{"id":54848,"date":"2016-05-20T23:04:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T05:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=54848"},"modified":"2016-05-20T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T23:02:00","slug":"disaster-relief-fund-for-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/05\/20\/disaster-relief-fund-for-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Relief Fund for Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Ven. Walpola Piyananda<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dear Temple Members and Friends,<\/p>\n<p>I am sure that you are all aware of the flooding and mudslide disaster taking place in Sri Lanka. \u00a0As of the time of this writing, 64 people have been reported dead, over 135 people are still missing, and thousands are homeless. \u00a0We have a long tradition at Dharma Vijaya for coming to the aid of disaster victims: \u00a02004 tsunami, Myanmar typhoon, Nepal earthquake, and others.<\/p>\n<p>We have established a fund here at our temple in Los Angeles for the people in the danger zone. \u00a0Please send your donations to Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara as soon as possible. \u00a0Make checks payable to same, and send to 1847 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA \u00a090019. \u00a0If you have any questions you can contact us by phone at 323-737-5084. \u00a0We will not be collecting any physical items &#8211; only money.<\/p>\n<p>I am leaving for Sri Lanka on Friday, May 27th, and I will personally distribute whatever funds we have collected those who are most in need.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wishes to contribute to this fund after I leave on the 27th, is invited to do so. \u00a0Please contact Ven. Dr. Seelaratana or any other staff, and we will make sure your donations reach the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you in advance for your generosity. \u00a0May you have the blessings of the Triple Gem.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Ven. Walpola Piyananda<\/p>\n<p>Abbot<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ven. Walpola Piyananda Dear Temple Members and Friends, I am sure that you are all aware of the flooding and mudslide disaster taking place in Sri Lanka. \u00a0As of the time of this writing, 64 people have been reported dead, over 135 people are still missing, and thousands are homeless. \u00a0We have a long tradition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddhism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}