Guinness World Records - The longest journey walking on flower petals

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The Best World Class Start
Episode: Guinness World Records
“The longest journey walking on flower petals”
Edited from the Inner Dreams Kindergarten Program Broadcasted on DMC

“This activity was not only the longest journey walking on the flower petals in the world, but also showed the Buddhist monks’ effort to the world that the inner peace from meditation can create the real world peace further.”

The Most Ven. Phrathepyanmahamuni (Dhammajayo Bhikkhu),

The President of Dhammakaya Foundation

Speech in the ceremony of receiving the GWR Certificate

September 9th, 2012

More than helping the disaster victims, Dhammakaya Foundation teaches how to meditate to the interested people regularly.

Dhammakaya Temple arranged the Dhammachai Dhutanga to establish the Great Master’s Path, the Most Ven. Phramongkolthepmuni (Sod Candasaro), during January 2nd – 25th, 2012, 24 total days and 427.8 total kilometers.

1,127 monks were walking on the longest flower petal path

The power of congregations’ believe
They created the history together by paving the longest rose petal path in the world

Dhutanga is a Buddhist custom since the Buddha Time

Dhammachai Dhutanga is the dhutanga to express gratefulness to the Most Ven. Phramongkolthepmuni (Sod Candasaro)

Mr. Srichak Chaowanich,
The representative of Dhammakaya Foundation, Thailand,
In the cooperation with the Guinness World Records

Mr. Srichak Chaowanich said that “I cooperated with the Guinness World Records and sent the data and information, collected by the teaching monks and staffs of the PR Department, to GWR.”

Mr. Nattakorn Soontorntanont who installed the GPS system for measuring the distance of Dhammachai Dhutanga

Now he is the IT manager at Union Inter Insurance PLC.

Mr. Sumethus Thammaphusit who drove the vehicle used to invite the golden statue of Luang Pu

He is a civil engineer.

The most challenging was how to make GWR accept the Dhammachai Dhutanga. The important factors were an over 300-page document, video files, photos of the activity in each day including the distance table measured by the international GPS system, etc. according to the requirements of GWR. We collected these evidences over 3 months and our important witnesses who made GWR accept are Mr. Nattakorn Soontorntanont and Mr. Sumethus Thammaphusit.

Mr. Nattakorn Soontorntanont is an expert in GPS system and applies this technology in the development of broadcasting the “Keep watching the Dhammachai Dhutanga” Program broadcasted via DMC. So, DMC audiences were able to see how long the dhutanga monks walking and where the monks were via www.dmc.tv at that time (Real-time processing) so that there was very good response from the audiences.

After that on February 26th, 2012, while Mr. Nattakorn was driving back from the Morning Alms Round to 10,000 Monks in Lampang province, he suddenly had an accident. There was one person died at once and Mr. Nattakorn was unconscious for 3 days so that the doctor and police misunderstood that he passed away. When he revived amazingly, the doctor told him that he had to be cured and not move about 3 months, however, he could sign and sent the evidences to GWR in 2 weeks later. So, we can send the evidences to GWR in time.

The GPS equipment using to measure the Dhammachai Dhutanga distance, 427.8 total kilometers
It was installed in the vehicle used to invite the golden statue of Luang Pu

When the GWR experts had proved that the information was the real one, so GWR accepted that Dhammakaya Foundation can make the new world record named “the longest journey walking on flower petals” with the 427.8 total kilometers distance.

The quality assurance certificate of GPS equipment ensures that this equipment is in the international standard

The pictures of success of the Dhammachai Dhutanga comes from those who were behind the scene such as V-Monk, V-Rose, V-Star, V-Peace, V-Clean, V-Move, V-Health, V-Mat, V-Care, V-Car etc.

Ms. Metta Suvachitvong, the consultant for promoting the Dhammachai Dhutanga
She is the Managing Director of DM & S Advertising Co., Ltd

Ms. Metta Suvachitvong said, “When we talk about the most of something in the world, everybody thinks of the Guinness World Records first. So everyone knows that the new world record “The longest journey walking on flower petals” means. This Dhammachai Dhutanga is the best world class start similarly to CNN broadcasting V-Star news. That was the best world class start as well. What Khunkru Maiyai does to change the world, they have never happened and they are all the world class works which the world should know, for example, the maximum number of the meditation practitioners in the world, the maximum V-Star children in the world. I think GWR should record these world records too because these good pictures are the rare pictures in the world except Thailand. Thai people see and use to these pictures.

Mrs. Seyda Subasi Gemici
The GWR staff from Turkey who approved the qualification was the GWR representative to offer the GWR Certificate to Dhammakaya Foundation

Mrs. Seyda Subasi Gemici unveiled that she wondered what this world record was about. When there is a new world record, GWR has established that it must be at least 300 kilometers. But Dhammakaya Foundation showed the GWR that the foundation was able to break the established standard amazingly, over 400 kilometers, which she had never seen before. Most of the world records exist and there is someone breaking the existing one. But this was the latest non-registered record of GWR.
She visited Thailand for the first time. She was so excited and curious to know the new or strange things including to meditation and the Buddhist monks which she had never experienced these thing before.

Translated by Chadawee Chaipooripat