{"id":3832,"date":"2020-05-07T09:33:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T01:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2020-05-07T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T01:33:13","slug":"online-programmes-for-wesak-day-celebration-amid-mco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3832","title":{"rendered":"Online programmes for Wesak Day celebration amid MCO"},"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 6 &#8211; The Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM) has prepared a series of online programmes for all devotees to celebrate Wesak Day in their respective homes due to the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO).<\/p>\n<p>Its central committee member, Eow Shiang Yen, said the programmes, on the theme of\u00a0<em>Connecting to the Buddha,<\/em>\u00a0have been made available for Buddhists of all ages from April 24 to May 14.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u00a0activities comprise\u00a0four online forums and discussions\u00a0as well as seven interactive games. On this auspicious day that celebrates the birth, enlightenment and Parinirv\u0101na of the Buddha, YBAM will help the devotees to connect to the Buddha through e-platforms,&#8221; he told Bernama.<\/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_1360386440136\" data-jssor-slider=\"1\">\n<div data-scale-ratio=\"1\">\n<div data-u=\"slides\">\n<div>Eow\u00a0said that for the first time, due to the CMCO, YBAM has created these digital platforms to facilitate celebrations at home by the devotees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We welcome\u00a0all Buddhists nationwide to participate in the e-Wesak celebrations via the YBAM Facebook,\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YBAMalaysia,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, YBAM president Tan King Leong said that with the COVID-19 pandemic and the enforcement of the CMCO, Wesak Day celebrations can be more meaningful by bringing forth the altruistic, selfless and fearless spirit of\u00a0<em>Tolerance and Understanding Begins with Me<\/em>.<\/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_1837882295137\" data-jssor-slider=\"1\">\n<div data-scale-ratio=\"1\">\n<div data-u=\"slides\">\n<div>\u201cLet us also chant for the world\u2019s purification and for the pandemic to be eradicated completely,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; BERNAMA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 &#8211; The Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM) has prepared a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7574,18],"tags":[9767,9483],"class_list":["post-3832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid19","category-religion","tag-buddhist","tag-wesak-day"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/download.jpg",239,211,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=7574\" rel=\"category\">COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=18\" rel=\"category\">Religion<\/a>","tag_info":"Religion","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3834,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions\/3834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}