On September 20, 2024, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was officially signed between the Oceania Dhammaduta Development Center (ODDC) and the Bali Meditation Center (YBMC), marking a significant step towards expanding Buddhist teachings and Dhammakaya meditation practices across Oceania, Bali, and the world.
Great Offering in Southern Thailand: 15th Alms Offering to 10,000 International Monks in Hat Yai
Venerable Sanitworng Wuttiwangso, Director of the Communications Department of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, stated that the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth (WFBY) had declared the 6th August Annual World Meditation Day.
Visakha Puja Day (Vesak), 1st June 2015 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Every success and achievement of the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Weather it was completion of the temple site, creating a religious community,
Earth Day in its modern form was initiated by the Honorable Gaylord Nelson, a United States senator from Wisconsin, who strived to raise awareness and gather political support for the environmental issues of the day.
Kathina Robe Offering is a wonderful Buddhist tradition that has been preserved for over 2500 years since the Lord Buddha’s time.
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.
เหมือนหุ่นเชิด ยายนึกถึงความตาย จึงได้ทอดกฐิน ทอดผ้าป่า ยายคิดว่า เวลามันไม่รอ เดี๋ยววัน เดี๋ยวคืน เดี๋ยวพรุ่ง ไม่รู้จะตายเมื่อไร ยายรีบๆ ทำไว้ เป็นบุญติดตัวไป
The Lord Buddha taught the way to create the very best in oneself by eliminating greed, anger, and ignorance through the accumulation of merit.