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.
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 Kathina Robe Set Offering to 131 temples around the world in 2013
The Kathina Ceremony is more special than the other ones because there are many restrictions to do such as this ceremony must be arranged within one month after the end of the Buddhist Lent, etc.
Wat Phra Dhammakaya D.C. Arranged the Ceremony of Offering the Monastic Bath Clothes
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."
Will people who ordain gain more merit from their studies during the Buddhist Lent season than ordination at other times.
It is a tradition to have our children ordain for the duration of the Buddhist Lent season so that they can study Buddhism. I would like to know if they gain more merit from their studies during this period than ordination at other times.
The Kathina Ceremony at Dhammakaya Temple in 2013
Kathina Dana – The Great & Special Merit The Kathina Ceremony is a culture that all Buddhists in every era agree that its merit is great and limitless. So, it is the meritorious event of the year that the congregation is waiting for.
What is the historical background of the Buddhist Lent season or rainy retreat and the activities of monks during these months?
This period of the year is known as the Buddhist Lent season or rainy retreat. I would like to know the historical background of this religious event and the activities of monks during these months.
The Morning Alms Round to 10,000 Monks at Central World
Novice Apirak Sae-Ho and his new life in the saffron robes
A man who has some brain problems...Once he had been interviewed in a TV program as a grateful man, and he was interviewed again in the same TV program as a novice who wants to pay back his mother's kindness...
