The World Meditation Day 2010

 

The World Meditation Day

The Important Buddhist Day of Pursuing Perfection

The World Meditation Day has been appointed because of the historic tragedy.  On August 6th, 1945, the United States conducted the atomic bombing against the city of Hiroshima in Japan.  The acute effects killed over 200,000 people.  From this event the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth (WFBY) reached the conclusion and has appointed the World Meditation Day on August 6th every year.  This is to encourage the human to make peace by the non–violent ways and make a campaign to turn them to acknowledge the importance of meditation as the best way to make peace in their mind and live together peacefully in the world.
   

Dhammakaya temple has organized the merit ceremonies on/by the World Meditation Day every year.  For this year the temple is going to organize six big ceremonies on Sunday August 1st, 2010 as follow.



1.    The Ceremony of the First Sunday Alms Offering to the Lord Buddha.  The temple has organized this ceremony every fist Sunday of the month for over 50 years.  We did it in the first time at the Dhammaprasit House in Paknam Bhasi Charoen temple.  Now there are more than 100,000 laypeople from all over the country coming to participate in this ceremony at Dhammakaya temple as well as the other branches of the temple.



2.    The Annual Congratulation Ceremony to honor the Pali Graduates across Thailand.  The temple has organized this ceremony for 23 years and there are 43 passed monks and novices in total in this year.



3.    The Great Monastic Alms Offering Ceremony.  It is the indefinite offering to the monk.  For this time we will offer to 3,000 monks from all over the country.  The temple has done it to over 10,000 monks in total for over 11 years.



4.    The Monastic Alms Giving Ceremony for 226 temples in four unrest Southern provinces in Thailand.  The temple has done it for over six years to sustain the Buddhism in these regions every month.  It will be the 63rd time.



5.    The Annual Ceremony of Scholarships Rewarding to the Outstanding Pali Institutes.  The temple has given the scholarship to the outstanding Pali Institutes for 7 years.



6.    The Teacher Supporting Ceremony.  The temple has relieved the teachers who live in four unrest southern provinces in Thailand by giving money and requisites for over 3 years.  It will be the 32nd time.

Schedule

The morning ceremonies

09.30 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.   

 

Meditation Session on “World Meditation Day”
The Ceremony of the First Sunday Alms Offering to the Lord Buddha

The afternoon ceremonies

01.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
    

The Annual Congratulation Ceremony to honor the Pali Graduates
The Annual Ceremony of Scholarships Rewarding to the Outstanding Pali Institutes
The Great Monastic Alms Offering Ceremony
The Monastic Alms Giving Ceremony for 226 temples in four unrest Southern provinces

The evening ceremonies

4.15 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.

Meditation Session leading by the monastic president of the ceremony
The Teacher Supporting Ceremony for teachers living in the four unrest Southern provinces

End