In 1999, statistics in Thailand showed that the number of elderly people who are being neglected increased by at least 300,000 per year while retirement homes in Thailand can only accommodate an increase of 200 people per year
Please support the 100,000-Monk Ordination during the Buddhist Lent Project
More than 2,500 years ago, Lord Gotama Buddha renounced his lavish princely life to live as an ascetic in search of the ultimate spiritual liberation.
Dhammakaya is the body of enlightenment of the Lord Buddha and “vijja” is the true knowledge; together, “vijja Dhammakaya” means the true and supreme knowledge illuminated by the Dhammakaya vision.
Buddhists today have wondered whether if it could be true for Prince Siddhattha to take seven steps immediately after he was born. How can we explain this phenomenon to a skeptic?
To commemorate the 53th anniversary of the Dhammakaya Temple, we are constructing a holy memorial to inspire Buddhists and Buddhist meditation practitioners to keep working on becoming the best versions of themselves.
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.
