With the help of local villagers and many other people, Ashin Issariya has started on a project to build a new pagoda at Nanti monastery, close to Mae Sot, Thailand.

Ashin Issariya holds Dhamma talks in Mae Sot prison, Thailand All of the prisoners on these photographs are Burmese. Most of them are illegal (workers) in Mae Sot. Ashin Issariya visits them in prison and speaks about how they can bring peace to their lives and be good persons.

September 27 will be the third anniversary of the brutal crackdown on the peaceful Saffron Revolution in Burma in 2007. Since then many monks have been arrested, forcibly disrobed, and put into jail and forced labor camps. Others have been forced into hiding. Some have fled to Thailand, while others are still hiding inside the [...]

The Best Friend Library in Mae Sot offers regular free English, Thai and computer classes for everyone who is interested.

Ashin Issariya aka King Zero visits the people on the rubbish dump of Mae Sot and the near by school.

Today – Friday 13th August, which is believed by some in Western countries to be an unlucky day – the long awaited election date in Burma was announced: on 7th November of this year, Burmese people can cast their votes in what has no chance of being free or fair elections. What is The Best [...]

Ashin Issariya (King Zero), Ashin Naymeinda and Ashin Nadarciriya attended the Waso ceremony at the Sarmu Htaw School. This school currently teaches around 380 students. Many people offered robes, food, drinks and other donations to the Sangha (monks). All these will be further distributed among the monks and monasteries who need it.