List of Dhammakaya branches
This is a listing of international branches connected to the major temples of the Dhammakaya tradition, a Thai Buddhist tradition founded in the early 20th century by Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro.
Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen
Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen (Thai: วัดปากน้ำภาษีเจริญ, RTGS: Wat Paknam Phasicharoen) is a royal wat ('temple') located in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok, at the Chao Phraya River. The temple underwent a major change after Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro became abbot, from a temple with only thirteen monks that was nearly abandoned, to a prosperous center of education and meditation practice with five hundred monks (the highest in Thailand at the time) and hundreds of mae chi.[1] It is a large and popular temple, and is the origin of the Dhammakaya tradition.
Below is a list of international branches belonging to Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen.[2][3]
Japan
Wat Paknam Japan
New Zealand
Wat Paknam New Zealand
Ohio
Wat Paknam America
Michigan
Wat Paknam Michigan[4]
Pennsylvania
Wat Mongkoltepmunee[5]
Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Wat Phra Dhammakaya (Thai: วัดพระธรรมกาย; RTGS: Wat Phra Thammakai; IPA: [wát pʰráʔ tʰam.má.kaːj]) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Khlong Luang District, in the peri-urban Pathum Thani Province north of Bangkok, Thailand. It was founded in 1970 by the maechi (nun) Chandra Khonnokyoong and monk Luang Por Dhammajayo. It is the best-known and the fastest growing temple of the Dhammakaya tradition. The temple emphasizes the revival of traditional Buddhist values, doing so through modern methods and technology.
Below is a list of international branches belonging to Wat Phra Dhammakaya.[6]
Austria
- Wat Buddha Austria
- Wat Buddha Vienna
Belgium
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Benelux
Denmark
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Denmark
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Korsor Lystskov
France
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Bordeaux
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Paris
- Wat Bouddha Toulouse
Germany
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Bavaria[7]
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Berlin
- Wat Buddha Hamburg
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Frankfurt
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Schwarzwald
- Wat Buddha Heilbronn
- Wat Buddha Nordrhein Westfalen
Italy
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Italy
Malta
- Wat Buddha Malta
Netherlands
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Netherlands
Norway
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Norway
Sweden
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Boras
- Wat Buddha Stockholm[8]
Switzerland
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Switzerland
United Kingdom
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya London
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Manchester
- Wat Buddha Newcastle
- Meditation Center of Scotland[9][10]
Canada
- Dhammakaya International Meditation Society of British Columbia
- Centre Meditation Dhammakaya de Montreal
Massachusetts
- Dhammakaya Meditation Center Boston
California
- Dhammakaya International Meditation Center, Azusa[11]
- Dhammakaya Meditation Center Silicon Valley
Florida
- Palm Beach Meditation Center
- Florida Meditation Center
Illinois
- Meditation Center of Chicago[11]
Georgia
- Georgia Meditation Center[11]
Minnesota
- Minnesota Meditation Center
Kansas
- Dhammakaya International Meditation Center Kansas
New Jersey
- Dhammakaya International Meditation Center of New Jersey[11]
Oregon
- Oregon Meditation Center
Washington
- Seattle Meditation Center[11]
Texas
- Meditation Center of Texas
Washington D.C.
- Meditation Center of D.C.
Tennessee
- Dhammakaya Meditation Center Tennessee
Denver
- Dhammakaya International Meditation Center Denver
Brunei
- Brunei Meditation Center
People's Republic of China
- Wat Bhavana Kowloon
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Hong Kong
- Dhammakaya Coordination Center Shanghai China
- Kunming Dhammakaya Co-ordination Center
- Beijing Meditation Center
Indonesia
- Meditation Center of Indonesia
Japan
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Ibaraki
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Kanagawa
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Nagano
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Osaka
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Saitama
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Tokyo
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Tochigi
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Yamanashi
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Aichi
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Gunma
- Thai Bukkyo Meisou Center
Malaysia
- Dhammakaya Meditation Association of Selangor
- Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Penang
Mongolia
- Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Mongolia
Nepal
- Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Nepal
The Philippines
- The Middle Way Meditation Institute
Singapore
- Dhammakaya Centre Singapore
South Korea
- Wat Bhavana Yangju
Taiwan
Australia
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Brisbane
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Melbourne
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya WA
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Sydney
- Dhammakaya Meditation Centre, Albury
New Zealand
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Dunedin
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Auckland
- Wellington Meditation Centre
Solomon Islands
- Solomon Islands Meditation Center
South Africa
- The Johannesburg Meditation Center
Bahrain
- Bahrain Meditation Center
Oman
- Oman Meditation Center
United Arab Emirates
- Dubai Meditation Centre (United Arab Emirates)
References
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- "Contact". The Centre of Dhammakaya & Chakkavatti Meditation Masters. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- Siraprapasiri, Krit (24 August 2005). ร่วมบุญบำเพ็ญสาธารณกุศล 80 ปี สมเด็จพระมหารัชมังคลาจารย์ [Joining in with public charity: Somdet Phramaharatchamangalacharn is 80 years old]. Matichon (in Thai). p. 34.
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- Park, Katie (18 December 2018). "'They welcome people.' Inside a Buddhist temple in Bucks County". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020.
- "Dhammakaya Worldwide". The Nation.
- Collisi, Andrea. "Thailändische Engel und kostbare Kugeln". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- "Immanuelskyrkan i Gävle har förvandlats till ett buddhistiskt tempel". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Radio Sveriges. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- "Buddhist's 'peaceful and welcoming' community". Helensburgh Advertiser. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- "Helensburgh gives Buddhist temple a warm welcome". Helensburgh Advertiser. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
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