Wat
Wat Langka
វត្តលង្កាព្រះកុសុមារាម
Wat Langka (វត្តលង្កាព្រះកុសុមារាម, Wat Langka Preah Kossamaram) is a Buddhist Wat near the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh.[1][2] It stands in Sangkat Boeng Keng Kang 1, Khan Boeng Keng Kang.[1]
History
The Wat's meditation teacher dates its regular meditation classes to the 1990s, after King Norodom Sihanouk returned to Cambodia.[2]
Religious life
As of April 2026, the Wat held free meditation classes four days a week: on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m., and on Sunday mornings and afternoons. Cambodians and foreigners took part. The classes began with breathing and sitting posture and moved on to vipassana (insight meditation). They were led by Venerable Son Huonngon, who had taught at the Wat for more than a decade.[2]
During Pchum Ben, the 15-day festival for ancestors, the Wat receives groups of lay people for Kan Ben (កាន់បិណ្ឌ, Kan Ben), the daily turns of offerings to the monks. On September 11, 2025, Khuong Sreng, governor of Phnom Penh, led officials of the capital administration in the fifth turn of Kan Ben at the Wat.[3] On October 1, 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Vongsey Vissoth led officials of the Office of the Council of Ministers in the sixth turn, with blessing chants and a sermon by the monks.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 TVK, ឯកឧត្តមឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីប្រចាំការ វង្សី វិស្សុត ... បានអញ្ជើញកាន់បិណ្ឌវេនទី៦ នៅវត្តលង្កាព្រះកុសុមារាម រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ (October 2, 2026)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cambodianess, Seeking Stillness: How Meditation at Wat Langka Helps People Carry Their Pain (April 14, 2026)
- ↑ DAP News, លោក ឃួង ស្រេង ដឹកនាំមន្ដ្រីរាជការ រដ្ឋបាលរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ អញ្ជេីញសូត្រ មន្តកាន់បិណ្ឌវេនទី៥ នៅវត្តលង្កា (September 11, 2025)