On April 22nd, 2024 or Earth Day, Wat Phra Dhammakaya organized the necessity offering to 10,000 temples throughout Thailand including the temples in the four southern provinces.
Every April 22nd is the Earth Day that American Senator, namely Gaylord Nelson, campaigned among the American people to protect the world and the meeting of the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth (WFBY) had a resolution to declare April 22nd as the “World Protection by Dhamma” under the concept “Clean the World, Clean the Mind”. As human beings are part of the environment and their mind, which is most valuable, should be protected and cleansed by Dhamma. For this reason, Wat Phra Dhammakaya organized the event of “World Protection by Dhamma” for the monks and lay people around the world to follow the Buddha’s teachings, which are “abstain from all misdeeds; perform only good deeds; and purify one’s mind”. Besides, the meritorious actions of giving, precept observation and meditation will increasingly purify one’s mind. Then everyone will have compassion to each other and the true peace will finally happen on earth.
Venerable Phrakrusamusanitwong Wuttiwangso, director of Communication Department, Wat Phra Dhammakaya related that Wat Phra Dhammakaya organized the event of mass meditation, monks’ blessing and the necessity offering to 10,000 temples, which was presided by the Most Venerable Phrapromwachirapanyajarn (Pali scholar of level 9), the abbot of Wat Ratchaorot and the head of the 8th Overseas Dhammaduta Bhikkhus group on occasion of 20th anniversary of necessity offering to 323 temples of the four southern provinces (Songkhla, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat). This event was the 168th necessity offering to 323 southern temples together with 133rd scholarship offering to teachers in the four southern provinces in its 17th year.
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Timeline of Wat Phra Dhammakaya’s necessity offering
22 April 2001 – The scholarship offering to 100,000 monks/novices of over 30,000 temples throughout Thailand
3 February 2002 – The necessity offering to 100,000 monks/novices of over 30,000 temples throughout Thailand on occasion of cremation ceremony of Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong
22 April 2004 – The necessity offering to 12,000 monks/novices and the casting of Dhammakaya Buddha images, enshrined at the building of 60th Anniversary of Luang Por Dhammajayo
22 April 2006 – The necessity offering to over 10,000 temples and the ceremony to purify the Meditation Stadium
6 August 2006 – The necessity offering to 3,300 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces
19 November 2006 – The monk robe offering to support over 1,000 temples as the flood victims
22 April 2007 – The necessity offering to 20,000 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces
5 August 2007 – The necessity offering to 2,000 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2008 – The necessity offering to 20,000 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces and the offering of 222 principal Buddha images to Sri Lankan temples
3 August 2008 – The necessity offering to 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2009 – The necessity offering to over 30,000 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces
2 August 2009 – The necessity offering to over 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2010 – The necessity offering to over 10,000 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces
1 August 2010 – The necessity offering to over 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 266 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2011 – The necessity offering to over 30,000 temples throughout Thailand and 286 temples in the four southern provinces
7 August 2011 – The necessity offering to over 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2012 – The necessity offering to over 20,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
5 August 2012 – The necessity offering to over 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2013 – The necessity offering to over 24,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
4 August 2013 – The necessity offering to over 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2014 – The necessity offering to over 30,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
3 August 2014 – The necessity offering to over 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2015 – The necessity offering to over 30,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
2 August 2015 – The necessity offering to over 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
31 July 2016 – The necessity offering to over 3,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
6 August 2017 – The necessity offering to 1,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
5 August 2018 – The necessity offering to over 1,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
6 August 2023 – The necessity offering to over 2,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
22 April 2024 – The necessity offering to over 10,000 temples throughout Thailand and 323 temples in the four southern provinces
