Kalyanamitta: The Path to True Friendship and Family Bliss : หน้า 112/232

The word “Kalyanamitta” means good friends or true friends who wish their friends well, who advise them to do virtuous deeds. The members’ objective is to bring at least 3 family members and friends to chant and meditate daily for at least one hour. The project creates more family time when family members get involved in creative activities promoting love and happiness. At the beginning of the project, a sign “Kalyanamitta home” was given to each family member. Anyone can participate; they will only have to gather family members to meditate every day in the prayer room in each house. The prayer room should not only be the place for worship but also a family-uniting place where the whole family can accrue merit. Other activities include offering alms to monks every morning, making merit at nearby temples, and learning Dhamma. Up to the present time, the project has extended love and happiness to over 100,000 families, both in Thailand and abroad. The numbers of participants are continuously increasing. With the realisation that one cannot be the only good person in society, it becomes necessary to better our environment and our society with Kalyanamitta as well. It is therefore our responsibility to be Kalyanamitta to each other; subsequently our community and society will be immune from harshness.