{"id":3731,"date":"2020-05-01T06:06:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T22:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2020-05-01T06:06:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T22:06:47","slug":"no-wesak-day-gathering-activities-this-year-mba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3731","title":{"rendered":"No Wesak Day gathering activities this year &#8211; MBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, May 1\u00a0 &#8212; There will be\u00a0no Wesak Day\u00a0gathering activities this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Malaysian Buddhist Association (MBA).<\/p>\n<p>MBA in a statement yesterday said hence, they will instead put out a video recorded by the teachers and students of Malaysian Buddhist Institute about bathing the\u00a0Buddha statue and chanting scene for Wesak Day\u00a0this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Members of the public can join this auspicious event online simultaneously at home on Wesak Day,&#8221; said\u00a0the statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 mt-4 px-sm-0 px-md-5 px-lg-15 text-dark text-justify\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto mb-4\">\n<div id=\"jssor_312401276136\" data-jssor-slider=\"1\">\n<div data-scale-ratio=\"1\">\n<div data-u=\"slides\">\n<div>Buddhists\u00a0will be celebrating\u00a0Wesak Day on May 7, this year to commemorate\u00a0the birth, enlightenment and death of Siddharta Gautama Buddha, the founder of the religion.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MBA said Buddhists nationwide are welcomed to watch this event at MBA website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbahq.my\">http:\/\/www.mbahq.my<\/a> and Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/malaysianbuddhistassociation\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/malaysianbuddhistassociation<\/a> on\u00a0Wesak Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;MBA hopes\u00a0devotees will\u00a0share the online event with the family members to celebrate the auspicious occasion\u00a0together at home,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, May 1\u00a0 &#8212; 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