The 7th 1,000,000 Upasika Kaew Mass Training Project

The 7th 1,000,000 Upasika Kaew Mass Training Project. What is upasika? How important is she? What is her role in Buddhism? And why does Dhammakaya Temple arrange this project?

Buddhism is fastest-growing religion in English jails over past decade

A Daughter Dresses Too Risque

A government officer once came to a venerable monk at the temple for advice about a problem regarding the way teenagers dress these days

I would like to ask Luang Phaw why the Lord Buddha said “The Gift of Dhamma beats all other donations.”

Hearing Luang Phaw mentioned about Dhamma Dana (The Gift of Dhamma), I would like to ask Luang Phaw why the Lord Buddha said “The Gift of Dhamma beats all other donations.”

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 3. Suffering as a result of Illness [byadhi dukkha]

The Lord Buddha taught that suffering as a result of illness comes from the malfunction of the bodily elements

When Taiwanese Bhikkuni Teaches In A Prison

I am a Taiwanese Bhikkuni of Buddhism in Taiwan. I have been ordained for almost 30 years and have been teaching Dhamma to the prisoners who mostly are under a death sentence at the biggest jail in Taiwan for more than 20 years.

A Different Point of Views

My oldest sister follows a different creed called “Sanya”. The members of this creed chant something different from Buddhist morning and evening chanting. They light candle when they start chanting, and put the candle off when they finish a sentence of a chant. They repeat the same routine until they finish chanting.

Surprise! An 8-year-old novice can recite Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta fluently without looking

An 8-year-old novice in Trang Province takes time about 20 minutes to recite Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta fluently without looking. He unveiled that he can recite the Seven Books of Abhidhamma since he was 5 years old. The recitation causes good concentration so that he often gets the first place in his class and he wants to study more about Buddhism in the future.

Why Do Buddhists Visit the Temple?

More than 2,500 years ago, Lord Gotama Buddha renounced his lavish princely life to live as an ascetic in search of the ultimate spiritual liberation.

Attaining The Four Noble Truths.

The Lord Buddha said, “According to the real basics of life, life is suffering, which we don’t know.” As a metaphor for this saying