World Peace Light Ayutthaya

World Peace Light Ayutthaya 21 September 2012 At Wat Mahathat Part of the Ayutthaya world Heritage Historical Park 18:00-20:00 In front of Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya

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

Overview #2

The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification

Press Conference of the 2012 Nationwide Rain Retreat Ordination Program of 100,000 Monks

Committee of Department of Religious Affairs arranged the press conference of the 2012 Nationwide Rain Retreat Ordination Program of 100,000 Monks to celebrate the 2,600th Anniversary of the Enlightenment Day of the Lord Buddha.

First Disciple: the most seasoned in the Perfections

At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]

DMC World News - October 30th, 2012

DMC World News - October 30th, 2012. Dhammakaya Paris Temple arranged the Picked-Up Robe Set Offering Ceremony. Dhammakaya Minnesota Temple arranged the ceremony of dedicating merit to dead relatives.

Artfulness In The Application of Knowledge.

The benefits we will get from planting apple trees depend o their productiveness. At the first period of planting called the pre-pro-ductivity stage, the apple trees have only trunks, branches and leaves.

A Daughter Dresses Too Risque

A government officer once came to a venerable monk at the temple for advice about a problem regarding the way teenagers dress these days

The National Office of Buddhism has cooperated with Dhammakaya Temple to promote the Mass Ordination Project

This is a good news for all Buddhists. The National Office of Buddhism gave information at the press conference about the mass ordination project.

Mysterious Stone

There was a monk who loved in doing pilgrimage. One time, he traveled to an old temple and found a black stone in shape like the boundary marker stone of a Buddhist temple. He brought that stone back with him to his temple….After that, there were many unusual things happened to him even when he meditated. His mother was injured by a fallen broken pillar hit right on her back. Is this a curse of that black stone? DMD has the answers.