An 8-year-old novice in Trang Province takes time about 20 minutes to recite Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta fluently without looking. He unveiled that he can recite the Seven Books of Abhidhamma since he was 5 years old. The recitation causes good concentration so that he often gets the first place in his class and he wants to study more about Buddhism in the future.
The Photo Collection of the Novice Ordination Ceremony at Dhammakaya Temple on March 20th, 2013
The Biggest Novices Congregation in Thailand.
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.
The 100,000-Monk Ordination 2012 Program...The good project of Dhammakaya Temple...Summer and Buddhist Lent Batches. Real Men must be ordained for at least one Buddhist Lent !! For your mother...father...and yourself !!
The Dream School Dhamma Workshop
Sahuchai Wai from Hong Kong was ordained as a novice.
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.
Dhammakaya Boras Temple in Sweden held the 3rd Dhammadayada Training for Ladies. Gender is not the obstacle of doing good deeds.
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.
