(Photo: AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) Novices sit in lines in front of the Maha Chedi during a mass ordination at Dhamagaya Temple in Pathumthani province, central Thailand, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.
Tens of thousands of men ordained monkhood in a dawn ceremony to mark the three-month long Buddhist Lent or the rainy season when Buddhist monks remain in the monasteries to study the teachings of Lord Buddha which this year starts on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Thailand’s Sangkha, the Religion, Art and Culture Commissioners of the House of Representatives, the Dhammakaya temple as well as the other co-supporters(…) are organizing the 2553 B.E. (2010 in Thai calendar) Nationwide Rain-Retreat Ordination Program of 100,000 Monks from the 9th of July to the 8th of November 2553 B.E. at training temples in every district across Thailand. The objective of allowing 100,000 gentlemen across the country to live as true monks throughout the rainy reason, is to strengthen the societal ethics and moral conduct in Thai community.
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Source: CBS News
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