Schedule of the Earth Day 2014
The Ceremony of Giving Helping Fund for Teachers in Four Unrest Southern Provinces
The Ceremony of Purifying the Crystal World on the Earth Day
The Ceremony of Offering Alms to Monks from 30,000 Temples Nationwide
The Ceremony of Casting the 2nd Gold Image of the Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong
Tuesday April 22nd, 2014
At Kaewsarapadnuk Room / Maha Rattana Vihara / the International Dhammakaya Meditation Hall
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The Morning Ceremonies: Meditation at Kaewsarapadnuk Room |
| 08:40 – 09:00 a.m. |
The Buddhists pray the Morning Chanting together |
| 09:30 a.m. |
The Monastic President arrives at the Ceremonial Center - leads the congregation to worship the Triple Gems / meditate |
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The Ceremony of Giving Helping Fund for Teachers in Four Unrest Southern Provinces The Ceremony of Receiving Donation The Ceremony of Offering Meals to Monks |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
The Monastic President - gives the helping funds to teachers in four unrest southern provinces - takes the historic photo with the teachers - receives the donation for the ceremony of offering alms to 30,000 temples nationwide |
| 11:00 a.m. |
The Ceremony of Saying the Speech of Offering Gold to Cast the 2nd Gold Image of the Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong The Ceremony of Saying the Speech of Offering Meals to the Monks |
| 11:15 a.m. |
End of the Morning Ceremonies |
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The Afternoon Ceremonies: The Ceremony of Purifying the Crystal World /
The Ceremony of Offering Alms to the Monks from 30,000 Temple Nationwide and from 323 Temples in Four Unrest Southern Provinces at Kaewsarapadnuk Room |
| 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. |
The special program "Praise the Kindness of the Triple Gems" |
| 12:45 – 1:20 p.m. |
The donors line up and go to their alms-offering places in the International Dhammakaya Meditation Hall and Maha Rattana Vihara |
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The Ceremony of Purifying the Crystal World, since the Earth Day, at Kaewsarapadnuk Room |
| 1:15 p.m. |
The Most Ven. Phraphromvedi (the Committee of Sangha Supreme Council, the 8th Ecclesiastical Regional Governor, the Abbot of Wat Traimitvittayaram) - leads the other monks to chant the Buddha Mantra |
| 1:30 p.m. |
The Monastic President arrives at the Ceremonial Center |
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The Ceremony of Offering Alms to the Monks from 30,000 Temples Nationwide and from 323 Temples in Four Unrest Southern Provinces |
| 2:00 p.m. |
The Most Ven. Phravisuddhivongsacarn (the Committee of Sangha Supreme Council, the 7th Ecclesiastical Regional Governor) arrives at the Ceremonial Center |
| 2:20 p.m. |
- The Most Ven. Phraphromvedi (the Committee of Sangha Supreme Council, the 8th Ecclesiastical Regional Governor, the Abbot of Wat Traimitvittayaram) leads the others to chant the Buddha Mantra - Senior monks and the monks from 30,000 temples chant “Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta” together one time |
| 3:15 p.m. |
The Most Ven. Phrathepyanmahamuni humbly offers alms to the Most Ven. Phraphromvedi and the representative monks from four unrest southern provinces - The donors humbly offer alms to the senior monks, the monks from 30,000 temples nationwide and 323 temples in four unrest southern provinces |
| 4:00 p.m. |
End of the Ceremony of Offering Alms to the Monks from 30,000 Temples Nationwide and 323 Temples in Four Unrest Southern Provinces |
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The Ceremony of Casting the 2nd Gold Image of the Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong in front of the Monastic Zone in the International Dhammakaya Meditation Hall |
| 4:30 p.m. |
The Monastic President arrives at the Ceremonial Center - leads the congregation to meditate |
| 5:00 p.m. |
The Monastic President
- leads the congregation to make a wish before casting the Gold Image |
| 5:35 p.m. |
The Most Ven. Phrathepyanmahamuni, the Monastic President - leads the disciples to make a wish / spread the loving-kindness |
| 6:00 p.m. |
End of the Ceremonies |
| 6:10 – 7:15 p.m. |
Monks give a souvenir to each of laypeople to recall of the merit on the Earth Day |
Translated by Chadawee Chaipooripat
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