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About Thongsuk Samdaengpan
- The Dhammakaya Movement, sometimes spelled as Thammakaai movement, is a Thai Buddhist tradition founded by Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro in the early 20th century.
- It is associated with several temples descended from Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok. The tradition is distinguished from other Thai Buddhist traditions by its teachings on the Buddhist concept of Dhammakaya and the practice of Dhammakaya meditation (Vijja Dhammakaya), a method which scholars have connected to the Yogavacara tradition, which predates the 19th-century reform of Thai Buddhism.
- The Dhammakaya Movement is known for teaching that there is a "true self" connected with Nirvana, a belief that is rejected by the majority of the Thai Theravada community, who have criticized this as contradicting the Buddhist doctrine of anatta (not-self). The Dhammakaya movement is seen by its followers as a form of Buddhist revivalism pioneered by Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro.
- Some Buddhist Studies scholars have called aspects of its practices as having some "millenarian, fundamentalist" characteristics.
- According to theologian Rory Mackenzie, the term "fundamentalist" may be misleading given the progressive nature of the movement.
- Features of the tradition include teaching meditation in a group, teaching meditation simultaneously to monastics and lay people, and an emphasis on lifelong ordination.
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