Unveiling the Global Truth of Dhammakaya The DIRI Viture Exhibition is a unique virtual experience that showcases a collection of international research and spiritual evidence confirming the existence of Dhammakaya across cultures and continents. This exhibition serves as a testament to the deep spiritual insights and teachings of our meditation masters, offering profound affirmation of...Read More

Missed the live session? The recorded lecture from the OCBS DIRI Lecture Series is now available! The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), in collaboration with the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI), invites you to an insightful lecture as part of the OCBS DIRI Lecture Series. Topic: Gender and Buddhist Doctrine Speaker: Prof. Alice Collett...Read More

The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), in collaboration with the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI), invites you to an insightful lecture as part of the OCBS DIRI Lecture Series. Date: 26 February 2025 Time: 16:00 GMT Speaker: Dr. Aleix Ruiz Falqués Topic: “Editing Jātakas in the 15th Century: Jātakavisodhana by Ariyavaṁsa and Premodern Pali...Read More

Participation in the 2025 Woodenfish-Waksaw Gandhara Buddhism Seminar in Pakistan Mr. Kittipong Vongagson, a researcher at the Dhammachai International Research Institute (DIRI) and a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Buddhist Studies, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich(LMU), participated in the 2025 Woodenfish-Waksaw Gandhara Buddhism Seminar in Pakistan (January 9-18, 2025). The seminar was organized through...Read More

DIRI Digitization project at Nakornsrithammarat 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

Integrated Buddhist Studies at the University of Otago, NZ 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...Read More

DIRI President and team visit Hsi Lai Temple and the University of the West 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...Read More

Kittipong Vongagsorn presents a research paper at the University of Oxford 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...Read More

Dhammachai International Research Institute and University of Oxford Forge Historic Partnership 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...Read More

Highlight Dr. Phra Maha Sutham Suratano met with Professor Richard Gombrich at the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, celebrating a decade-long partnership that has advanced global Pali language education and Buddhist knowledge. Continuing the work of spreading Buddhism and the work of searching for evidence of Dhammakaya from the pioneering era June 12, 2024 –...Read More