Wat Phra Dhammakaya
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Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Just
one of over forty thousand shrines in
Thailand, Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple
promotes the traditional role of the temple
and yet it adheres to the tradition of
Dhammakaya which values meditation and
embraces values of tradition in current
society.
The tradition of Dhammakaya in the present
era began when the Honorable Abbot of Watin
in 1916 worked hard and with great
determination, to the extent of sacrificing
his life, in the achievement of
rediscovering the knowledge only the true
Buddhas have acquired through deep
meditation.
Previous, meditation was thought of as
nothing more than an exercise in mental or
spiritual severity.
It was only through Watin’s
dedication to research and teaching the
tradition of Dhammakaya that the practice of
meditation reached a whole new level. The
most promising disciple of the Great Abbot
was a nun named Kuhn Yay Upasika.
Kuhn Yay founded Wat Phra Dhammakaya in 1970
after the death of the Great Abbot and when
her own quarters in Bangkok at Wat Paknam
was no longer big enough to accommodate all
the Dhammakaya students who came to
meditation there.
Led by the Venerable Dammajayo Bikku and the
Venerable Dattajivo Bhikku, Kuhn Yay wanted
to witness the continuous growth of the
tradition of Dhammakaya and built the temple
with a dream of a sanctuary geared towards
the practice of spiritual peace. The Wat
Phra was meant to be, in the middle of this
uncertain world, a refuge.
