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Opposite the VR booth was a
Thailand Launches
much larger space dedicated to a
mass gathering.
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About 40 people were in
the middle of their 300 full
Digital Centre To
prostrations, all bending on their
knees to the beat of moktak, a
handheld wooden drum. Promote Buddhism

“I wished for a good career as
By The Buddhist Channel, 30 March 2024
an artist,” said Jeremias Stefan, a
Chilean national who arrived in
Korea on New Year’s Day, 2019,
finishing up the bows. K-pop boy
band EXO was an inspiration
that led the freelance model to
pursue singing.

He refused to identify himself as a
Buddhist.

“But I do meditation and bows.
They help me,” he added. “I
didn’t feel the same connection,”
the 23-year-old said of why he
had “quit Christianity” when he
was back in Chile. EH

Source: www.buddhistchannel.tv

Bangkok, Thailand -- On March 20, 2024, at the request of Thailand National
Center for The Dissemination of Buddhism and National Buddhist Strategic
Deployment, the newly created Digital Buddhism Research & Innovation Center,
built by NetDragon Digital (Department of religion), was launched.

This project is situated at the “National Center for The Dissemination of
Buddhism, Sangha Educational Supervisory Center, and the Tipitaka Translation
Project” , bringing together the department’s latest digital products and providing
a promising prospect for Thailand’s national effort to digitize Buddhist content.

The center is a benchmark project for digital Buddhism, which was successfully
launched by NetDragon following its demonstration at the United Nations Vesak
Day “Metaverse” last year.