70th Anniversary of Sixth Buddhist Council Gala Enters Day Two

The auspicious and gala ceremony to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Sixth Buddhist Council continued in conjunction with the paper-reading session in Maha Pasana Cave on Kaba Aye Hill in Yangon for the second day yesterday.
As part of honouring the venerable members of the Sangha who participated in the Sixth Buddhist Council, Tipitakadhara Dhammabhandagarika Sunlun Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sundara and Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Sayadaw Bhaddanta Setthañana Lankara held a question and answer session on Sutanta Pitakat, and 15 members of the Sangha recited it.
Vice-Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, Shwebo Sayadaw Aggamaha Pandita Bhaddanta Candavamsa Lankarabhivamsa, who presided over the paper-reading session, gave an Ovada Katha.
State Ovadacariya, Secretary of Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Selection Examination Ovadacariya Body Hla Yadana Sayadaw Aggamaha Pandita Aggamaha Saddhammajotikadhaja Bhaddanta Narada Bhivamsa supplicated matters related to the papers.
Professor of State Pariyatti Sasana University (Yangon) Aggamaha Ganthavacaka Pandita Dr Bhaddanta Ketu read his paper titled “The History of Buddhist Council in Myanmar”, and Mawkyun Sayadaw Tipitakadhara Dhammabhandagarika Bhaddanta Silakkhandha Bhivamsa of Pitakathonpon Nikaya Monastery in Dagon Myothit (South) Township, “The world’s longest academic qualification examination (Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida)”.
Union Minister for Religious Affairs U Tin Oo Lwin and departmental officials raised religious questions, and the resource person Sayadaws replied to the questions.
Chairman of the Education Branch of the SSMNC Aggamaha Ganthavacaka Pandita Bhaddanta Paññasami Bhivamsa of Taingkyi Abhivamsa Monastery of Myataung Buddhism Learning Centre in Mandalay read his paper titled “The land where Pitakat holder Sangha members emerge”. Moreover, two venerable Sayadaws from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh read out their messages.
Registrar of State Pariyatti Sasana University (Mandalay) Aggamaha Ganthavacaka Pandita Dr Bhaddanta Kumuda also submitted his paper “Inscribing the Pali Roman-script stone inscriptions of the Sixth Buddhist Council, and converting the Pali Canon, Atthakatha and Tika from lead letter texts into computer-based versions.” The resource person replied to the questions. Rector of International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University Aggamaha Pandita Dr Hsekinda gave a supplementary clarification on AI technology.
At the ceremony, two venerable Sayadaws from Australia and Sri Lanka read out the messages.
ITBMU Professor Maha Ganthavacaka Pandita Dr Bhaddanta Candamukha read his paper titled “Tripitaka scriptures in the Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar”.
The ceremony was graced by the presence of SSMNC Chairman Thanlyin Minkyaung Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Aggamaha Saddhammajotikadhaja Dr Bhaddanta Candima Bhivamsa and members of the Sangha, nuns, Sitagu Sayadaw and venerable Sayadaws who came there from abroad. — MNA/TTA