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Po Tek Tung Foundation Hosts Free Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok

The Po Tek Tung Foundation in Bangkok is organizing a vegetarian festival from 9 to 19 October 2025, offering free meals, merit‑making activities, and a sacred incense‑circling ceremony. The event includes Chinese opera performances and a special outdoor rite on 16 October for blessings and protection. Participants are encouraged to bring their own bags for the meals and to check weather conditions before attending.

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The Po Tek Tung Foundation, led by Chairman Wichayan Techapaiboon, calls on disciples and devotees to keep the precepts, earn merit, and avoid meat during the annual vegetarian festival running from 9 to 19 October 2025. Free vegetarian meals will be provided twice daily (breakfast and lunch) from 9 to 18 October at the foundation’s entrance, with participants asked to bring their own bags. The foundation will also host Chinese opera performances from 8 to 19 October and, on Friday 16 October at 18:00, conduct an outdoor incense‑circling rite around the Taithong Shrine to seek blessings and protection, noting that attendees should check weather conditions and prepare for rain. The foundation prays that Luang Pho Taithong’s blessings bring happiness and prosperity to all participants and their families.

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