{"id":4666,"date":"2026-10-19T07:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aranya.sg\/?p=4666"},"modified":"2026-10-19T07:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:32:34","slug":"gratitudevesak-charity-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aranya.sg\/?p=4666","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude@Vesak Charity Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4666\" class=\"elementor elementor-4666\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ca0e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7ca0e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2a8fe4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2a8fe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aranya held our annual Gratitude at Vesak Charity Lunch on Saturday 17 May 2025 at SAFRA Toa Payoh\u2019s Jubilee Garden Restaurant. Together with our strategic partner BuddhistYouth Network (BYN), it is a celebration of Aranya\u2019s 5th anniversary and BYN\u2019s 10th anniversary! The Guest of Honour was Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Interfaith Adviser to BuddhistYouth Network, who shared about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">youths playing a vital role in community work.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme included performances on \u201cHeart Sutra\u201d and Teochew Opera \u201cCrossing Mountain After Mountain\u201d by Blue Lion Dharma Fun Club, as well as Buddhist hymns from music producer Brother Ng Kang Kee.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than half of the collection of exquisite Buddhist artefacts and paintings put up for Silent Auction were successfully bid. 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