Wat Phra Dhammakaya is a Buddhist temple in Thailand. It was founded in 1970 by the maechi Chandra Khonnokyoong and Luang Por Dhammajayo. The temple's founding has roots in the Dhammakaya tradition fo
The Dhammakaya Cetiya
The compound of Wat Phra Dhammakaya: The Dining Hall of Khun yay Archaraya Chandra Khonnokyoong (lower left), The Memorial Hall of Phramongkolthepmuni (upper left) and The Great Sapha Dhammakaya Hall (upper right).
Maechi Chandra set strict rules and regulations for the temple community, such as a prohibition on political lobbying and selling things in the temple.
Ordination ceremony for new monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Wat Phra Dhammakaya
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Wat Phra Dhammakaya is a Buddhist temple in Khlong Luang district, in the Pathum Thani province north of Bangkok, Thailand. It was founded in 1970 by the maechi Chandra Khonnokyoong and Luang Por Dham
History of Wat Phra Dhammakaya
…Wat Phra Dhammakaya (Thai: วัดพระธรรมกาย) is a Buddhist temple in Thailand. It was founded in 1970 by the maechi (nun) Chandra Khonnokyoong and Luang Por Dhammajayo. The…
Luang Pu Sodh usually explained the process of attainment in the Dhammakaya meditation method in terms of inner bodies (Pali: kaya), existing within every human being.[page needed]
The Klongchan controversy led to a 23-day lockdown of the temple in 2017 by the junta using Article 44 of the interim constitution.