ABOUT

     History and Objectives

              The city of Niagara Falls, New York is located in the area of North-East US on a border with Canada. Most of New York’s area is dominated by forests and mountains guiding oneselves into a sense of calm and peace, suitable for practicing relaxation and meditation. As a result, many temples and meditation centers of Mahayana (Zen) and Vajrayana (Tibet) Buddhism can be found around Niagara Falls. However, there is neither Thailand’s temples nor mediation centers in this city.

            Venerable Phramaha Piya Uttamapunyo, a head monk of Buddhist Meditation Center in Pittsburgh and secretary of Overseas Buddhist Missionary Monks Class XII has proposed a strategy for Buddhism transmission in America based on his 10-year experience of missionary monk. Nowadays, many foreigners become interested in mindfulness and meditation which turns to be a trend called ‘mindful living’ in the society. Most Venerable Phrakhruvisitdhammaros, the abbot and meditation master of Wat Prodketchettharam Thailand,  stated that there should be a Buddhist center passing down of Buddha’s teachings including Samatha and Vipassana meditation. Therefore, he agreed to establish Wat Prodketchettharam of America.

Objectives

            To be a center of Buddhism transmission in the United States

            To be a center of Samatha and Vipassana meditation in the United States

            To be a center of Buddhist cultural transmission among Buddhism and other religions