Kathina - The Splendid Robe Offering Ceremony Sunday, 2 November 2014 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Thailand
Kathina is a special event to accumulate tremendous merits that Buddhists eagerly look forward to each year. It is one of the more difficult merits to perform as compared to other merits due to the following reasons.
Dhammachai Dhutanga 2012
Why do we arrange this dhutanga? Who will get the benefit from it? Who participate to arrange it?
The First 294 Novices Ordination Ceremony in Bangladesh
The First 294 Novices Ordination Ceremony in Bangladesh.
Biggest Congregation of Buddhist Monks
Wat Phra Dhammakaya organized the Maha Sangha Dana Offering Ceremony to 30,000 temples to celebrate the Earthday and the 71 Birthday Anniversary of Phratepyanmahamini, Chief Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya on 22 April 2015. There are around 50,000 of monks and novices across Thailand and world wide participated the ceremony.
The Morning Alms Round to 2,600 Monks at Benjasiri Park
The Morning Alms Round to 2,600 Monks at Benjasiri Park on Sukhumvit 24 Road, Bangkok on Saturday October 20th, 2012 at 6:00 - 8:00 a.m.
The 130th Anniversary of the Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni’s Birth
The virtuous life of the Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni (Sodh Candasaro), or Luang Pu Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, was exemplary from the beginning, in the middle and at the end.
“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, ....
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.
Letter to Luang Por from Howard McCrary
Howard McCrary and Hong Kong Team sent a lovely email to Luang Por
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.
