Families of Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) offer Waso robes to members of the Sangha

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and Vice- Senior General Soe Win offer meals to members of the Sangha.

Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Ye Aung and wife present Waso robe and offertories to a Sayadaw.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing donates Waso robe and alms to State Ovadaçariya Abbot of Maha Withutayama Zaygon Monastery of Pyinmana Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Bhaddanta Kavisara.

Union Minister for Defence Lt-Gen Sein Win and wife offer Waso robe and donations to a Sayadaw.

Nay Pyi Taw June 29

Families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) held a Waso robe donation ceremony for 2017 at the Office’s Anawrahta Hall at 9.30 am yesterday, attended by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing who donated Waso robe and alms.

Before the ceremony, the Senior General offered meals, fruits, flowers and water to the Buddha Image in the hall.

The ceremony was also attended by Ovadaçariya Sayadaws of Upatasanti Pagoda Board of Trustees led by State Ovadaçariya Abbot of Maha Withutayama Zaygon Monastery of Pyinmana Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Bhaddanta Kavisara together with local members of the Sangha totalling 63, the Senior General together with Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than Nwe, Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe, Union Minister for Defence Lt-Gen Sein Win and wife, Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Ye Aung and wife, Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Mya Tun Oo and wife, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Tin Aung San and wife, Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Khin Aung Myint and wife, senior military officers of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives, the commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command and wife, and deputy ministers.

The ceremony was opened with three-time recitation of Namo Tassa. The congregation led by the Senior General took the Five Precepts from Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Paukmyaing Sayadaw Bhaddanta Janinda.

They then took Metta Sutta recited by the Sayadaws.

The Senior General offered Waso robes and alms to State Ovadaçariya Abbot of Maha Withutayama Zaygon Monastery of Pyinmana Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Bhaddanta Kavisara.

Next, the Vice-Senior General and wife donated Waso robe and alms to Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Paukmyaing Sayadaw Bhaddanta Janinda.

Afterwards, Union Minister Lt- Gen Kyaw Swe, Union Minister Lt-Gen Sein Win and wife, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ye Aung and wife, Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Mya Tun Oo and wife, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Tin Aung San and wife, and Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Khin Aung Myint and wife presented Waso robes and offertories to members of the Sangha.

Then, Abbot of Zaygon Monastery of Pyinmana Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Bhaddanta Kavisara delivered a sermon, and the congregation shared merits gained and concluded the ceremony with three-time recitation of Buddha Sasanam Çiram Titthatu.

After that, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and those present offered day meals to members of the Sangha.

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