The 18th/2025 Meeting of the Union of Thai Sanghas in Europe convened on August 17, 2025, in Switzerland, gathering dhammaduta monks to promote Buddhism and honor the Thai monarchy.
On June 14, 2026, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Belgium held a mass ordination for 38 ordinands from 13 countries, emphasizing inner peace through meditation and prolonging Buddhism's legacy.
A beautiful and pure heart, analogous to a precious gem that others can appreciate through one’s speech and action, is one of the many outstanding characteristics of a sage that develops as a direct result of countless lifetimes accumulating and cultivating virtuous deeds. A sage is a pundit who consistently thinks wholesome thoughts, speaks wise words, and performs good deeds, thus earning adulation and respect of everyone.
Wat Phra Dhammakaya organized the mass meditation, the congratulatory ceremony for new graduates of the 9th Pali studies level, the presentation of plaques and scholarships to outstanding Pali schools and the necessity offering to over 2,000 temples including 323 temples in the four southern provinces on the World Meditation Day.
The Ninth World Buddhist Summit gathered 10,000 monks from 51 countries in Japan from April 8-11, 2026, celebrating International Buddhism with ceremonies, presentations, and discussions on challenges and propagation of Buddhism in Africa.
It has been two weeks since Dhammachai Dhutanga And 1,127 monks are still going on a pilgrimage and meditating for disaster relief.
Wat Phra Dhammakaya organizes chanting, mass meditation and the great offering of monks’ necessities to 40,000 temples throughout Thailand on Earth Day 2025 in order to share loving kindness with earthquake victims in Myanmar and Thailand.
Phra Sanitwong Wuttiwangso, PR of the Mass Ordination Program for 100,000 Monks from Every Village throughout Thailand, announced that this was the sixth year and the 11th Summer Mass Ordination Program for 100,000 novices (March 14, 2015) to be held at Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani Province.
Asalha Puja Day 2025 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya
This period of the year is known as the Buddhist Lent season or rainy retreat. I would like to know the historical background of this religious event and the activities of monks during these months.
