International Vesak Celebration at Azusa, California, Monday, June 1st, 2015
The ceremony started from welcoming over 200 international monks with a parade of flowers and flags, and was kindly presided by the Most Venerable Phrathepmongkolvites, the head of the monastic assembly of Wat Thai Los Angeles.
Mass Ordination of 100,000 Monks across Thailand to Create Dhamma Heirs
Phra Sanitwong Wuttiwangso, PR of the Mass Ordination Program for 100,000 Monks from Every Village throughout Thailand, announced that this was the sixth year and the 11th Summer Mass Ordination Program for 100,000 novices (March 14, 2015) to be held at Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani Province.
Wat Bankhun 29 - 30 June 2015
Please join the Ceremony of Establishing the Buddha’s Relics At Celestial Cetiya of Wat Bankhun During June 29th – 30th, 2015
Branch temples of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Japan offered alms and saffron robe sets to the monks of Wat Pa Buddharangsee after the temple had been on fire
Branch temples of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Japan offered alms and saffron robe sets to the teaching monks of Wat Pa Buddharangsee after the temple had been on fire and there was only a saffron robe set left
M.D.C. arranged the Sunday Merit-Making Activities in June 2015
Meditation Center of D.C. (M.D.C.), USA, arranged the Sunday Merit-Making Activities and the fish-releasing ceremony in June 2015
World Meditation Day at Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Venerable Sanitworng Wuttiwangso, Director of the Communications Department of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, stated that the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth (WFBY) had declared the 6th August Annual World Meditation Day.
Brisbane Meditation Centre arranged the Ceremony of Offering Picked-Up Robe Set
Brisbane Meditation Centre in Queensland, Australia, arranged the Ceremony of Offering Picked-Up Robe Set
Wat Phra Dhammakaya London Arranged the Ceremony of Offering Sustenance to the Buddha in June 2015
Wat Phra Dhammakaya London, UK, Arranged the Ceremonies of Offering Sustenance to the Buddha and Lighting Lanterns to Worship the Buddha in Honor of Vesak Day 2015
Surprise! An 8-year-old novice can recite Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta fluently without looking
An 8-year-old novice in Trang Province takes time about 20 minutes to recite Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta fluently without looking. He unveiled that he can recite the Seven Books of Abhidhamma since he was 5 years old. The recitation causes good concentration so that he often gets the first place in his class and he wants to study more about Buddhism in the future.
International Vesak Day Celebration at Sydney
At Sydney Bank Town Hall, a Vesak Day celebration was also organized under the name “Australian Observance of the United Nations Day of Vesak 2015” on Sunday, May 31st, 2015.
