The big merit from offering the meals to the monks and novices
If you love to make merit, please read it and persuade your beloved ones to do with you. This kind of merit is easy to do...only you have the heart of a giver!
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
The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 1
The final of the four Truths of the Noble Ones taught by the Lord Buddha was the Path to the Cessation of Suffering (or the Noble Eightfold Path) – the way to extinguish all suffering and attain Nirvana.
True Love
He told me that he was studying mechanical engineering and had received a scholarship to further his studies in Japan. But he had to give up his chance to go because his family’s business selling medicine was in crisis because they had debts of 10 million baht. So he agreed to take on the burden of the entire debt on behalf of his father. He was 22 years old at the time.
Mahapavarana – Day of Resolutions
A beautiful and pure heart, analogous to a precious gem that others can appreciate through one’s speech and action, is one of the many outstanding characteristics of a sage that develops as a direct result of countless lifetimes accumulating and cultivating virtuous deeds. A sage is a pundit who consistently thinks wholesome thoughts, speaks wise words, and performs good deeds, thus earning adulation and respect of everyone.
The Practice of Austerities#1
Once passing the 30 steps of Buddhist practice, we should find that we still have many impurities that can be improved upon. Consequently
Sty in The Eye
Her father does not believe in hell and heaven but he donates for the Kathina merit and robe offerings at various temples. He still drinks alcohol and smokes cigarettes. Will the merit that he did occasionally made in his present life close the path to hell for him? What kamma caused her to have a sty in her eye every year and develop eye infections frequently? DMC has the answers.
Alms Offering // August 30, 2016 - Helensburg, Scotland
On the morning of Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 the venerable monks from the Dhammakaya Meditation Center Scotland received alms from Thais and locals in the city of Helensburg, where this meditation center is located.
The Morning Alms Offering to 12,600 Monks in Suphanburi province
The Photo Collection of the Morning Alms Offering to 12,600 Monks on Nenkaew Road in Muang district, Suphanburi province on Monday March 25th, 2013
DMC World News - November 21st, 2012
The activities of the branches of Dhammakaya Temple in the oversea