The virtuous life of the Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni (Sodh Candasaro), or Luang Pu Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, was exemplary from the beginning, in the middle and at the end.
Wat Phra Dhammakaya hosts an ordination ceremony for 29 foreign monks from 4 countries, promoting Buddhist teachings internationally through the Dhammadayada Ordination Program.
Addressing the former governor of Sri Saket Province, Thailand, when he visited the temple:
After the Enlightenment which transformed Siddhattha Gotama into the Lord Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the River Neranjara
On Sunday June 26, 2016, the 5th Buddhism subject was lectured at Thai Buddhist Meditation Center.
Over 500 Buddhists celebrated Canadian Buddhist Heritage Month at the Parliament in Canada, led by Venerable Phrakhrusamu Sanitwong. Various activities including blessings and a National Peace Walk aimed to promote peace and multicultural unity.
Wind back 45 years to 27th August 2512 B.E., in the ubosotha (chapel) of Wat Paknam Bhasichareon, and we see a great kalyanamitta who has resolutely decided to ordain and devote his entire life to Buddhism.
“Khun Yai” Chand Khonnokyoong, the fifth of nine children, was born to a middle class farming family in Nakhon Chaisri sub-district of Nakhon Pathom.
Ordination Ceremonies of Wat Phra Dhammakaya on 12-14 April 2025
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?
