Detailed information and registraction click European Ordination Program (EOP)

The European Ordination Programme (EOP) has been established by the vision of Luang Por Dhammajayo, the Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, to introduce Buddhism to the people in The European Union (EU), and others around the world. The programme was organized for the first time in 2013 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya Benelux, Belgium. Many participants in The EU from different countries such a England, Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, Italy, Malta, Austria, and Switzerland joined the programme. When it concluded, all were very satisfied with the programme, and some even had the intention to join the same kind of programme again the following year.

The European committee, consisting of 29 branches of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in The EU then decided to organise the programme every year. Subsequently, more and more participants in The EU have joined the EOP.

The EOP provides the opportunity for all of the qualified persons in The EU who have interest in studying the Dhamma of the Buddha, to use the knowledge they learn and practice from the programme to benefit their lives with more happiness and prosperity.

In the programme, all participants have the opportunity to learn about the Theravada Buddhist monk's life, to train themselves with the Buddhist disciplines and Buddhist cultures, to practice meditation, to study a variety of Bhuddist Dharma topics, and to understand more about the Theravada Buddhist monk's life. The course of study in the programme has been continuously well developed from the beginning up until the present, by becoming more efficient in training those who are not raised as Buddhists, enabling them to learn and apply the teachings in this short period of time after the programme is concluded.

We therefore would like to invite all qualified persons for The Theravada-Monk Ordination to join the EOP again this year.