1. Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram

Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram Temple is located on the beautifully landscaped campus of the Dhammakaya Buddhist Meditation Institute at kilometer 14 of the Damnoen Saduak - Bangpae Road, in Damnoen Saduak District of Rajburi Province, 93 kilometers from Bangkok. It encompasses 244 rais. The 74 rais surrounding the main monastery were registered in 1991 as Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram, in loving memory of Luang Phor Wat Paknam, Phra Mongkol Thepmuni (Sodh Candasaro). Here is a brief Profile:
Address:    109 Moo 7 Damnoen Saduak - Bangpae Road, Damnoen Saduak District,  Rajburi Province, 70130.
Phone:  (032) 745-180, Extension 220/191
Fax:  (032) 745-170
Websites: www.dhammacenter.org
Email:     bmi@dhammacenter.org

2. Dhammakaya Buddhist Meditation Institute

President

His Holiness Somdej Phra Buddhajahn: Abbot, Wat Sakesa, Sangha Council & Chairman, Acting Sangharaja Committee.

Vice-President

His Holiness Somdej Phra Maha Ratchamangkalajahn: Abbot, Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen & Sangha Council Member.

General Manager and Meditation Master

Dr. Phra Rajyanvisith: Abbot, Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram & Coordinator, Provincial Meditation Institutes.

Financial and Property Management

Dhammakaya Buddhist Meditation Foundation.

3. Founding

21 May 1991	Registered as a Wat by the Ministry of Education and recognized by the Sangha body
2 May 1992	Consecrated as a Temple by His Holiness Somdej Phra Buddhaghosajahn, Former Abbot of Wat Sampaya, Bangkok, and Sangha Council Member

4. Recognized Excellence

1999	Recognized by the Sangha Body as Rajburi Provincial Pali Studies Center.
2004	Recognized by the Sangha Body as Rajburi Provincial Meditation Institute.
2005	Designated by the Sangha Body as an “Exemplary Development Temple with Noteworthy Success.”
2006	Established as Sangha Ecclesiastical Region 15 Academic Services Unit for Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (for four provinces).
2006	Wat Luang Phor Sodh Buddhist Meditation Institute established as an Associated Institution of the World Buddhist University.
2008	Elected the National Coordination Center of Provincial Meditation Institutes of Thailand.
2009	Established by the Sangha Body as the Center for Development of Virtues and Ethics for the Security of the Nation, Religion and Monarch y

5. Objectives

1. To help humans rid themselves of suffering and penetrate Nirvana.

2. To educate laity and monks to become knowledgeable, virtuous instructors spreading Lord Buddha’s teachings.

3. To become a center of virtue supporting peace for all world beings.

4. To become a pilgrimage center for the faithful: (1) Displaying sacred objects worthy of veneration and (2) Providing a clean, beautiful, serene environment for peaceful meditation and introspection.

5. To faultlessly manage and preserve the sacred treasures and offerings of the faithful.

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