Longest journey walking on flower petals
The longest journey walking on flower petals is 453.0 km (281.48 miles) and was achieved by 1,129 Buddhist monks, who walked across Thailand on the 3rd Dhammachai Dhutanga pilgrimage to welcome the year 2014 in Thailand, between 2 and 28 January 2014.
International Vesak Celebration at Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 31st, 2015
It started from the registration and conversation of international Buddhist monks. The international monks who came to the temple included ones from Thailand, America, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Maha Kathina Ceremony 2012
Maha Kathina Ceremony 2012 at Dhammakaya Temple. The ceremony in this year is very special because we celebrate the "Buddha Jayanti."
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.
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.
Buddhist Capitalism
The Boonraksa Medical Center
The Boonraksa Medical Center Extending the Life of Buddhism with a Gift of Health for Monks Novices
Ordaining for One’s Parents Brings Merit
In this day and age of ever-present temptations and perpetual pressure to make a living, it is especially rare to find any family with a son who ordains as a Buddhist monk for at least the period of Buddhist Lent
รายนามผู้ได้รับ รางวัลผู้นำพุทธโลก ครั้งที่ 1 ปี 2557
ในการประชุมคณะกรรมการจัดงาน พิธีมอบรางวัลผู้ทำคุณประโยชน์ต่อพระพุทธศาสนา เมื่อวันที่ 15 มกราคม 2557 ณ สำนักงานพระพุทธศาสนาแห่งชาติ ที่ประชุมอันประกอบไปด้วย ผู้แทนสำนักงานพระพุทธศาสนาแห่งชาติ ผู้แทนองค์การยุวพุทธศาสนิกสัมพันธ์แห่งโลก และคณะผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ มีมติถวายรางวัลผู้นำพุทธโลก World Buddhist Outstanding Leader Award แด่พระภิกษุ และมอบรางวัลให้แก่บุคคลและองค์กร ผู้ทำคุณประโยชน์ต่อพระพุทธศาสนา
Suicide terrorist on general Buddhist view
What is the general Buddhist view on how a suicide terrorist, like the 9/11 terrorists who killed themselves while murdering innocent people, will likely be reborn? In other words, in which of the 6 'realms', i.e. animal, human, etc., will such a person likely be reborn and why this one and not one of the others?
