The Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, accompanied by officials, paid homage to the remains of the Presiding Patron of Naga Hnakaung Monastery of Tachilek in Shan State (East) Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dr. Bhaddanta Dhammasiri who passed away on 8 February.
Then, the Senior General and party paid homage to the members of Sangha led by Presiding Patron of Thiladhamma Kontha Tawya Monastery (Wasipeik Sayadaw), member of the panel of patrons of final rites committee for the remains of Sayadaw. The Senior General supplicated the plans for holding the final rites ceremony on a grand scale and then donated cash to the fund for holding the final rites event to the Sayadaws.
With four branches, the Naga Hnakaung Sayadaw established the Naga Hnakaung Buddhist Learning Centre in 1357 ME. These centres gave teaching in the Gon Shan language in accord with the government’s curriculum for Shan monks and novices. Starting from 1355 ME, the Sayadaw participated in printing Tri Pitaka treatises and translated treatises into Gon Shan language, and supervised carving inscriptions on Tri Pitaka treatises on some 2,500 stone plaques to be kept on the platform of Tachilek Shwedagon Pagoda. Moreover, the Sayadaw served missionary and public welfare measures by donating the land plots Tachilek. For the Sayadaw’s performance, the government conferred religious titles, in addition to religious titles conferred by Thailand, it is reported.
Source: GNLM (9-2-2024)
- The SAC Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and wife paid homage to the remains of the Presiding Patron of Naga Hnakaung Monastery of Tachilek in Shan State (East) who passed away on 8 February, and donated cash to the fund for holding the final rites event to the Sayadaws.