Happy Madhu Purnima
"What is important is the divine power that resides between you and me"
The opening of the Wild Honey Expedition for Season 5 began with the Madhu Purnima celebration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 26 September 2026.
The gathering took place at the Atish Deepankar Prayer Hall within the Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery, where community offered vessels of honey alongside fresh seasonal fruits, sweets, and offerings of goodwill.
The Colony Bees’ honey offering from Australia made the journey intact, carefully protected in violet Miron glass. Our offering presented a signature Australian nectar directly at the Madhu Purnima offering table.
It was an honour to witness the offerings, listen to the discourse, and share a communal meal together. As Season 5 unfolds, we carry the spirit of Madhu Purnima with us—reminded that honey is a language of honeybee wildlife.
Our journey looks toward the mangrove wilderness of the Sundarbans—the largest mangrove ecosystem on Earth and home to Apis dorsata, the giant honeybee. Here, wild colonies build their combs high in the canopies of Gewa, Goran, and Khalshi trees, yielding a medicinal wild honey shaped by tides and monsoon. This honey hunt is the practice of the Mawalis, the honey hunters and forest guardians.
With boundless compassion,
The Colony Bees
Script 2026
Buddha Puja, taking the precepts, offering of the Buddha statue, Sanghadan including the eight requisites and a discourse assembly.
President: Ven. Buddhapriya Mahathera, Supreme Abbot, Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery.
(Hon. President, Bangladesh Buddhist Cultural Publicity Association & Hon. Vice-President, World Fellowship of Buddhists, Thailand).
Ven. Asin Jinarakkhita Mahathera, Principal and Founding Director, Auliya Bodhigyan Meditation Center, Dhaka.
Ven. U. Pannyavachaka Mahathera, Principal, Kheyakhali Dhammavijayarama Vihara.
Date: 2506 Buddha Era, 8 Ashwin 1433 Bangabda, 26 September 2026 AD (Saturday).
Time: 9:30 AM.
Venue: Atish Prayer Hall, Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery.
Bangladesh Buddhist Cultural Publicity Association
Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery, Kamalapur (Connecting Atishankar Road), Basabo, Sabujbagh, Dhaka-1214, Bangladesh.
00:00 - 00:04: Amidst the rainy season's residence
00:04 - 00:10: Auspicious Bhadra Purnima, also known as Madhu Purnima, is being celebrated
00:11 - 00:16: Similarly, this year too at the Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery
00:17 - 00:21: The auspicious Buddhist Madhu Purnima is being grandly celebrated
00:22 - 00:31: The president of today's full-moon program, the respected president of the Bangladesh Buddhist Krishti Prachar Sangha
00:32 - 00:37: My supreme spiritual friend, the forerunner pilgrimage
00:38 - 00:46: I am expressing my homage and veneration at the lotus feet of Most Venerable Dr. Buddhapriya Mahathero, Bhante Nibhan
00:47 - 00:55: And sitting on the stage is someone who, it would not be an exaggeration to say, is the treasury of dharma for Bengali Buddhists
00:57 - 01:06: Who loves me very dearly, who is distributing the dharma across various corners of Bangladesh
01:07 - 01:15: The current president of the Dawal Buddhist Shason Sebok Songho
01:16 - 01:29: Our Bandarban-based Shason Sebok Songho's Ramjadi and Swarnajadi founder, the one who initiated the religious renaissance
01:30 - 01:37: The dearly loved and favored disciple of our late Upachakg Bhante
01:38 - 01:45: I am expressing my homage and veneration at the lotus feet of our supreme spiritual friend, the late revered Upachakg Bhante
01:46 - 01:56: And the one beside me, whom I know very well through a long journey, whom I address as my elder brother
01:58 - 02:05: I am paying my veneration at the lotus feet of my most revered Buddhimitra Mahathero Bhante
02:06 - 02:16: And today's Vice-President of this Dharmarajika Buddhist Mahavihara, Most Venerable Ananda Mitra Mahathero, and friend-like Dharmananda Mahavihara Vice-President, Dharmarajika Buddhist Mahavihara
02:17 - 02:22: Other venerable monk sangha are present here
02:22 - 02:34: Including Munshiganj Atidipankar Complex Director Venerable Karunananda Thero, Karuna Jyoti Thero, Mahathero, and many other members of the monk sangha
02:35 - 02:41: I am expressing my respect, veneration, good wishes, and blessings to each of them at the Shama Vihara
02:42 - 02:57: And to those who have come here today on the occasion of Madhu Purnima—my relatives, paternal and maternal uncles, brothers, and sisters—I wish to convey the final greetings, good wishes, and blessings of auspicious Madhu Purnima to all of you
02:59 - 03:09: In fact, Madhu Purnima is being celebrated all over Bangladesh; wherever I look, at the Purba Sarbajanin Buddhist Vihara, Madhu Purnima is being celebrated there as well
03:10 - 03:17: But out of a sense of responsibility and duty, I am here before you today
03:18 - 03:28: So this is my seat of learning; this Dharmarajika is that very seat of learning for me since my childhood, kid, and adolescent days
03:29 - 03:34: My roots, my educational roots, began right from here
03:35 - 03:46: Here I have many elders, uncles, teachers, schoolmistresses, and those who have cooperated with me by giving various pieces of advice in past times
03:47 - 03:52: Many of them are here, including my elder sisters
03:53 - 04:00: I express my respects to each and every one of them, and convey my best wishes and greetings to all
04:01 - 04:08: So, prior to me, Dr. Suman Kanti Barua presented details regarding Madhu Purnima
04:09 - 04:13: After that, there is not much more to discuss on this topic
04:14 - 04:24: However, Madhu Purnima—where honey was offered by a monkey—is not particularly significant regarding scriptural matters
04:25 - 04:30: What is important is the divine power that resides between you and me
04:31 - 04:36: We are Buddhists; Buddhists never, at any time, harbor unloving intentions
04:37 - 04:41: Buddhists are governed by a non-violent lifestyle
04:42 - 04:46: Buddhists never directly conflict with one another
04:47 - 04:52: Buddhists are always immersed in loving-kindness prayers
04:53 - 04:55: The Buddha has shown just that
