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The head of the National Office of Buddhism, Pongporn Pramsaneh, a former policeman who joined the organization in February 2017, vowed to reform Thailand's 37,075 temples by forcing them to open their financial accounts to the public. The temples receive an estimated US$3.5 billion a year in donations. [4]
A Buddhist monk talking to a Catholic priest in a temple in Kanchanaburi. According to the 2018 census, [1] Buddhism is the largest religion in Thailand, practiced by over 94% of the population; Islam makes up 5% of the population. The Thai government officially recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Christianity. [2]
Villagers were urged to donate their money and labor as an act of merit (bun). Nationally known Buddhist monk and writer Phikkhu Panyanantha described Khruba Siwichai as a monk not of rank, but of the people and gained massive popular support and the status of a ton bun (holy men). [10] A highly respected northern Thai monk writes:
During his reign, Thailand sent 25 monks to Sri Lanka to re-establish higher ordination (which had been lost due to warfare on the island). [45] The Thai monks helped found the Siam Nikaya, which remains one of the main monastic orders in Sri Lanka to this day. [46] Numerous major Thai literary compositions were composed during the late ...
Suan Mokkhaphalaram (Thai: สวนโมกขพลาราม, from Pali Mokkhabalārāma, "Garden of Power of Liberation"), known as Suan Mokkh (Thai: สวนโมกข์, "Garden of Liberation") for short, is a Theravada Buddhist monastery, retreat and meditation center in Amphoe Chaiya, Surat Thani, Thailand. It was founded in 1932 ...
In 2000, during a celebration of the new millennium at the newly built Dhammakaya Cetiya, 300,000 people joined. Many monks from different temples of Thailand joined as well, and temples and NGOs from outside of Thailand. [172] This period also brought Boonchai Bencharongkul to the temple, then CEO of the telecommunications company DTAC. [173]
Luang Por Dattajivo (Thai: ทตฺตชีโว, RTGS: Thattachiwo; Pali: Dattajīvo; born 21 December 1940 [1]), also known by his birth name Phadet Phongsawat (Thai: เผด็จ ผ่องสวัสดิ์) and former ecclesiastical title Phrarajbhavanajahn (Thai: พระราชภาวนาจารย์, RTGS: Phra Rat Phawanachan), is a Thai Buddhist monk.
Buddhadasa (27 May 1906 – 25 May 1993) was a Thai Buddhist monk.Known as an innovative reinterpreter of Buddhist doctrine and Thai folk beliefs, he fostered a reformation in conventional religious perceptions in his home country, Thailand, as well as abroad.