The Nationwide Rain-Retreat Ordination 2012 Program of 100,000 Monks

Details of the Nationwide Rain-Retreat Ordination 2012 Program of 100,000 Monks

Blessing Our Descendants #2

The Lord Buddha taught the way to create the very best in oneself by eliminating greed, anger, and ignorance through the accumulation of merit.

Help Thich Nhat Hanh and Bat Nha

The Rose Way

The real monks and practitioners from Dhammakaya Temple are going to restore one of the Buddha's ways...It is the dhutanga. They are going to perform the Dhammachai Dhutanga during January 2nd - 25th, 2012.

Color of monks’ robes

Why the color of monks’ robes is always either yellow or reddish brown? A foreigner once asked me this question and I could not answer him.

Magha Puja Day 2015, March 4th, Offering Lights to Brighten Your Life

Magha Puja Day is one of the most important Buddhist holy days in Thailand. Each of the 30,000 Buddhist temples across the nation holds its own ceremony to mark the occasion. The ceremony at Wat Phra Dhammakaya is one of the largest held in Thailand.

History of the Rain Retreat

The Rain Retreat had not existed yet during the initial years of Buddhism. Therefore, throughout any given year, when a monk needs to visit the people in order to teach Dhamma, the journey was made when time permitted.

Oh! A Miracle

There was news critical of the temple. There were claims that the temple had shot a laser beam towards the sun. Hearing this claim made me laugh. It was impossible. If the temple had been able to do this, why did they not enable me to view it? I was at the event but I did not see anything.

Graduated from Engineering, but almost went to Hell

Another witness of the ordination merit. What does a monk who was an engineer want to tell you about ordination?

100,000–Monk Ordination during the Buddhist Lent Project

Summon your powers with the monk communities across Thailand to strengthen the world morality. No ordination charge!