{"id":15300,"date":"2026-04-03T15:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/?p=15300"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:47:17","slug":"santi-vesak-sunday-3rd-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/2026\/04\/03\/santi-vesak-sunday-3rd-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Santi Vesak &#8211; Sunday 3rd May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>We are celebrating the Buddha\u2019s birthday at Santi with a day of silent retreat.<\/em> Join us this Vesak for a time for quiet reflection and contemplation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location &#8211; Santi Forest Monastery, 100 Coalmines Road, Bundanoon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schedule of Events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>9.00 am<\/td><td>Arrival &amp; settling in<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9.30 am<\/td><td>Guided meditation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.30 am<\/td><td>Auspicious chanting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.00 pm<\/td><td>Shared meal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12.30 pm<\/td><td>Vesak Dhamma talk and Q&amp;A<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.30 pm<\/td><td>Meditation and offering of lights at the Big Cave<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Helpful notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schedule of events may change to adapt to the conditions of the day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are welcome to bring a plate of food to share<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remember to bring appropriate footwear, sun hats, water bottle etc., if you wish walk to the Big Cave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Santi supports Bundanoon in its \u201cbottled water \u2013 free\u201d town campaign and encourage minimal plastic use.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC_1505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1670\" height=\"1114\" data-id=\"14310\" src=\"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC_1505.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC_1505.jpg 1670w, https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC_1505-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC_1505-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC_1505-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC_1505-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DSC_1505-1320x881.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1670px) 100vw, 1670px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year at Santi we are celebrating simplicity and silence, the true spirit of the Buddha\u2019s teaching. Join us this Vesak for a time for quiet reflection and contemplation.<br \/>\nLocation: 100 Coalmines Rd, Bundanoon, NSW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15301,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15300\/revisions\/15301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}