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Digitization of palm-leaf manuscripts is one of DIRI’s projects to help preserve and pass on the original teachings of the Buddha written in various ancient scriptures. This time, the team found many interesting meditation scriptures, some of which were from the Ayutthaya period. การถ่ายดิจิทัลคัมภีร์ เป็นหนึ่งในผลงานการวิจัยของสถาบันวิจัยนานาชาติธรรมชัย แห่งประเทศนิวซีแลนด์ (ดีรี) เพื่อสืบค้นคำสอนดั้งเดิมของพระพุทธเจ้า และมีส่วนช่วยในการอนุรักษ์และสืบทอดคำสอนของพระพุทธเจ้าที่จารอยู่ในคัมภีร์โบราณต่างๆด้วย ซึ่งในครั้งนี้ทีมงานได้พบคัมภีร์เกี่ยวกับกัมมัฎฐาน โดยบางผูกอยู่ในสมัยอยุธยาRead More

The course Buddhist Thought has been taught at the University of Otago for over seventeen years as the result of an MoU between the University and the 60th Dhammachai Education Foundation (the 60th DEF) & Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI). The chairman of institutes, Phramaha Sudham Suratano (PhD, 9th grade of Pali Studies) will award scholarships...Read More

On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Phra Maha Sutham Suratano, Pali IX, Dr., Assistant Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Vice President of the Union of Thai Sanghas in Oceania (UTO), President of the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) of New Zealand, and Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya Auckland, New Zealand, along with monks from Wat Phra Dhammakaya...Read More

On Saturday, June 29, 2024, 12:00 -12:30 PM, local time, Kittipong Vongagsorn, a Ph.D. student from Dhammachai International Research Institute of New Zealand (DIRI) who is currently studying at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, presented his research titled “Moggallāna Lost in Another World-System: The Enduring Influence of Mahāyāna in a Thai-Lao Legend” at the “Theravāda and East Asia” conference....Read More

Oxford, June 20, 2024 – In a significant development, the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) of New Zealand has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Oxford, UK. This pioneering partnership is dedicated to advancing research into ancient meditation practices within Theravada Buddhism. This collaboration comes as DIRI celebrates the 80th anniversary...Read More