First Floor, Jay Jay Vegetarian Restaurant

The Jay Jay Restaurant presents various vegetarian foods every day, and it promotes the value of nutrition and delicious taste. Vegetarian food promotes health, longevity and a strong body. Especially, dharma practitioners who want to meditate for pure and peaceful mind are recommended to have vegetarian foods. It helps develop their mental practice for more progress.

We are open for the general public. We accept orders for take away food with a special low price. Contact the manager, Khun Vina Tangchitnamthamrong Tel: 4210489, 42115286

Dharma Maitree Shop

We propagate dharma books that are easy to understand and good for children and adults. They offer the right way of living in daily life and the basic way of dharma practice to the highest way of deliverance.

We offer holy objects, Buddha images (amulests) and the holy universe coin for world peace. Any interested person is invited to visit and view everyday in working hours. All receipts are for the merit in propagating dharma.

Second Floor, the Exhibition of the 12 World Religions

All are invited to see the story of the 12 world religions which is exhibited to mark the special occasion of the 50th Aniversary of His Majesty the King's Accension to the Chakri Throne.

Library

Any person who is interested in the work of Samnak Poo Sawan's for happiness and peace in Thailand and the world could study in this library where there is a collection of books about achievements for world peace, books about religious and peace activities, sprituality, vegetarian cooking, the value of vegetables and fruits, the Law of Action and other dharma books. It provides a borrowing service for members.

Third Floor

It is occupied by offices of various groups and societies working for charity, propagation of dharma practice and vegetarian diet, such as 1) Samnak Poo Sawan Fellows' Society 2) Jinnapanjarasultam Chanting Society 3} Prayiung Society for paying Respect to the Bodhisattva Avalokitesavara (Kwan Yin) 4) The Vegetarian Centre of Thailand 5) Society for the Promotion of Ethical Morality in the Mind of People 6) Society for the Propagation of the Holy Universe Coin, etc.

Lecture Room

To provide lectures, discussions, training and seminar according to various needs. It is a multipurpose room to view video tapes on religions, royal achievements and other matters, as well as for dharma practitioners to practice working meditation and to train and exercise for health.

Activities at the Four Noble Truth (ARIYA SAJ SI) Building

1. Every Saturday at 9.00am to 16.00pm to make meditation practice and mental development.
2. The first Saturday of the month at 10.00am and 14.00pm to pray for releasing animal lives by the Praying Society for Worshipping Phra Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kwan Yin) and to leave offerings to the priests.
3. Every Sunday at 13.00pm praying, meditation practice, dharma talk and offerings to the monks.
4. On the 19th of every month at 9.00am to 18.00pm to offer chanting, praying and meditation practice, leaving offerings to the monks, listening to dharma sermons.
5. Makhapula Day which is also the Puja Kru Rite of the society.
6. Other important days of Buddhism such as Visakhapuja, Asalhapuja, to make merit according to tradition.
7. Important days of the monarchy such as the Birthdays of their Majesties the King and Queen, the Day of King Tak Sin the Great, the Commemoration Day of Maha Chakri, providing the homage paying ceremony, chanting, praying, meditating and to great blessings.
8. To make merit according to tradition on important days such as the New Year festival, Sonkran festival etc.
9. other activities of the Society according to occasions such as the Commemoration Day of the Supreme Patriarch Phra Bodhisattva Luen Poo Tuad (Turning Sea Water Tasteless) (6th March), Somdech Phra Buddhacharn Brahma Ransi (Toh) (22nd June), Tao Maha Brahma Jina Panjara (1st May) etc.
10. Borom Kru Shrine is opened for general people to pay respect, put oil in the lamps and take a fortune telling.

Meditation Practice Project

To train and develop the minds of men for having consciousness ans wisdom, to control themselves, to raise efficiency and to have stronger mind power. Samnak Poo Sawan Fellow's Society provides the Meditation Practice Project. Interested people in the Meditation Practice Project are invited to meditate at the hall of Samnak Poo Sawan's Great Teachers (Borom Kru Hall). A monk who practices meditation in the forest is invited to instruct the principle of meditation practice. It is believed that Brahmas and devas will promote any meditation practice in this society.

Especially for the person who accepted to be a follower of Bofhisattva by doing worship daily to the Bodhisattva picture. The Bodhisattva will be a good meditation teacher.

As for any person who wants to join in practising the Insight Meditation Project in a short course, the society has a project in each month. Any interested person is invited to contact the society for more details.

As a matter of fact, the Spiritual World realized the situation and thus the Three Realms of the Spiritual World : the World of Brahma Gods; the World of Heavenly Devas and the World of Misery Being had the approval to found Samnak Poo Sawan's (the House of Divine Sages) in the world. Acham Suchart Kosolktiwong was selected as a medium between the spiritual and the human world. There are the Supreme Patriarch Kurupajarn (Phra Bodhisattva Luang Poo Tuad Turning Sea Water Tasteless) as the President, Somdech Phra Buddhacharn Brahma Jina (Toh) as General Director and Tao Maha Brahma Jina Panjara, the Great Teacher of Rites of the Spiritual World as Advisor.

Samnak Poo Sawan's was officially founded in Thailand on Visakhaouja Day in 1966.

The Ten Objectives of Samnak Poo Sawan's

1. Help to relieve the physical and spritual sufferings of mankind.
2. Help to lessen defilements in the mind of selfish people.
3. Help to abolish dogmatic beliefs in the minds of men.
4. Help to uphold social justice in the world.
5. Help to foster peace and the Thai monarchy.
6. Help to promote the progress of all peaceful and tolerant religions.
7. Help to support meditation practitioners in searching for Nirvana.
8. Help to cooperate with the efforts of the Would-be Buddha (Bodhisattva).
9. Help to instill ethics and morality into the mind of the younger generation.
10. Help to confirm the belief in "life after death" to stop men from doing sinful things.

People who want to give voluntary service by the Bodhisattva's way are welcome to join all activities of the society.

The Hall of Samnak Poo Sawan's Great Teacher

This is the place for practising dharma. It is on the fourth floor of the Four Noble Truths (ARIYA SAJ SI) Building.

There are Buddha images of the Phra Buddha Ratana, Bodhisattva and Arahant Images as follows:

• Somdech Phra Borom Bodhisattva Sri Ariyamettreya
• Phra Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Kwan Yin)
• The Supreme Patriarch Kurupajarn (Phra Bodhisattva Luang Poo Tuad Turning Sea Water Tasteless)
• Somdech Phra Buddhacham Brahma Ransi (Toh)
• Tao Maha Brahama Jina Panjara