No Form Hall that year. This was the first time KMSPKS hosted such an event.

2011 – For the benefit of students who are English educated as well as to reach out to more virtuous friends, in November that year, a global English translation team was formally formed. They were tasked to translate the Chinese explanatory notes of the Lamrim into English. All the translators were Lamrim students from around the world.

2012 – For the first time, a youth camp was held to put into practice the observation of merits and kindness of the others and to gain spiritual improvements. 

2013 – A Buddhist Music Composition Retreat was also held to encourage more works by students.  A Buddhist music recital was also held at Republic Polytechnic in the same year.

2014 – Space at KH Plaza was rented to allow more English and Bilingual classes to be set up. The society successfully bided for a piece of land in Woodlands to build a new Monastery. BW Monastery, an auspicious place where the Sangha congregates.

2015 

– 7th April, the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the new Monastery took place. Guests of honor who were invited to preside over this event included the President of the Singapore Buddhist Federation, Venerable Guang Pin and Mr Khaw Boon Wan, Minister for National Development.

 – 7th May, a fund-raising bazaar was held at Woodlands for the first time during Vesak Day. One of the highlights included the ceremony of bathing the Buddha where many attendees happily participated in. More than thirty thousand people participated in the bazaar event. Some of these participants included Members of Parliament Mr Baey Yam Keng and his family, Mr Yeo Guat Kwang and Mr Vikram Nair, MP for Sembawang GRC.

– 1st June, Venerables Ben Si and Ben Wen were ordained by Venerable Jing Yuan.

2016

 – 16th September, the first “Joyous Rhapsody Concert” was held at The Star Performing Arts Theatre, drawing a total crowd of more than 3,000. It was also a great honour to be able to invite Minister Khaw Boon Wan, Minister Ong Ye Kung and Mr Vikram Nair, Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC to grace the event.

– 27th November, Master’s Remembrance Day was held at Big Box after five months of preparation and contribution by students across various projects that culminated in offerings to Buddha. A total of more than 4000 people attended this full day event.

– 17th December, a fund-raising Luncheon was held at the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) to raise funds for the construction of the new Monastery. The Luncheon also marked the end of the fund raising efforts. Through collective efforts made over the last 2 years, a total of S$20 million was successfully raised for the new Monastery building.

2017 –

• 1 January 2017- In gratitude of the Buddha’s kindness, the Sangha and lay followers actively paid homage to thousand Buddhas, and participated in Dharma propagation and prayer ceremonies.

• 2 January 2017- Under the guidance of Venerable Jing Yuan, the Bliss Lions Club was set up to provide a key platform for enterprises and professionals to have healthy interactions between all walks of life, to enable and support young entrepreneurs and jobseekers to virtuously help one other in their pursuits.

• 3 January 2017 - The Sangha led the group of lecturers to practice outdoor walking meditation for the first time, generating interest in walking meditation ever since. 

• 7 January 2017- Venerable Jing Yuan started the Training and Development Department, which comprised of professionals with training experience to develop courses that will cater to various levels of students, to facilitate the learning of the Dharma. On the same day, the Bliss Flowers group was formed, consisting of female students, to offer another route of Dharma learning opportunity for all.

• 16 January 2017 -  Venerable Jing Yuan restructured the organisation and conducted a motivation class that not only imbued everyone with a sense of mission, but helped their studies to progress by leaps and bound as well. 

• 4-18 January 2017 - Venerable Jing Yuan gave discourses on “General Presentation of the Path” to cadres and students  every week for a month. It was also the first time Venerable Jing Yuan gave the discourse in English, which surprised and touched the bilingual class students greatly.

• 17 January 2017 - Venerable Jing Yuan led the sangha group into meditation practice for the first time. Through this practice, they learned how to be “mindful” in their every action. By reciting “Namo Buddha” once, not only did they contemplate on Buddha’s merits, but more importantly, sought refuge by reflecting on “I rely on you”, and “I want to become like you”, constantly accumulating authentic virtuous deeds.

• 27 January 2017 -For Chinese New Year Blessings Puja at Citiraya Centre, BW Monastery launched its innovative reformation in Dharma propagation through new and interesting programme. 

• 30 January 2017 - For the graduation ceremony of the 1st batch of Lay Buddhists Institute students, despite his busy schedule, Venerable Jing Yuan spared some time to attend the ceremony, showing his care and concern for everyone. His presence was a blessing and at the same time very encouraging. It was a remarkable surprise and auspicious for all! 
  
  7 February 2017 -Venerable Jing Yuan conducted a one-day motivational course for our fortunate lecturers group.

• 11 February 2017-  BW Monastery organised its first blessings ceremony for good fortune on Lantern Festival (15th of the 1st Lunar month).

• 17 February 2017-  Venerable Jing Yuan skillfully led both sangha and laity in meditation practice. With the guidance of virtuous teacher, the right concept and method, one is able to meditate easily, which was really remarkable! 

• 4 March 2017- Stemming from Venerable Jing Yuan's encouragement, the nunnery sangha organised the first Enrichment class for the Youths.  

• 26 March 2017 -Venerable Jing Yuan conducted enrichment camp for more than 100 new cadres. Topics covered were "Establishing one's life goals", "Understanding what life goals are", "How to establish one's life goals", "When do we establish life's goals". Another topic, "How to attain one's life goals in the fastest manner" was yet to be fully completed, which had everyone planted a good cause. 

• 16 April 2017- Under the guidance of Venerable Jing Yuan, the sangha and laity made great aspiration and supplication for the successful enshrinement of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas statues in our BW monastery in Woodlands. 

• 6 & 7 May 2017- The Auspicious Vesak Day and Charity Bazaar which were held at the Level 3 exhibition hall in Big Box, attracted more than thirty thousand visitors. Minister of Education, Mr Ong Ye Kung, graced and celebrated this auspicious event with us, and also gave his encouragement and care to the volunteers and senior citizens. 

• 21 May 2017-Under the compassionate direction of Venerable Jing Yuan, the Care Department was established, using our utmost care and open hearts to welcome all students, family members and friends. 

• 1 July 2017- With the guidance from Venerable Jing Yuan, the BWM website was relaunched to be bilingual, and showcasing it from a religious aspect. The website mainly reports on the grand puja, activities and education of the monastery etc. Grateful to Venerable Jing Yuan for unveiling new chapters for us and injecting vitality.

• 12 July 2017 – BW Monastery received the Temporary Occupant Permit (TOP) on Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Enlightenment Day. From this day onwards, BW Monastery will take on the task of propagating the Dharma for the benefit of sentient beings, working towards the vision of flourishing teachings.  
  
  16 July 2017 – BW Monastery held its inaugural kids art competition which was also opened to the public. A total of 170 children participated, including children from China, Germany, Korea, etc. Mr Vikram Nair (Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC) and his wife were invited  to the event as the Guests-of-honour and they also presented prizes to the participants.

• 9-20 Aug 2017- During the opening week of BW Monastery, there were many activities held, such as Blessings Pujas, Refuge-taking, 8-precepts camp, seminars, exhibitions and concerts. 

• 10 Aug 2017- BW Monastery had a very auspicious and formal ceremony to receive the relic of the Buddha. The relic was a gift by the Abbot Elder Dhammarathana from Sri Lanka. Guests-of-Honour, Second Minister for Education, Mr Ong Ye Kung, and Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport, Mr Khaw Boon Wan and their spouses, together with Venerable Jing Yuan, Venerable Ben Si, Venerable Ben Wen, Venerable Dao Ci, received the relic together. Abbot Elder Dhammarathana and other monasteries' elders also recited Pali sutra verses to seek blessings for BW Monastery too. 

• 11 Aug 2017 - It was the grand opening day of BW Monastery and together with Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, Dr Lim Wee Kiak, and Venerable Jing Yuan, they kicked off the opening of the monastery at the main gate.

• 12 & 14 Aug 2017- BW Monastery held its first Refuge-Taking ceremony, which was also opened to the public for the first time. Attendees were able to receive the 3 or 5 precepts from Venerable Jing Yuan directly.  

• 13 Aug 2017 -BW Monastery organized its first Offering to Sangha, where many local and overseas sangha members were invited to receive the pure meals offering. 

• 15 & 16 Aug 2017- BW monastery held 8-Precepts enrichment camp on 2 separate days where it combined both walking and sitting meditation for the first time, allowing the students to experience a day in the life of a practitioner. 

• 19 & 20 Aug 2017- Second year in running, "Joyous Rhapsody - Voices of the Heart", was held in the newly opened BW Monastery. The first session was graced by Second Minister for Education, Mr Ong Ye Kung, MPs for Sembawang GRC, Mr Vikram Nair and Mr Amrin Amin. The concerts that took place over the 2 days were very well-received. 

• 20 August 2017- Jointly with BW Monastery, Blossom Seeds Limited organized its first Gala  event for senior citizens, with Mr Vikram Nair and Mr Amrin Amin, both MPs for Sembawang GRC as the special guests. The purpose of the gala was to promote cultural harmony and the spirit of respecting the elders in multi-cultural Singapore. About 200 senior citizens from Sembawang GRC attended the gala event.

• 27 August 2017- BW Monastery hourly insightful praise sessions consists of venerable discourse, vast offering, repentance service, supplications and insightful praises. They enable you to relax and know more about the merits of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

• 3 Sept 2017 BWM held the 6th run of Lay Practitioners Dharma Institute Course 1st module from 3 September 2017 to 29 October 2017, with 146 students attended. 

• 15 Oct 2017
  BW Monastery first held Master Jih-Chang's Memorial Day with Light Offering Ceremony 

• 17 Oct 2017 Sri Lankan Sangha Leader, Venerable Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero and 4 Elders visited BW Monastery. 

• 28 Oct 2017
  4 sessions using both bilingual and English language were held for Master’s Remembrance Day, with the slogan - "One Heart One Goal One Happy Bodhi Path " (同心同愿 快乐菩萨行)

• 6 Nov 2017
  BW Monastery Volunteers Enrichment Camp had nearly 200 attendees present. 

• 7 Nov 2017
  Refuge-Taking Ceremony in conjunction with Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Ordination Day.

• 21 Nov 2017
  Enshrining the statue of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

• 25 Nov 2017
  Receiving of the Tibetan Dragon Sutra 

• 2 Dec 2017
  BW Monastery held an Appreciation Dinner which was graced by Minister for Education and Second Minister for the Ministry of Defence, Mr Ong Ye Kung, to thank all donors and students from the North Zone for their unrelenting support to the monastery. 

• 2 & 3 Dec 2017
  Receiving and Offering of Buddha’s Body, Speech and Mind

• 9 & 10, 16 & 17 Dec 2017
  4 days BWM Fiesta, with Mr Khaw Boon Wan, Minister for Transport, and Mr Vikram Nair, MP for Sembawang GRC as special guests.

• 23 Dec 2017
  Lay Practitioners Dharma Institute Course 3rd module: 83 students continued their learning journey with “Intermediate Principles” and “Advance Principles” of the Dialectic Studies.

• 30 Dec 2017 - 1st Jan 2018
  3-day Auspicious Lights Festival with respective blessing sessions and Thousand Buddhas Prayers Ceremony on 1st Jan 2018 

• 31 Dec 2017
  Inaugural BW Monastery Countdown Partscription

• 4 Jan 2018 - The widely respected Venerable Niyangoda Vigithasiri Anunayaka Thero, Deputy Head of Sri Lanka's Siam Sect and Sangha visited BW Monastery for the second time.

• 24-25 Feb 2018 - BW Monastery held 7 sessions of Fortune Blessing Grand Puja (Obstacles Clearing and Fortune Blessings) 祈福鸿运大法会（除障补福运) where more than 1200 devotees attended the last day of the Puja.

• 25 Feb 2018 - BW Monastery held an Offering to the Heavenly Realm for Peace & Bliss Puja (祈安培福供诸天法会)on the 10th of the 1st Lunar month with recitation of Golden Light Sutra.

• 2 Mar 2018 - BW Monastery held its first 3-Step-1-Bow event on the 15th of the 1st Lunar month.(元宵节)

• 3 Mar 2018 - A group of children from Sathya Sai Organisation of Singapore came to BW Monastery for a visit.

• 4-12 Mar 2018 - BW Monastery held its first short term Ordination Ceremony（ 第一梯短期出家剃度法会）for which 21 students were ordained and experienced the Sangha life for 9 days.

• 6-8 Mar 2018 - BW Monastery held its 1st & 2nd 35-Buddha Repentance Practice (第一、二梯佛说大宝积经35佛忏法会) where Abbot Master Jing Yuan guided on the study of 35-Buddha Repentance from the "Stack of Jewels Sutra", practical applications of prayers that included ways of prostration, recitations etc.

• April 2018 - BW Monastery’s Arts and Culture Department was set up with the objective of bringing joy and happiness to everyone. Through various regular activities and courses, such as singing insightful praises, making victory banners, beading, flower arrangement, incense appreciation courses, handmade soap, classes for children & seniors, BW Monastery has been achieving its goals of enriching everyone’s life and mind with wisdom and joy.

• 15-30 May 2018 - BW Monastery held its 2nd Short Term Ordination Ceremony （第二梯短期出家剃度法会）for which 10 male students took part in the 16-day event.

• 19 & 20 May 2018 - BW Monastery, together with Blossom Seeds, co-organized the 2018 Auspicious Vesak Carnival at the Big Box. Ministers Khaw Boon Wan and K.Shanmugam also attended the event in their personal capacity over the 2 days.

• 26-29 May 2018 - BW Monastery held 4 days Auspicious Vesak Day(吉祥卫塞) at Woodlands to welcome all devotees to experience the meaningful practice of “Ten Great Vows of Samantabhadra” (普贤十大愿行), followed by 3-Step- 1-Bow , Receiving of Buddha Relic, 88 Buddhas Repentance & Grand Offering on 29 May 2018.

• 15 June 2018 - BW Monastery held its 4th Short Term Ordination Ceremony （第四梯短期出家剃度法会). Novice Yuan Man was ordinated to join the Sangha family.

• 9 Aug 2018 - Double Celebration of National Day and BW Monastery 1st Anniversary (吉祥双庆), where more than 300 devotees joyously celebrated together.

• 22-25 Aug 2018 - 4 days of Ullambana Puja with recitation of Ksitigarbha Sutra was held at BW Monastery. ( 盂兰盆法会) Completion day of Ullambana Puja was on 25 Aug 2018.

• 30 Sep 2018 - BW Monastery Care Department organized a Cooking Competition as well as birthday celebration for Abbot Jing Yuan.

• 13 Oct 2018 - 4 sessions using both bilingual and English language were held for Master’s Remembrance Day, with the slogan - “Teacher, Me, Bodhicitta “(师心、我心、菩提心)

• 28 Oct-4 Nov 2018 - BW Monastery organized 7 days of the Medicine Buddha Puja (药师祈福消灾延寿大法会)in hope for all to cultivate virtues, by reciting Medicine Buddha Sutra and mantra. With the 12 great vows made by Medicine Buddha, it will help all beings to achieve peace in current life, rid of calamity and have longevity, increase smooth conditions, and clear of any injustice and enmity.

• 3-4 Nov 2018 - BW Monastery’s Arts and Culture Department proudly presented Joyous Rhapsody – “HOPE” concerts. Renowned violinist and conductor, Mr Wang Zi Cheng , graced and performed in the 2 days concerts as well as various BW Monastery performing groups.

• 18 Nov 2018 - Woodlands Secondary School teachers and students paid a visit to BW Monastery for interfaith activities.

• 23 Dec 2018 - BW Monastery held an Ordination Ceremony for 3 novice nuns.They are Novice Jian Xin (见信）、Zheng Yuan (正愿）and Jue Xing (觉行）.

• 29-31 Dec 2018 - 3-day Ceremony of Lights Festival (吉祥灯会) which encompassed blessing sessions for respective age groups (kids,students and working professionals)

• 31 Dec 2018 - Inaugural BW Monastery Countdown Party

• 12 Jan 2019- BW Monastery held a Bliss Glow Family Lantern Lighting Ceremony which was graced by Mr Vikram Nair, Member of the Singapore Parliament for Sembawang GRC. The event attracted more than 500 people to witness the Lighting Ceremony of Northern Singapore’s One & Only, Largest Family Lantern.

• 9~19 Feb 2019- There were a total of 12 Fortune Blessing Prayer sessions held at BW Monastery and it was a great honour that, on the 1st session held on 9 Feb, it was graced by Minister of Education, Mr & Mrs Ong Ye Kung.

• 16 Feb 2019- BW Monastery held an Offering to Heavens for Peace & Bliss Grand Puja on the 12th day of the 1st Lunar month, with the recitation of Golden Light Sutra.

• 19 Feb 2019- BW Monastery celebrated the Lantern Festival - “A Celebration Of Love And Affection” on the 15th day of the 1st Lunar month (元宵节晚会).

• 24~31 March 2019- BW Monastery held its first Qing Ming cum The Emperor Liang Jeweled Repentance Grand Puja where a total of 10 Scrolls of repentance prayers were recited continuously for 8 days. The participants were delighted that the content of each scroll was explained by Sangha so that they were able to understand the prayers better.

• 25 March 2019 - BW Monastery held its first 35 Buddhas Confession Practice. This will take place every month on the second and forth Monday, in the afternoon, with 3 sessions happening between 1.15pm - 4.30pm.

• 19 Apr 2019 - BW Monastery Venerables and lecturers conducted a full-day Seminar - “Building the skyscrapers of my life (3)— Relying on the teachers “. It was well received and many students looked forward to the next one.

• 19 Apr 2019 - An English Refuge-Taking Ceremony, which was opened to the public, was conducted.

• 19 Apr 2019- A purification session of the Buddha Shrine was held where it attracted many devotees to take part in the cleaning of the altar.

• 20 Apr 2019- BW Monastery held a “Sacred Enshrinement of Jade Buddha “ to welcome 40-year-old historic Buddha statue from Myanmar.

• 20 Apr 2019- Abbot Jing Yuan conducted two sessions of Life Meditation Camp for all students.

• 21 Apr 2019- BW Monastery Care Department held its inaugural Lamrim Recitation Competition [开卷有益”背诵比赛] for its students to partake. A total 20 groups took part, with 6 groups of winners emerged and prized.

• 22 Apr to 3 May 2019 -Abbot Jing Yuan conducted a series of enrichment courses for all class levels, with the option of upholding 8 precepts during the courses.

• 26-28 Apr 2019-Abbot Jing Yuan organized a three-day “Purification-Wisdom Retreat” with close to 200 students participated. This took place after a decade since 2007.

• 28 Apr 2019- BW Monastery conducted an Ordination Ceremony for which Novice Hui Deng (慧灯师) was ordained to join the Sangha Family.

• 1 May 2019- BW Monastery held Thousand Buddhas Repentance Puja to provide everyone the opportunity to prostrate to the 1000 Buddhas of the previous kalpa. Through the repentance Puja, one can eliminate all the non-virtuous karma accumulated in the past year.

• 18, 19 & 20 May 2019- Auspicious Vesak Day held at BW Monastery attracted more than twenty three thousand visitors.

• 19 & 20 May 2019- BW Monastery held Three-Steps-One-Bow ritual which attracted one thousand three hundred devotees to express their gratitude and show reverence to the Triple Gems.

• 30 June 2019- BW Monastery together with Zest Universe Group organized its first Children Carnival. The carnival was to help promote family bonding and multiracial harmony.

• 6 July to 28 Sept- For every Saturday afternoon during this period, BW Monastery would hold a series of “Happy Living Blessed Journey”. Through the prayers, chanting of mantras and sutras, and circumambulation, we can connect ourselves deeper with Triple Gem.

• 10th August- Over 80 children across all ages (from 23 months to 13 years old), participated in the BW Monastery first ever Children's Refuge-Taking ceremony.

• 18th August- Over 700 devotees participated in the first ever Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance Puja held at BW Monastery.