The Dhammakaya tradition, a Thai Buddhist tradition associated with Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro and Dhammakaya meditation, has developed a network of international branch temples, meditation centres and Buddhist associations. Overseas branches are chiefly associated with several Thai temples in the tradition, including Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, the Bangkok temple where Luang Pu Sodh served as abbot; Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a large temple in Pathum Thani province founded in 1970 by Chandra Khonnokyoong and Luang Por Dhammajayo; and Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram, a temple in Ratchaburi province associated with the same meditation lineage.

The branches listed here include temples, registered Buddhist associations, meditation centres and coordination centres that are identified in branch lists, Thai Buddhist missionary directories, official temple or centre websites, or published news coverage. Names vary by source: some centres use the Thai word wat ('temple'), while others use English-language names such as "Meditation Center" or "Meditation Centre".

Background and scope Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen is a royal wat in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok. The temple was transformed after Luang Pu Sodh became abbot in 1916, growing from an almost abandoned temple with thirteen monks into a major centre of Buddhist education and meditation practice with hundreds of monks and mae chi. It is widely identified as the origin of the Dhammakaya tradition.

Wat Phra Dhammakaya is a Buddhist temple in Khlong Luang district, Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok. Thai and international sources describe it as the best-known and fastest-growing temple of the Dhammakaya tradition; its foundation and affiliated branch lists describe overseas centres in multiple regions.

Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram is a Thai Buddhist temple in Ratchaburi province associated with the Dhammakaya meditation tradition. Overseas centres connected with the temple are listed separately where published sources identify them as branches or affiliated centres.

For the purposes of this list, an international branch is an overseas temple, meditation centre, registered Buddhist association or coordination centre that is explicitly associated in published sources with Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, Wat Phra Dhammakaya or Wat Luang Phor Sodh Dhammakayaram. The list excludes domestic Thai temples and informal meditation groups unless they are identified as official overseas branches or centres in published sources. Names are given in the English form used by the source where available; alternative names, older names and local-language forms are noted only where they help identify the centre. The list is organised first by associated Thai parent temple and then by region and country.

The reference column normally gives the source that verifies the branch entry. The notes column is reserved for points that affect identification, such as alternative names, former names, notable premises, establishment dates or independent coverage; ordinary branch-list entries are left without additional notes.

Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen branches Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen has established or supported overseas branch temples in Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.

+ Overseas branches associated with Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen Region Country Branch Location Notes Ref. Asia India Wat Paknam India Bodh Gaya Asia Japan Wat Paknam Japan Narita, Chiba Prefecture Described as the first Thai temple in Japan; land purchased in 1996. Europe Norway Wat Paknam Europe Torvastad, Rogaland North America United States Wat Somdej Phramaharatchamangalacharn Bakersfield, California North America United States Wat Mongkoltepmunee Bensalem, Pennsylvania Registered as in 1983; opened in Bensalem in 1986. North America United States Wat Paknam America Huber Heights, Ohio Founded in 2004 as Wat Buddhamongkol Bhavana; renamed Wat Paknam America in 2007. North America United States Wat Paknam Michigan Sterling Heights, Michigan Reported as a newly built Wat Paknam branch in 2010. Oceania New Zealand Wat Paknam New Zealand Tauranga Land purchased in 2001; first resident monks arrived in January 2002.

Wat Phra Dhammakaya branches Wat Phra Dhammakaya and the Dhammakaya Foundation list overseas meditation centres and coordination centres in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Some centres are also listed in national Thai Buddhist missionary directories, such as the Council of Thai Bhikkhus in the U.S.A. directory and the Thai Sangha missionary coordination records of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University.

Africa and the Middle East + Africa and Middle East branches associated with Wat Phra Dhammakaya Country Branch Location Notes Ref. Bahrain Bahrain Meditation Center Bahrain Oman Oman Meditation Center Oman South Africa The Johannesburg Meditation Center Johannesburg Supported by the Royal Thai Embassy in Pretoria in 2014. South Africa Cape Town Meditation Centre Cape Town Non-profit meditation organisation in Cape Town. United Arab Emirates Dubai Meditation Centre Dubai

Asia

+ Asian branches associated with Wat Phra Dhammakaya Country or territory Branch Location Notes Ref. Brunei Brunei Meditation Center Kampong Lambak, Brunei–Muara Also known in Thai as Wat Bhavana Brunei. Cambodia Angkor Wat Moral Training Center Siem Reap China Beijing Meditation Center Beijing China Dhammakaya Coordination Center Shanghai China Shanghai China Kunming Dhammakaya Co-ordination Center Kunming Hong Kong Wat Phra Dhammakaya Hong Kong Wan Chai Hong Kong Wat Phra Dhammakaya Kowloon Kwai Chung, New Territories India Wat Buddha Santiwan Dhammachai Nagpur, Maharashtra Indonesia Bali Meditation Center Gianyar Regency, Bali Indonesia Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Indonesia Tangerang, Banten Indonesia Wat Buddha Jambi (MBMI Jambi) Jambi Indonesia Wat Buddha Sumatra (MBMI Tebing Tinggi) Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra Indonesia Yogyakarta Meditation Center Yogyakarta Japan Dhammakaya International Meditation Center Tochigi Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Japan Wat Bhavana Nagano Tōmi, Nagano Japan Wat Buddha Meisou (Thai Bukkyo Meisou Center) Arakawa, Tokyo Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Aichi Kōnan, Aichi Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Gunma Yoshioka, Gunma Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Ibaraki Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Kanagawa Ebina, Kanagawa Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Nagano Ueda, Nagano Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Osaka Osaka Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Saitama Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Tochigi Utsunomiya, Tochigi Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Tokyo Arakawa, Tokyo Japan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Yamanashi Nirasaki, Yamanashi Malaysia Dhammakaya Meditation Association of Selangor Puchong, Selangor Malaysia Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Penang Bayan Lepas, Penang Mongolia Wat Phra Dhammakaya Mongolia (Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Mongolia) Ulaanbaatar Nepal Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Nepal Kathmandu Philippines The Middle Way Meditation Institute Iloilo City Singapore Dhammakaya Centre Singapore Punggol, Singapore South Korea Dhammakaya Meditation Center of Korea Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi ProvinceAlso known as Wat Bhavana Seoul. South Korea Wat Bhavana Gyeongju Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province South Korea Wat Bhavana Yangju Yangju, Gyeonggi Province South Korea Wat Buddha South Gwangju (Gwangju Thai Meditation Center) Gwangju Taiwan Dhammakaya International Meditation Center of Gaoxiong / Wat Bhavana Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Taiwan Wat Bhavana Taizhong Taichung Taiwan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Taipei New Taipei City Taiwan Wat Phra Dhammakaya Taoyuan Taoyuan

Europe

+ European branches associated with Wat Phra Dhammakaya Country Branch Location Notes Ref. Austria Wat Buddha Vienna Vienna Austria Wat Phra Dhammakaya Austria Linz Belgium Wat Phra Dhammakaya Belgium Lede Also known as Bron van Stilte. Denmark Wat Phra Dhammakaya Denmark Juelsminde Denmark Wat Phra Dhammakaya Sjælland Korsør France Wat Bouddha Toulouse Toulouse France Wat Phra Dhammakaya Bordeaux Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Gironde France Wat Phra Dhammakaya Paris Torcy, Seine-et-Marne Germany Wat Buddha Heilbronn Obersulm, Baden-Württemberg Germany Wat Buddha Nordrhein-Westfalen Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Wat Phra Dhammakaya Bavaria Königsbrunn, Bavaria Covered by local German press. Germany Wat Phra Dhammakaya Berlin Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Brandenburg Germany Wat Phra Dhammakaya Frankfurt Frankfurt Rhine-Main Germany Wat Phra Dhammakaya Humburg Gerdau, Lower Saxony Germany Wat Phra Dhammakaya Rheinland Ingelheim am Rhein Germany Wat Phra Dhammakaya Schwarzwald Kippenheim, Baden-Württemberg Visited by representatives of the Thai consulate in Munich. Iceland Wat Buddha Iceland Reykjanesbær Italy Wat Buddha Venezia Venice Italy Wat Phra Dhammakaya Italy Vaprio d'Agogna, Piedmont Malta Wat Buddha Malta Malta Netherlands Afferden, Gelderland Began in 2014 and has been based in a former church in Afferden since 2017. Norway Wat Phra Dhammakaya Eigersund Eigersund Norway Wat Phra Dhammakaya Norway Holmestrand Sweden Wat Phra Dhammakaya Borås Borås Sweden Wat Phra Dhammakaya North Sweden Gävle Sweden Wat Phra Dhammakaya Stockholm Stora Vika, Stockholm County Switzerland Wat Phra Dhammakaya Switzerland Arni, Bern Uses a former mountain hotel as a temple. United Kingdom Wat Phra Dhammakaya London Woking, Surrey Part of the Dhammakaya Movement UK network. United Kingdom Wat Phra Dhammakaya Manchester Stockport, Greater Manchester United Kingdom Wat Phra Dhammakaya Newcastle Hebburn, Tyne and Wear Subject of Thai media coverage on its contemporary temple architecture. United Kingdom Wat Phra Dhammakaya Scotland Helensburgh, Scotland Also known as Meditation Center of Scotland.

North America + North American branches associated with Wat Phra Dhammakaya Country Branch Location Notes Ref. Canada Centre Meditation Dhammakaya de Montreal Montreal, Quebec Canada Dhammakaya International Meditation Society of British Columbia British ColumbiaAlso known as Wat Phra Dhammakaya Vancouver. United States Dhammakaya International Meditation Center Azusa, California United States Dhammakaya International Meditation Center Denver Denver, Colorado United States Dhammakaya International Meditation Center Kansas Kansas United States Dhammakaya International Meditation Center of New Jersey New Jersey United States Dhammakaya Meditation Center Boston Massachusetts United States Dhammakaya Meditation Center Silicon Valley California United States Dhammakaya Meditation Center Tennessee Tennessee United States Florida Meditation Center (Wat Phra Dhammakaya Florida) Florida United States Georgia Meditation Center Atlanta, Georgia United States Meditation Center of Chicago Chicago, Illinois United States Meditation Center of D.C. Washington metropolitan area United States Meditation Center of Texas Arlington, Texas United States Minnesota Meditation Center Minnesota United States Oregon Meditation Center Portland, Oregon United States Palm Beach Meditation Center Palm Beach County, Florida United States Seattle Meditation Center Washington

Oceania