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วัดพุทธสตราสบูร์ก	ข้อมูลพื้นฐาน	แนะนำเวป	สเปน	นอร์เวย์
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Mahasangha Dana: The Uncountable Great Merits.

In Buddhism, The Lord Buddha said that “the concept of "Sangha Dana" is to offer food, money, or other necessity without specification to monks.” In other words, offering Dana to the whole Sangha instead of offering to an individual monk. The idea is that people will treat all the monks equally. This results in huge, uncountable merits. Even though you may offer a little, it is like you offer a lot, because you are offering to the whole Sangha.

Dhammakaya Jetiya is the Triple Gem

The Dhammakaya Jetiya is the Buddhist holy place,
a spiritual center for Buddhism around the world.
Whoever comes and prays will receive good things.
It is a holy place for all humankind.
A place to study and practice the dharma of the Lord Buddha
in order to get rid of greed, anger, and delusions, thus leading to Nirvana.
The Dhammakaya Jetiya is like a sea of merits for all living creature wishing to gain merits.

The Day of History in Thai Buddhism.

Sunday February 3, 2002 was a historical day in Thai Buddhism. It was an unforgettable day because monks from over 30, 000 temples in Thailand came to the Dhammakaya Jetiya in order to give the lay people a chance to offer Mahasangha Dana and show gratitude. The special occasion was Khun Yay’s cremation. Khun Yay Maha Rattana Ubasika Chandra Khonnokyung is the Founder of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Phathumtani Thailand (The Dhammakaya Foundation).

It is a miracle that abbots from each temple from all over Thailand, with their beautiful robes, looking like the victory flags of Arahat waving over the open space around the Dhammakaya Jetiya, got together in the open space around the Dhammakaya Jetiya. The lay people dressed in clean, white outfits offered money and necessity to the whole Sangha.

The Sangha is the heart and the source of merits for Buddhists have a chance to cultivate merits. They are the breath of Buddhism.

The cool, peaceful atmosphere spread all over the place. Both monks and lay people felt the pride and the joy of peace as it refreshed, rejuvenated, and soothed the mind and body. It was a day that you will remember for the rest of your life. This whole picture represents the unity of monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen. This unity will help Buddhism prosper for a very long time.

Uncountable Merits

Sponsoring the Buddha images at the Dhammakaya Jetiya makes you a participant in uncountable merit making, especially when offered to the whole Sangha who came from over 30,000 temples on Khun Yay’s cremation on February 3, 2002.

This is the great Sangha Dana, which is very rare to find in this life, and these merits are going to be the merits that will follow you life after life until the ultimate Dharma.

Source : Wat Phra Dhammakaya California

According to the limited of time and personnel, we apologize for all possible inconvenience about translation from Thai to English. Thank you for your understanding.