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WAT PHRA DHAMMAKAYA กุมภาพันธ์ ๒๕๓๒ "This is the first time I have really enjoyed the new year. I am so impressed...you know...and entertain the splendid and sacred ceremony,' said Ms. Quinine Tao and her nine companions who came on an organised Dhama Trip from Singapore to celebrate New Year at Wat Phra Dhammakāya Very Lucky Visitors It was very lucky for the visitors from Singapore to pay a visit to the temple at the time when Ven. Mettānando Bhikkhu has just returned from England to the temple. They, therefore, had many opportunities to attend his Dhamma lectures in English as well as to meditate with him through-out their stay there. ✶✶✶ Ms. Lily Tan, one of the visitors said, "I've learn a lot from his lectures. Although I'm a Buddhist, I don't know much about Buddhism. In Singapore, we don't have any lectures on Buddhism like this; we don't have any priests to give talks about Buddhism. We just go to the temple to pray. Usually, when I want to pray, I go to the temple with my mother, sisters or brothers. Also during the festive season we go to the temple to pray to the Goddess Kuan-Im or to the Buddha for Mercy!' (AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED AND EDITED BY SUWANEE SRISOPA) Kalyanamitra.org กัลยาณมิตร ๕๓