10/08/2026
๐๐๐, ๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐?
๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐:
โSince 2001, following the enlightenment of the Awakened One Thich Dieu Thien, Universal Door Meditation Center (Thien Vien Pho Mon) has devoted 25 years to the journey of awakening: reaching out and forming connections.
Why, after all these years, has Universal Door Meditation Center (UDMC) still not developed into a great meditation center?"
๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐:
Because for the past 25 years, the primary work has not been to build a physical structure, but to awaken human beings, to go out, form connections, and awaken the Awakened Nature within each member of the Sangha and within those who are connected with UDMC.
A great meditation center can be built with land, stone, and money. But a living stream of Awakening cannot be built with these things.
Before building a great house on the outside, there must be people awake enough not to turn that house into a place where the โhouse-builderโ continues to live, practice, serve, and build yet another house.
Therefore, these 25 years have not been 25 years of delay. They have been 25 years of preparation:
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ โ๐ผโ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐, โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐กโ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ข๐๐โ๐๐ ๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ โ๐๐ข๐ ๐-๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ด๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐กโ๐๐๐ .
The ultimate purpose of UDMC is not to build a great meditation center. It is to awaken the potential for Buddhahood within each person.
When people are ready,
when the Sangha is ready,
when the Great Vow is ready,
a great meditation center will no longer be something we need to chase.
It will become the natural form of a living stream of Awakening that has fully matured.
UDMC is not 25 years late. UDMC has spent 25 years building a foundation that cannot be seen with the eyes. And today, the lotus seeds of UDMC are beginning to enter the work of creation. Not merely to build a great meditation center, but to help bring forth a living stream of Awakening that has been nurtured for 25 years.
๐โ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐.
๐โ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐ค, ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.