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Phrathepyanmahamuni (Luang Por Dhammajayo), the Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya Klong Sam Tambon, Klong Luang Amphoe, Patumthani Province, Thailand Phrathepyanmahamuni was born Chaiyaboon Suttipon on Saturday, April 22, 2487 B.E. He entered the monkhood on Wednesday, August 27, 2512 B.E. As of 2558 B.E., he has now been in the monkhood for a total of 47 years. As soon as Phrathepyanmahamuni entered the monkhood, he immediately set out to work at reviving Buddhism. His goal was to spread Buddhism and Vijja Dhammakaya worldwide. He wanted the entire world to know that outer peace had to begin with inner peace. Consequently, he has all throughout the years worked together with other Buddhist organizations for the cause of Buddhism and the results are more than 100 programs implemented domestically and internationally.
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The Different Ordination Programs Include:
• The Mass Ordination of 100,000 Monks organized for men from every village in Thailand this event is organized twice annually during the summer and the Rains-Retreat • The Mass Ordination of Monks organized for undergraduates nationwide • The Mass Ordination of Monks organized for the teachers who are world morality revival leaders • The Mass Ordination of Monks in Thailand and abroad conducted in Chinese, English and Japanese • The Ordination of Novices organized for junior high school students • The Ordination of Parinnu Novices organized for boys who are interested in undertaking Pali Studies • The Ordination of AEC Novices organized for high school students nationwide • The Ordination of Novices at the branches of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Thailand and abroad
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Dhamma Learning and Training Programs for the General Public Include: • The Male and Female Lay Devotees Training Program • The Training Program organized for 100,000, 500,000 and 1,000,000 Female Lay Devotees • The World Peace Ethics Contest (World-PEC) • The Dhutanga undertaken by 1,500 monks to accompany the Gold Image of Phramonkolthepmuni (Sodh Candasaro) to Wat Paknam in celebration of Buddhism’s 2,600th anniversary • The Dhutanga undertaken by the monks to accompany the Gold Image of Phramonkolthepmuni (Sodh Candasaro) to Wat Songpinong in Suphanburi Province and again to Wat Boatbon in Nonthaburi Province • The Annual Dhammachai Dhutanga to retrace the footsteps of Phramonkolthepmuni (Sodh Candasaro) • The Revival and Propagation of Buddhism in the Hill tribes • Etc.
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Programs for the Monastic Community Include: • Celebrating and honoring the monks and novices who have successfully completed the ninth level of Pali Studies and offering scholarships to students of Pali Studies, an annual event • Offering alms to the monks from 323 temples in the four southern provinces, a monthly event • Offering alms to the monks from 10,000, 20,000 and 30,000 temples nationwide, an annual event • The Dhammachai Dhutanga undertaken to restore abandoned temples to their original glory
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Education Programs Include: • Dhammakaya Open University California • The Dhammachai International Research Institute to work on preserving ancient Tipitaka Scriptures • The Pariyattidhamma School • Translation of the Tipitaka into Chinese, English and Singhalese • Online Tipitaka Database • Etc.
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Programs for the Youth Include: • The World Morality Revival Program (V-Stars) • The Female Dhammadayads Training Program at the undergraduate level • Promoting virtues and ethics in the youth • The Path to Progress Quiz • Making Kathina Offering to the temples that will otherwise have to go without
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Buddhism Propagation Programs Abroad Include: • Offering the Buddha Images to Buddhist temples abroad • The International Dhammadayads (monks and novices) Training Program • The Peace Revolution Program to teach meditation practice to the locals • The Male and Female Lay Devotees Training Program in Congo, India, etc. • The Ordination of Novices in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka • The First Dhammadayads Ordination in Europe • The International Visakha Puja Ceremony in Mongolia, Indonesia, Singapore and India • The Lighting of Lanterns for World Peace in the Philippines • Three great merit-making events in Dawei, Myanmar (offering alms to 3,000 monks, Dhutanga and lanterns lighting) • The Offering of Alms to 100,000 monks in Mandalay, Myanmar
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Humanitarian Programs: • The campaign to stop cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking • Providing humanitarian aid to the victims of the Tsunami • Providing humanitarian aid to the disaster victims in Thailand, Myanmar and Japan • The offering of food to one million monks, two million monks nationwide • Etc.
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