If military personnel has the opportunity to ordain as a monk, what appropriate topics of the Buddhist teachings should they be taught? And what kinds of merit will those who sponsor the ordination ceremony gain?
Wat Phra Dhammakaya Norway taught meditation to a group from the University of Buskerud and Vestfold
Please support the 100,000-Monk Ordination during the Buddhist Lent Project
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...
Great Offering in Southern Thailand: 15th Alms Offering to 10,000 International Monks in Hat Yai
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.
The final day of Buddhist Lent falls on the 15th day of the 11th waxing moon. This day marks the end of the three months Rains-retreat known as ‘Buddhist Lent’ in which monks had earnestly dedicated themselves to the study of Buddhist scriptures and meditation practice.
The Photo Collection of the Morning Alms Offering to 2,555 Monks on Tuesday June 19th, 2012 at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang