17 March

Eighth State Central Working Committee of the Sangha of All Orders held its first meeting at the Maha Pathana Cave on Thirimingala KabaAye Hill in Yangon yesterday.

Abhidhaja Maharahta Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Bhamo Sayadaw Dr. Bhaddanta Kumara Bhivamsa, chairman of the working committee, presided over the meeting and Secretary Sayadaw Agga Maha Panditta Bhaddanta Sandima Bhivamsa acted as the Master of the Ceremonies.

Also present at the meeting were State Ovadacariya Sayadaws, members of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, Members of the State Central Working Committee of the Sangha of All Orders, Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko, Deputy Minister U Kyi Min and employees of the ministry.

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman Sayadaw Dr. Bhaddanta Kumara Bhivamsa urged the members of the working committee to enforce the rules for monks, novices and nuns

He also called for conservation of the unity of the Ganas of all Sects (Gana) of the Members of the Sangha as part of efforts for propagation and promotion of the Buddha Sasana. At yesterday’s meeting, members of the State Vinisara Committee were presented with certificates. New members elected for the committee and resolutions at the eighth meeting of the 7th State Sangha Central Working Committee and the first meeting of the 8th central working committee were put on record and signed by 15 Ovadacariya Sayadaws and by representatives of the Gana from regions and states.—MNA (Translated by Kyaw Zin Lin)