Maechi
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Maechi, Maeji or Mae Chee are female Buddhist renunciants in Thailand. They renounce ordinary lay life to pursue an ascetic life of Buddhist practice. They observe eight or ten precepts, wear white ro
Maechi Sansanee, Thailand
A Theravada Buddhist alms bowl (Pāli: patta) used by maeji on alms round (piṇḍapāta).
maeji receiving food offering during piṇḍapāta
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
Maechi
…and community leaders. Maechi Chandra Khonnokyoong (1909–2000) was a highly influential Thai Buddhist nun, meditation teacher, and co-founder of Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Renowned for her dedication to meditation practice, she attracted a large number of disciples and played a central role in shaping the early development…
The Dhammakaya Cetiya
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]
Ordination ceremony for new monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya
The Klongchan controversy led to a 23-day lockdown of the temple in 2017 by the junta using Article 44 of the interim constitution.