Parliament Leader Promotes Buddhist Values Through Prayer and Meditation
Parliament leader Sompon Saramutt led a Buddhist merit-making ceremony on July 3 promoting daily spiritual practice through giving, moral conduct, and meditation alongside senior monks in Bangkok.
Sompon Saramutt, President of the National Assembly and House of Representatives, presided over a program designed to promote Buddhist teachings in everyday life, held on July 3, 2025. The initiative aims to develop merit and virtue through the three practices: giving, moral conduct, and meditation. The ceremony included reverence to the Three Jewels, precept recitation, precept-taking, and monastic alms presented to Venerable Phrom Wachrawimol Muni (Bunchit Nyanasvaro), deputy abbot of Maha Dhatu Yuwarat Rangsit Royal Temple and administrator of the Buddhist monastic council of Bangkok, accompanied by five monks.
Venerable Phrom Wachrawimol Muni offered Dhamma teachings and blessings for the participants' auspiciousness. Sompon explained that participation generates the three foundations of merit: giving through alms, moral conduct through restraint of body, speech, and mind, and meditation through mindfulness and concentration leading to wisdom. He stressed that merit represents happiness while virtue represents wisdom, enabling participants to gain both the happiness of merit-making and wisdom through Dhamma teachings and collective practice.
The program concluded with participants chanting Buddhist sutras and meditating for approximately ten minutes before closing at 5:00 PM.
