THE first session of the 19th plenary meeting of the Eighth 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee was administrated at the Wizaya Mingala Dhamma Thabin on Thiri Mingala Kaba Aye Hill in Yangon yesterday.
Present on the occasion were members of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee led by Presiding Nayaka Sayadaw of Thanlyin Min Kyaung Pahtamapyan Buddhism Learning Aggamaha Pandita Aggamaha Saddhamajotikadhaja Dr Bhaddanta Candima Bhivamsa, Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture U Tin Oo Lwin and relevant officials.
Before the meeting, the Union ministers donated offertories to Sayadaws.
State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Chairman Dr Bhaddanta Candima Bhivamsa presided over the event, and Joint Secretary Sayadaw Aggamaha Gantavasaka Pandita Aggamaha Saddhamajotikadhaja Bhaddanta Panyar Dhaja acted as the master of ceremonies.
The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Chairman recited Saraniya Ovada, and Union Minister U Tin Oo Lwin reported on religious affairs-related matters.
Then, Sayadaws reported on Vinicchaya, religious affairs and educational matters. The Sayadaws discussed religious and Vinicchaya affairs and concluded the first session.
The Vinicchaya affairs and religious-related matters were discussed by Sayadaws in the second session at 1 pm.
Senior General Than Shwe (Rtd) and his wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and other donors offered breakfast alms meals and day alms meals to the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee member Sayadaws, who attended the ceremony yesterday. — MNA/ KTZH