ITBMU foreign student monks go round for alm food in Ahlon township

YANGON, 29 Jan — Foreign student monks studying at International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University of the Ministry of Religious Affairs went on alms round in Ahlon Township this morning.

The foreign monks were led by ITBMU Pro-rector (Teaching) Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha Ganthavacaka Pandita Agga Maha Saddham-majotikadhaja Bhaddanta Dr Kumarabhivamsa, department head Sayadaws, professor and lecturer Sayadaws. At 6 am today, ‘soon’ was offered to the Sayadaws and foreign student monks at Zawtanayama Pariyatti Sathintaik.

The student monks led by the Sayadaws accepted offertories donated by townspeople of Saw Yan Paing (West) and Saw Yan Paing (East) wards. The offertories included cooked rice, raw rice, curry, fruits and other provisions. A total of 82 members of the Sangha including one pro-retor Sayadaw, 23 professor and lecturer Sayadaws and 58 student monks from 12 foreign countries went round the wards for alms.