Plenary Meeting of SSMNC: 3rd plenary meeting of 9th 47 member SSMNC held

The first-day session of the third plenary meeting of the 9th 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee was organized in the Maha Pasana Cave on Thiri Mingala Kaba Aye Hill in Yangon on November 18.

The meeting was attended by members of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee led by Chairman Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Thanlyin Min Kyaung Pahtamabyan Sarthintaik  Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Candimabhivamsa , Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture U Aye Tun, the Director-General of Religious Affairs Department and other officials of departments concerned.

Prior to the meeting, the Deputy Minister offered the offertories to the Sayadaws led by the Chairman Sayadaw of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee. Chairman Sayadaw of State Sangha Mahanayaka Committee, Thanlyin Min Kyaung Pahtamabyan Sarthintaik Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Candimabhivamsa presided over the meeting and Joint Secretary Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Kovida acted as the master of ceremonies.

First, the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Chairman Sayadaw recited Saraniya Ovada Katha to start the meeting. The Deputy Minister on behalf of the Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Cultre presented matters related to religious affairs.

Then, Joint Secretary Sayadaw Bhaddanta Indacariya reported on the activities of the ninth Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee (first subcommittee) conducted during the first term. The relevant Sayadaws of the subcommittee also submitted the activities of Vinicchaya affairs, religious affairs, education affairs.

During the second session, the Sayadaws discussed religious affairs and Vinicchaya   affairs and concluded the event. Senior General Than Swe (Retd) and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing family and Dhamma friends offered the first meal and the day meal to the Sayadaws attended the meeting, it’s learnt.