The Purpose of Dhammakaya Temple : หน้า 12/216

this mode of thought mankind creates many different types of research. And, to our great disappointment, most fail to have lasting success. The Dhammakaya Temple was established with the aim to make itself and the people therein develop into true and good people. The primary objective is to train people to truly understand the Dhamma, or “teachings” of the man whom we call Buddha, and enable those people to practice it so that they can prove the Dhamma's existence and nature by themselves. These days the temple has expanded its branches to many countries around the world. The ever- increasing numbers of temple visitors practice the Dhamma with the aim to eradicate all kilesa in order to reach what we refer to as Nibbana, the destination point where suffering ceases to exist within us. They then decide to make the task of spreading this knowledge to others a major part of their lives. As a result, there has been a large increase of technical support and management to the comparatively much smaller congregations of the temple's earlier years. Nonetheless, the Dhammakaya Temple has never abandoned its main aim of developing its members into good people and teaching them to practice meditation. Furthermore, it has many large ceremonies throughout the year to celebrate world peace through inner] peace. At various dates throughout the year, the temple gives an opportunity to those who want to fully ordain as monks and dedicate their lives in search for the ultimate truth. Although this book is suitable for house-holders, its aim is the same for all who come across it: to help us be