Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla offered day meals to members of the Sangha who will accept religious titles for 2023 at Sasana Maha Beikman in the precinct of Nay Pyi Taw Uppatasanti Pagoda yesterday morning.
Before the ceremony, the Senior General offered alms in the emerald alms bowl, fruits, flowers, water and oil light to the Buddha image in the Beikman.
Vice-Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Myingyan Koehsaungtaik Presiding Patron Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Jotikapala administered the Five Precepts and members of the Sangha recited Metta Sutta.
The Senior General and wife donated offertories to Vice-Chairman Myingyan Sayadaw, SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than Nwe, to the Vice-Chairman Thiho Pariyatti Buddhist Learning Centre in Kyaukme of northern Shan State Dr Bhaddanta Candanasara, SAC members and relevant heads at the ceremony, to title recipient Sayadaws.
The Senior General and wife and the Vice-Senior General and wife donated offerings to title-recipient nuns.
After the ceremony, the Senior General and his wife offered day meals to title recipient members of the Sangha and nuns at home and abroad for 2023 led by Vice-Chairman Myingyan Sayadaw and Vice-Chairman Kyaukme Thiho Pariyatti Buddhist Learning Centre Sayadaw.
The ceremony was attended by 131 title recipient members of the Sangha at home and abroad and three nuns. — MNA/TTA
