{"id":3040,"date":"2023-12-22T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=3040"},"modified":"2023-12-22T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:54:20","slug":"blessing-service-for-the-new-year-2024","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/events\/blessing-service-for-the-new-year-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessing Service for the New Year 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Friends in the Dhamma,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On January 1st, 2024,&nbsp;Florida Buddhist<em>&nbsp;<\/em>Vihara<em>&nbsp;<\/em>has planned to perform the traditional<em>&nbsp;Kiribath<\/em>&nbsp;(milk rice)&nbsp;<em>Buddha-Pooja<\/em>&nbsp;followed by the chanting of&nbsp;<em>Dhamma Chakka<\/em><em>ppavattana<\/em> sutra to bless you all, once again, for the new year. We kindly invite you to attend the above blessing ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">09.00&nbsp;a.m. &nbsp; &nbsp; Arrival of devotees<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">09.30 a.m.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Offering of milk rice &amp;&nbsp;<em>Gilanpasa<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.00 a.m. &nbsp; &nbsp; Brief&nbsp;Dhamma&nbsp;sermon (English)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.30 a.m. &nbsp; &nbsp; Chanting of&nbsp;Pirith&nbsp;(<em>Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11.15 a.m. &nbsp; &nbsp; Offering of the&nbsp;<em>Buddha-Pooja<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11.30 a.m. &nbsp; &nbsp; Offering of&nbsp;<em>Dana<\/em>&nbsp;(alms)&nbsp;to the monks<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11.35 a.m. &nbsp; &nbsp; Serving of&nbsp;refreshments to&nbsp;participants<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12.15 p.m. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Distribution of&nbsp;chanted threads and blessed water<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>We kindly inform you that&nbsp;<\/u><u>chanted threads and blessed water will be made&nbsp;available&nbsp;later for those devotees who would find it inconvenient to attend the ceremony.<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also&nbsp;kindly request devotees to provide flowers&nbsp;incense, T light candles and fruit juice for&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Buddha-Pooja.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, we will appreciate your contributions in terms of disposable plates, paper-cups, paper-plates, small water&nbsp;bottles, milk rice, chili paste (Lunumiris) and other&nbsp;Sri Lankan delicacies&nbsp;appropriate for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The link for<\/u><u> virtual participation in the program<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/meet.google.com\/sug-gpbq-fcv\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/meet.google.com\/sug-gpbq-fcv&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703345301275000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3uqXDaoNPSBxOaWypjmTqW\">https:\/\/meet.google.com\/sug-gpbq-fcv<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May the Triple Gem bless you !<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With&nbsp;Metta<em>,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Florida Buddhist Vihara<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends in the Dhamma, On January 1st, 2024,&nbsp;Florida Buddhist&nbsp;Vihara&nbsp;has planned to perform the traditional&nbsp;Kiribath&nbsp;(milk rice)&nbsp;Buddha-Pooja&nbsp;followed by the chanting of&nbsp;Dhamma Chakkappavattana sutra to bless you all, once again, for the new year. We kindly invite you to attend the above blessing ceremony. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Agenda 09.00&nbsp;a.m. &nbsp; &nbsp; Arrival of<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/events\/blessing-service-for-the-new-year-2024\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[],"class_list":["post-3040","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/3040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}