Wat Phra Dhammakaya collaborated with 170 branches of Morality Promotion Center across Thailand to organize the mass ordination project for 5,000 novices, called “Dhamma Training during Summer Break”. On 4 April 2026, at the Ordination Center of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province, the parents of ordinands and laypeople circumambulated Maha Dhammakaya Cetiya, were asked for forgiveness and offered novices’ robe and alms bowl. There were 365 ordinands at this ordination center.
On November 17th, 2015, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Taipei, Taiwan, arranged a training for of “Thai Cultural Diffusion” to 100 students and teachers in a primary school in Nantou.
Mass ordination for 300 novices in India
Nepal's ambassador Dhan Bahadur Oli visits Wat Phra Dhammakaya to discuss the UG5 training program for Nepali schools, promoting Lumbini and Buddhist collaboration.
Wat Phra Dhammakaya Dunedin held a candlelight vigil on April 6, 2025, for earthquake victims in Mandalay, Myanmar. The event united various faith communities to honor the deceased and support affected families.
On July 7, 2026, the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI), New Zealand, and The Ancient India and Iran Trust (AIIT), United Kingdom, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support the Dictionary of Buddhist Sogdian Project.
Within the Buddhist community, temples are recognized as a centre for moral training. Another way of viewing this is that temple is a place that teaches people to be ‘human’
Join the historic ordination ceremony of 500 Nepali novices in Lumbini, marking a significant collaboration between Thailand and Nepal to promote Buddhism.
From no land to a large tract of land From fallow fields to a graceful Buddhist temple From 1 Bhikku to tens to hundreds to a thousand and increasing From 100 laypeople to 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 and 1 million in the future
In the beginning, there were only extensive fields under the hot sun with no trees or buildings. And at night, there was only the star-filled sky.
