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Ordination at Wat Phra Dhammakaya

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Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.

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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  The ordination hall at Wat Phra Dhammakaya during an ordination ceremony. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Lay people participate in a procession around the ordination hall at Wat Phra Dhammakaya during an ordination ceremony. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Lay people participate in a procession around the ordination hall at Wat Phra Dhammakaya during an ordination ceremony. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Men who will be ordained as Buddhist monks participate in a procession around the ordination hall at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Men who will be ordained as Buddhist monks gather in front of the ordination hall at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: People watch a procession of monks and novices being ordained at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Men who will be ordained as Buddhist monks present lotus blossoms and pray in front of the ordination hall at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A monk looks into the ordination hall during the ordination ceremony at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Men being ordained as monks file out of the ordination hall at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Men being ordained as monks pray and thank people presenting them with their robes during a mass ordination at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Newly ordained monks and novices put on their robes for the first time at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Newly ordained monks and novices put on their robes for the first time at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Newly ordained monks and novices pray for the first time as members of the clergy during their ordination at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Newly ordained monks and novices file into the canteen for lunch after their ordination at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND:  Family members pray before men newly ordained as monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A man makes merit by giving a donation to a  newly ordained novice at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Newly ordained monks and novices and members of their families pray together before lunch in the canteen at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JULY 2014 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: Newly ordained monks and novices and members of their families pray together before lunch in the canteen at Wat Phra Dhammakaya. Seventy-seven men from 18 countries were ordained as Buddhist monks and novices at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple  north of Bangkok, Saturday. It is the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s and led by Phra Dhammachayo (Phrathepyanmahamuni). It is the largest temple in Thailand. The Dhammakaya sect has an active outreach program that attracts visitors from around the world.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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