Palm Beach Meditation Center arranged the Ceremony of Punching the First Foundation Pile
DMC News – March 19th, 2014
Palm Beach Meditation Center arranged the Ceremony of Punching the First Foundation Pile
Palm Beach Meditation Center, USA, arranged the Ceremony of Punching the First Foundation Pile of the Mara Conqueror Building and the Ceremony of Dedicating Merit to the dead on March 15th, 2014.
In the event, the congregation had prayed the Morning Chanting and meditated together before the monks and all of them casted gold sheets on the First Foundation Pile and paved gemstones together.
Palm Beach Meditation Center also arranged the Sunday Ceremonies on March 16th, 2014. All participants chanted and meditated to purify their minds together. After that they performed the Ceremony of Offering Meals to Monks. Kal Wichai Kasinpila and Kal Ranee Taylor were the Presidents who led the others to say the offering speech. Then, they offered the Morning Alms to the monks together.
Palm Beach Meditation Center arranged the Ceremony of Punching the First Foundation Pile
There was the Ceremony of Dedicating Merit to the Dead in the afternoon. Kal Pranee Kovin and Kal Akkarapat Tran were the Presidents who led the others to say the Speech of Offering the Picked-Up Robe Set. After that the monks chanted Abhidhamma. The congregation offered the Picked-Up robe sets and alms to the monks together. Then, they performed the Ceremony of Offering Alms to 30,000 Temples together which Kal Nanyamad Hach and Kal Somboon Naknoon were the Presidents who led the others to say the offering speech. They offered alms to the Monastic Monks happily together. All of them were joyful because of merit-making.
Translated by Chadawee Chaipooripat
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