Honoring the Most Venerable Phrarajbhavanajahn on the Anniversary of His 74th Birthday
As the 74th anniversary of the Most Venerable Phrarajbhavanajahn’s (Luang Por Dattajeevo) – Vice Abbot of the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, birthday approaches, it is of great honor and privilege for his disciples, comprised of venerable monks, novice monks, laymen and laywomen, and the general public, to recognize the benevolence and kindness of this magnanimous human being for his complete devotion to Buddhism and the vast knowledge he has imparted on us.
Meditation Session for Locals // August 23, 2016 - Wat Phra Dhammakaya North Sweden
On August 23rd, 2016 Wat Phra Dhamamkaya North Sweden organized a 1 day Middle Way meditation session for locals in Gåvle, Sweden that was taught by Ven. Vichai Punnadhammo.
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants (2)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twenty :- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants.
Please donate to publish the Patimokha Book Dhammachai Celebration Edition
If you are interested to make the intellectual merit, please donate to publish the Patimokha Book Dhammachai Celebration Edition. This book will be offered to monks who participate in the Rain Retreat Mass Ordination Program nationwide and the interested monks and novices as Sangha Dana.
If there is a friend or relative who wishes to borrow money from us, how should we act?
If there is a friend or relative who wishes to borrow money from us, how should we act? If we don’t have anything to give, they will feel discouraged. If we lend them money often, we will be in distress.
Buddhism in Thailand and the Meditation Methods for Lay People” - June 28, 2016–Toyo University, Japan
On Tuesday June 28th, 2016 Professor Watanabe Shogo of Toyo University, Japan invited the teaching monk, Ven. Dr. Chattapong Katipanyayo, from the Meditation Center Tokyo, Japan, to give a lecture on the topic of “Buddhism in Thailand and the Meditation Methods for Lay People” for faculty members and university students at Toyo University.
If we have to visit or take care of our relative who is seriously ill, how do we do to look after them or to motivate them to think positively?
I would like to ask a question, if we have to visit or take care of our relative who is seriously ill, how do we do to look after them or to motivate them to think positively?
The Enlightenment of the Buddha’s First Disciple # 1
In preaching the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta, the Buddha revealed the Thirty-Seven Factors of Enlightenment [bodhipakkhiyadhamma],
Wat Phra Dhammakaya arranged the 99th Ceremony of Offering Alms to 323 Temples within 9 years
Wat Phra Dhammakaya arranged the 99th Ceremony of Offering Alms to 323 Temples within 9 years to dedicate merit to the dead in four unrest Southern provinces and the Ceremony of Giving Fund to help teachers in these provinces
What is it like living in a monastery?