{"id":907,"date":"2020-06-16T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/poson-celebrations-in-ho-chi-minh-city-viet-nam\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:03:07","slug":"poson-celebrations-in-ho-chi-minh-city-viet-nam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/poson-celebrations-in-ho-chi-minh-city-viet-nam\/","title":{"rendered":"Poson Celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City \u2013 Viet Nam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 14<sup>th<\/sup> of June 2020, the Sri Lankan expatriate community in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, together with members of Sri Lanka Spots Club (SSC), organized a Dhamma Sermon, Alms Giving and a <em>Dansela<\/em> in commemoration of the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka by Arahant Mahinda. This day of Poson Poya is one of great significance to Buddhists worldwide, and was celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City for the sixth consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-905 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-01-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event was held at the Minh Dang Quang Temple at District 2 of Ho Chi Minh City, with the patronage of Most Ven. Minh Hoa Thero, Chief Incumbent of the temple. Over 300 Buddhist monks from Viet Nam also participated in the event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-903 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-02-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ven. Beragama Piyarathane Thero delivered a Dhamma Sermon via video call from Sri Lanka and led the religious activities, including <em>Buddha Pooja<\/em>, together with Most Ven. Minh Hoa Thero. The members of the expatriate community offered alms and <em>pirikara<\/em> to all Ven. monks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-906 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Image-03-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Poson <em>Dansela<\/em> offered rice, curry and refreshments to the congregation, other devotees visiting the temple and the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Embassy of Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Ha Noi<\/p>\n<p>15 June 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 14th of June 2020, the Sri Lankan expatriate community in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, together with members of Sri Lanka Spots Club (SSC), organized a Dhamma Sermon, Alms Giving and a Dansela in commemoration of the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka by Arahant Mahinda. This day of Poson Poya is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":false,"list":false,"medium":false,"full":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slembassyvn.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}