University of Otago invited Phra Suthep Thippasiriko, an abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya Wellington, to share his knowledge on Buddhist mindfulness and meditation both from theoretical and practical perspectives.
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.
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
วัดพระธรรมกายจัดงานมุทิตาเพื่อเฉลิมฉลองการศึกษาพระปริยัติธรรม ปีที่ 36 พร้อมมอบทุนและอุปกรณ์การเรียน รวมมูลค่า 2 ล้านบาท
The Schedule of the World Meditation Day On Sunday August 7th, 2011 At the International Dhammakaya Meditation Hall, Dhammakaya Temple
The 38 Ways to Happiness The second group of blessings Blessing Five : Having done good deeds in one's past
The Kathina Ceremony 2010 at Dhammakaya Temple and the History of this ceremony
He was ordained as a novice 3 times and during his last ordination he was firmly determined to lead a monastic life all his life even though at that time he was in grade 8th. He said even though he had to be there all by himself he could do that; as he was ordained he didn’t want to disrobe because he had Nibbana as the goal and he would not feel lonely.He wanted to stay there, he wanted to meditate and disseminate the teachings of the Lord Buddha.
A good example of dedicated family, a man who studied major in law and had never believe in Law of Kammar finally changed his opinion after he heard a Dhamma teaching from Ven. Datta. Now, he quitted smoking and drinking and paid more attention on studying Buddhism. He and his wife lost a job during IMF period but now they owned a business. His daughter came to the temple since she was 3 years old and his son also loves to watch DMC.
