Monks, novices and lay Buddhists from all over Thailand and overseas join forces to create “global-cooling effects” on the Earth Day 22 April 2015
PATHUM THANI 22 APRIL 2015 - More than 200,000 monks and novices from every region of Thailand as well as and monk visitors from 12 countries and lay Buddhists from Thailand and overseas travelled to the Dhammakaya Temple in Pathum Thani province for a historic gathering to create “global-cooling effects” with prayer, meditation, and giving on the Earth Day 22 April 2015.
Earth Day 22nd April 2015 : Cleanse the Mind, Cleanse the World
Earth Day in its modern form was initiated by the Honorable Gaylord Nelson, a United States senator from Wisconsin, who strived to raise awareness and gather political support for the environmental issues of the day.
The Boonraksa Medical Center
The Boonraksa Medical Center Extending the Life of Buddhism with a Gift of Health for Monks Novices
Getting to Know Wat Phra Dhammakaya
From no land to a large tract of land From fallow fields to a graceful Buddhist temple From 1 Bhikku to tens to hundreds to a thousand and increasing From 100 laypeople to 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 and 1 million in the future
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.
Buddhist Tradition: World Peace through Inner Peace
Throughout its 45-year history, the Dhammakaya Temple has never wavered from its mission to create world peace through inner peace by promoting the Buddha’s method of meditation and teachings that have changed the world since 2558 years ago.
The 106th Birthday Anniversary of Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong
“Khun Yai” Chand Khonnokyoong was born on January 20, 1909, in Nakorn Chaisri, a rural municipality of Thailand. She was the fifth of nine children in the family. Her father, Ploy, and mother, Pan, were rice farmers.
“Dhammakaya Foundation have been aiding 323 temple in four Southern border provinces for ten years”
According to the insurgency of four Southern border provinces including Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani, and Songkhla, this have caused the danger to the Buddhist monk and also troubled the Buddhist activities, ....
In the beginning, there were only extensive fields under the hot sun with no trees or buildings. And at night, there was only the star-filled sky.
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.
