Vesak Festival 2025

Santikaram Forest Temple is inviting all friends and supporters to celebrate the Vesak Festival 2025 (also known as the "Wesak" or the "Buddha Day") on Sunday, 11 May 2025 at Santikaram Forest Temple.

Vesak is the most important festival commemorating the Birth, Enlightenment and Parinibbana of the Buddha. It is celebrated on the Full Moon Day of the sixth/seventh lunar month (May/June) in the South-East Asia countries.

Program:

11:00 offering lunch to Venerable monk/s, blessing

12:00 community lunch together

13:00 opening the celebration, taking Refuge and Five Precepts

13:30 Dhamma-talk

14:00 guided meditation

14:30 recitation of the special Pali texts

15:00 candlelight procession

15:30 sharing merits and blessing

16:00 cleaning the premises

17:00 closing the event

Notices:

1. The event is free.

2. Everyone is welcome to visit the Santikaram Forest Temple am morning and offer the lunch to Venerable monk/s and join the community lunch together.

3. There is also a possibility to overnight at the Forest Temple and continue with a meditation retreat in the comming week.

You are welcome to purchase the Vesak offering by choosing one or more requisites:

Monk robe (full set): 99 €

Monk robe: 49 €

Vesak box: 29 €

Alms bowl: 99 €

Make merits on the occasion of the Vesak Day and send your donation online to:

Bank account: Santikaram Slovakia

Bank account number (IBAN): SK9611000000002948131901

Bank code (BIC/SWIFT): TATRSKBX

Name of the bank: Tatra Banka

Message to recipient: Vesak donation

E-mail: santikaram.slovakia@gmail.com

You may also send your donation via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SantikaramSK

You are welcome to share this wonderful event and invite your family members and friends. 🙏🙏🙏