It seems their latest attempt to occupy the Don Sawan tourist island in the lake at Sakon Nakhon and turn it into DMC center has failed due to the massive protests of locals which could not be simply ignored:
http://2bangkok.com/forum/showthread.ph ... tion/page5
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Re: Wat Dhammakaya
by gavesako » Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:44 pm
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Re: Wat Dhammakaya
by appicchato » Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:48 am
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Re: Wat Dhammakaya
by gavesako » Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:08 pm
Good news: The Governor of Sakon Nakhon announced that he has given Don Savan Island to the public, which means no one can occupy this island anymore. They will have to try somewhere else... 
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Re: Wat Dhammakaya
by helparcfun » Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:49 pm
Do you think that Wat Dhammakaya will endure? Judging by the amount of people (and money) involved it doesn't look to me like it's going away!
It looks very much as though they would like to 'take over' Thailand, if not the whole world, religiously speaking (and who knows, maybe politically too).
It looks very much as though they would like to 'take over' Thailand, if not the whole world, religiously speaking (and who knows, maybe politically too).
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Re: Wat Dhammakaya
by Kim OHara » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:44 am
helparcfun wrote:Do you think that Wat Dhammakaya will endure? Judging by the amount of people (and money) involved it doesn't look to me like it's going away!
It looks very much as though they would like to 'take over' Thailand, if not the whole world, religiously speaking (and who knows, maybe politically too).
Everything that arises, passes away ...
That's particularly true of religious groups which come from nowhere and centre on individual leaders. Look at (for instance) Transcendental Meditation, the Moonies (Unification Church), Hare Krishna and Heaven's Gate - very different from each other but sharing a boom-and-bust trajectory.
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Re: Wat Dhammakaya
by gavesako » Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:11 am
The Dhammakaya has organized a second season of the "tudong" on marigold petals through the streets of Bangkok. Not all residents are happy with it:
http://2bangkok.com/forum/showthread.ph ... tion/page8
http://2bangkok.com/forum/showthread.ph ... tion/page8
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Re: Wat Dhammakaya
by Benjamin » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:16 pm
gavesako wrote:The Dhammakaya has organized a second season of the "tudong" on marigold petals through the streets of Bangkok. Not all residents are happy with it:
http://2bangkok.com/forum/showthread.ph ... tion/page8
The plagiarized costume from Victoria's Secret is about the weirdest thing i've seen related to Buddhism so far.
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How do you feel about Wat Dhammakaya?
by mahaviro » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:12 pm
In my opinion, I think it's relative through shrewd marketing and recruitment.
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