Khun Yay lays the foundation
Luang Phor Dhammajayo extends the
Buddhist Ministry
Khun Yay laid the foundation of Buddhist ministry by emphasising the training of good people first. Luang Phor Dhammajayo followed her procedure, and set up various Dhamma classes and training programs.
Although emphasizing people and their training first, the necessity of constructing facilities became inevitable. A meditation pavilion of 580 seats called Catumaharachika was built followed by the first Sapha Dhammakaya Hall, which had a simple thatched roof, but could seat 30,000.
With the steady increase of interested public coming to study meditation and training of the mind, the Ven. Dhammajayo led the way in the provision of purpose-built facilities to allow meditators to learn Dhamma with some degree of convenience. The World Dhammakaya Centre has been designed with a covered capacity of 300,000 and open-air
capacity of 1,000,000 people.
The great Sapha Dhammakaya Hall was built for these purposes. The hall covers an area of over forty acres (312,984 square meters) on two levels. The structure can accommodate 300,000 people.
Khun Yay always reminded Luang Phor not to be concerned too much with the provision of infrastructure and facilities, and to let others do the job. Since the human life cycle is so short, people will be best at meditating if they start when they are in good health and at a younger age. Luang Phor undertook Khun Yay's words and tried his best to finish the construction as soon as possible.
