Offering day meals to Sangha: SAC Chairman and wife attended the ceremony

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, in the morning on March 11, offered day meals to the members of Sangha who will receive religious titles for 2025 at Agga Dipati Sasana Beikman in the precinct of Maravijaya Buddha Park in Nay Pyi Taw.

Present were specially invited Chairman of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Thanlyin Min Kyaung monastery Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Candimabhivamsa and Secretary of the SSMNC Patron of Masoyein Taikthit monastery in Mandalay Sayadaw of Dhammathamiddhi monastery Bhaddanta Vasetthabhivamsa who led 118 local and foreign Sayadaws and two nuns who will be awarded religious titles.

Present together with the Senior General and wife to pay respects to the Sayadaws were SAC Vice Chairman Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than Nwe, the SAC Secretary and wife, the Joint Secretary and wife, SAC members and wives, union level officials, union ministers and wives, the Nay Pyi Taw Council chair, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and wives, the Nay Pyi Taw Command commander, and officials.

Before the ceremony, the Senior General offered meal in the emerald bowl, fruits, flowers, water and lights to Maravijaya Naundawgyi Buddha Image in the Beikman. After opening ceremony, the congregation led by the Senior General and wife received the Five Precepts from SSMNC Chairman Sayadaw and took the Paritta Sutta recited by the members of Sangha. The Senior General and wife present offertories to SSMNC Chairman Sayadaw, the Vice-Senior General and wife to SSMNC Secretary Sayadaw, and the SAC Secretary and wife, the Joint Secretary and wife, SAC members and wives, and dignitaries to the Sayadaws who will receive religious titles.

Afterwards, the Senior General’s wife presented offertories to the nuns who will become title recipients. SSMNC Secretary Sayadaw delivered a sermon and the merits gained were shared and concluded the ceremony. After the ceremony, the Senior General and wife and the attendees offered day meal to SSMNC Chairman Sayadaw, the Secretary Sayadaw and local and foreign Sayadaws and nuns who will receive religious titles.