Not far from Bangkok (Thailand), the monastery can be considered the world’s largest. It may contain up to a million people. It called Dhamma Kaya monastery, which was built 20 years ago.
Dhamma Kaya monastery is located in Pathum Thani province by the center of Bangkok 28 kilometers. Leaving the hustle and bustle views of the high buildings along with the street has more vehicle, visitors will see quiet and peaceful countrside with lots of shady green trees.
Monastery area has th width 316 hectares with parks, pools, garages and a lot of architectures are large or small. It is impression point that Notably temple Cetiya Dhamma Kaya (Memorial Hall) is built to commemorate the Dhamma Kaya sects – Monkol Thepmuni monks. Despite Buddhist meditation, it is shaped as spaceships or flying saucers.
The meditation hall is also a “Hidden scripture”that keeps the books, relics and artifacts are related to the history of Buddhism in Thailand. The most distinctive feature of the architecture is that the dome is covered by a brass million tiles. Each tile is carved by a statue with eyes closed with a serene expression. It creates to a million views on the four face Buddha faces eight directions.
Cetiya meditation hall is also home of enlightened monk who talks about Dhamma and meditation.The hall is built by two floors with the capacity of 600,000 peoples. Available empty inside can contain 400,000 peoples. During the festival days, the monastery can acquire a million faithful to meditate at the same time.
There are many foreign monks to meditate mostly in the West, people dressed in white shirt, someone dressed yellow shirt (they have been officially recognized as the master of meditation hospitalization).