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Monks' city walk criticised, defended
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/04/2012
» Criticised by a senator, the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple's mass thudong pilgrimage through downtown Bangkok has been defended by the Office of National Buddhism.
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Where is Steve Jobs?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/04/2013
» More than a year after his death, Steve Jobs lives in parallel world not far-from his real-world Apple office, attended to by 20 servants and enjoying his new existence – that according to Phrathepyanmahamuni, the abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya.
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Focus not on the scandals
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 04/03/2015
» Many Thai Buddhists are having a hard time staying calm following incidents in the monastic community that have gripped the nation over the past few weeks.
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Temple abbot 'key player' in KCUC scandal
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/10/2015
» Wat Phra Dhammakaya's abbot Phra Dhammachayo was among several people who may have played a key role in the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC) embezzlement scandal, says the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).
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How to be a hypocrite
News, Postbag, Published on 28/05/2016
» Re: "A sorry situation", (PostBag, May 26).
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Justice fails test in temple stand-off
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/05/2016
» No matter how it turns out, the stand-off between the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and Wat Phra Dhammakaya has underscored a combination of extreme conviction and weak enforcement of the justice system that has underpinned Thailand's many crises.
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Recover the money
News, Postbag, Published on 04/06/2016
» Can someone explain why Klongchan Credit Union members, who lost 12 billion baht, are not officially represented by the justice system? The Justice Minister (BP, May 31) is correct in saying that they appear to have been forgotten.
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Secret sanctum helps abbot take refuge
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/06/2016
» Wat Phra Dhammakaya bills itself as a place where devotees can escape the troubles of the outside world. It's a philosophy the temple's controversial abbot, facing arrest on money laundering charges, appears to have taken quite literally.
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Tigers, greed: The modern Thai temple
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/06/2016
» Among the most notorious of the influential monks, it's Luang Ta Chan, otherwise known as Phra Archan Phusit Khantitharo, the abbot of the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, who amazes me the most.
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Dhammakaya branch faces probe over illegal wood
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/06/2016
» Authorities have seized more than 1,000 sheets of processed wood from a branch of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Lampang on the suspicion that they were acquired illegally.
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