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Dhammakaya temple

เผยแพร่:   โดย: MGR Online

In this Feb. 20, 2017, photo, a sculpture depicting a hand scooping rice into an monks alms bowl stands on the grounds of Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
It's more than eight times bigger than Vatican City and twice the size of Cambodia's ancient Angkor Wat, making it quite possibly the world's biggest religious complex.

Yet few non-Buddhists have heard of Wat Dhammakaya, a sprawling, extravagant temple compound north of Bangkok that has been at the center of a high-profile power struggle between monks and Thailand's ruling military.
In this Feb. 20, 2017, photo, devotees walk in the shade of Dhammakaya temples 15 story office building called the United Nations of Buddhism in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
In this March 7, 2017, photo, a gold-gilded pyramid honoring the founder of Dhammakaya temple stands above an artificial lake in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
In this March 7, 2017, photo, a gym houses treadmills and other equipment in a condominium reserved for advanced meditators at Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)v
In this March 7, 2017, photo, a Taiwanese monk sits on his bed at Dhammakaya temples International Residence Hall in Pathum Thani province, Thailand. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
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