DCI Novices' Ordination Ceremony on May 3rd, 2012 at Dhammakaya Temple
The First 294 Novices Ordination Ceremony in Bangladesh.
On March 4, 2025, 500 Nepali ordinands were ordained as novices at Maya Devi Temple, Nepal, under the patronage of Thai King.
Mass ordination for 300 novices in India
Wat Phra Dhammakaya collaborated with 170 branches of Morality Promotion Center across Thailand to organize the mass ordination project for 5,000 novices, called “Dhamma Training during Summer Break”. On 4 April 2026, at the Ordination Center of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province, the parents of ordinands and laypeople circumambulated Maha Dhammakaya Cetiya, were asked for forgiveness and offered novices’ robe and alms bowl. There were 365 ordinands at this ordination center.
Lopburi province arranged the Dhutanga since the Novice Ordination Project. The vice governor of Lopburi province honored to be the President of the opening ceremony.
Join the historic ordination ceremony of 500 Nepali novices in Lumbini, marking a significant collaboration between Thailand and Nepal to promote Buddhism.
The mass ordination of 8,000 novices under the ordination program for Buddhism revival throughout Thailand
After weeks of intensive training as part of the Dhammadayada ordination program, the novices from the Dhammakaya International Meditation Center, New Jersey gave an opportunity for their parents, guardians and Buddhists to make merits by receiving alms on July 24th, 2016.
Bankhun Temple arranged the ordination ceremony
