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, ....

Getting to Know Wat Phra Dhammakaya

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.

History of the Rain Retreat

The Rain Retreat had not existed yet during the initial years of Buddhism. Therefore, throughout any given year, when a monk needs to visit the people in order to teach Dhamma, the journey was made when time permitted.

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

บทความภาษาอังกฤษเรื่อง We Are Puppets เหมือนหุ่นเชิด

เหมือนหุ่นเชิด ยายนึกถึงความตาย จึงได้ทอดกฐิน ทอดผ้าป่า ยายคิดว่า เวลามันไม่รอ เดี๋ยววัน เดี๋ยวคืน เดี๋ยวพรุ่ง ไม่รู้จะตายเมื่อไร ยายรีบๆ ทำไว้ เป็นบุญติดตัวไป