{"id":3639,"date":"2026-07-23T21:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=3639"},"modified":"2026-07-24T07:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:17:16","slug":"invitation-for-rains-retreat-and-the-monthly-puja-for-july-on-saturday-july-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/events\/invitation-for-rains-retreat-and-the-monthly-puja-for-july-on-saturday-july-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation for Rains Retreat and the Monthly Puja for July on Saturday, July 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Devotees,<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to inform you that the Florida Buddhist Vihara will be holding the Vassana Invitation Ceremony (invitation for rains retreat) along with the Monthly Puja (for July) on Saturday, July 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>We warmly invite you and your families to join us in observing this important tradition and sharing in the Dhamma.\u00a0 The main sponsors for this year\u2019s Vassana Retreat are Mr. Taranga Gunasekara and Mrs. Dasuni Gunasekara.<\/p>\n<p>Further contact:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:813-621-1337\">813-621-1337<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"tel:813-313-9784\">813-<\/a>401-1214<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>With metta,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>May the noble triple gem bless you all !<\/p>\n<p><strong>FBV<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Devotees, We are pleased to inform you that the Florida Buddhist Vihara will be holding the Vassana Invitation Ceremony (invitation for rains retreat) along with the Monthly Puja (for July) on Saturday, July 25, 2026. We warmly invite you and your families to join us in observing this important tradition and sharing in the<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/events\/invitation-for-rains-retreat-and-the-monthly-puja-for-july-on-saturday-july-25-2026\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[30,31],"class_list":["post-3639","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-katina-ceremony","mec_category-monthly-pooja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/3639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbvstaging.floridabuddhistvihara.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=3639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}