Happy Honey Full Moon

Two-thirds of the vassa (rainy season) is over and Bhante Sati Santikaro Thera would like to wish all friends and supporters of Santikaram Association Slovakia a happy autumn. 😊

"For most people, the freedom means the ability to choose what they want to do or what they want to say. But fulfilling one's wishes is not the real freedom. According to the Buddha, the freedom means the purity of the mind. The more the mind is cleansed from the mental defilements (āsava), the freer it becomes. Hence, the absolute freedom can be realized only when the mind is free from all defilements, that is free from sensual desires (kāmāsava), craving for existence (bhavāsava), wrong views (ditthāsava), and ignorance (avijjāsava).

Happy Madhu Purnima (Honey Full Moon Day) and the Mid-Autumn festival to all friends and supporters. May all beings find the way to ultimate freedom in the shortest possible time."

Sādhu! Sādhu! Sādhu! 🙏🙏🙏