Kalayanamitra centre in Melbourne started from
Mr Somjai Seharaj who lived in the USA and practised meditaiton at Dhammakaya Meditation Centre in USA on a regular basis, came to Australia to visit her sister,
Mrs Sompatay Detphakhun in Melbourne in the begining 1998. Following the advice from Mr Seharaj, Mrs Dejprakhun listened to the sound relay from Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Thailand on the first Sunday of the month every month. She also invited relatives and friends to join the activity every month.

Since September, 1998 when the group of monks and laypeople from Thailand settled and established DISA in Sydney, they sent a monk to the Melbourne Centre every month to perform the Sunday ritual and give meditation lesson.