Vice Chairman of State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win, wife Daw Than Than Nwe offer alms, day meals to Sayadaws attending grand auspicious ceremonycommemorating full moon of Kason Buddha Day (1387 M.E)
NAY PYI TAW May 11
An auspicious ceremony to offer alms and day meals to Sayadaws attending the grand auspicious ceremony commemorating the full moon of Kason Buddha Day (1387 M.E) was held at Agga Dipati Sasana Beikmandaygyi in the Mara Vijaya Buddha Park in Nay Pyi Taw this morning and Chairman of the Board of Patrons for Organizing Auspicious Ceremonies Commemorating the Full Moon of Kason Buddha Day of the State Administration Council Vice Chairman of the SAC Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than Nwe offered alms and lunch meals to Sayadaws.
The ceremony was attended by specially invited Sayadaws led by Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Presiding Nayaka of Min Kyaung Pahtamapyn Buddhist Learning Centre in Thanlyin Township in Yangon Region Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha Saddhama Jotikadhaja Dr Bhaddanta Candima Bhivamsa and Secretary of the SSMNC Maha Nayaka of Masoeyein Taikthit in Maha Aungmyay Township in Mandalay Persiding Sayadaw of Dhamma Samidhi Monastery Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha Saddhama Jotikadhaja Maha Dhamma Kathika Bahujana Hitadara Bhaddanta Vasettha Bhivamsa and the Vice-Senior General and wife were accompanied by the SAC secretary and wife, SAC members and their wives, union-level officials, union ministers and their wives, the chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Council, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives, the commander of the Nay Pyi Taw Command and officials.
Before the ceremony commenced, the Vice-Senior General offered meals in an emerald bowl, fruits, flowers, water and lights to Maravijara Naung Taw Gyi Buddha Image in the Agga Dapiti Sasana Beikman Taw Gyi.Then, the ceremony was opened by reciting Namo Tassa three times and paying obeisance to the Buddha image and the congregation led by the Vice-Senior General and wife received the nine precepts from the chairman Sayadaw of the SSMNC before meditating on Metta Sutta recited by Sayadaws.
Afterward, the Vice-Senior General and wife and the SAC secretary and wife offered alms to the chairman Sayadaw and the secretary Sayadaw respectively. Members of the SAC and other officials and their wives offered alms to other Sayadaws.
Then, the congregation meditated on Anumodana sermons delivered by the chairman Sayadaw and shared merits gained for alms before concluding the ceremony by reciting Buddha Sasanam Ciran Titatu three times.
After the ceremony, the Vice-Senior General and wife and the congregation offered lunch meals to Sayadaws led by the chairman Sayadaw.