The World Buddhist Summit
The World Buddhist Summit was grandly held at the Mahapassana Cave ( Great Cave ) on Kaba Aye Hillock, Yangon, Myanmar from 9 to 11 December 2004. The State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Chairman Senior General Than Shwe and Vice-Chairman Vice-Senior General Maung Aye attended the auspicious opening ceremony and respectfully paid respect to the Mahatheras (Chief monks) and donated Buddha statues to them.
Present on the auspicious occasion were State Patron Mahatheras, elder monks of different sects, the State Sanghamahanayaka Committee, member sayadaws of the State Central Working Committee of Sanghan, Chairman-sayadaws of State/ Divisional Sanghanayaka Committees of different sects, Mahayana Chief monks and elder nuns.
In addition, Sangharajas from Cambodia and Sri Lanka and Chief monks from India , Sri Lanka , Bangaladesh , Australia , Germany , Canada , United States of America , Great Britain , Netherland, Switzaland, Thai, Japan , Cambodia , Nepal , Indonesia , Sweden , Jamaca and Singapore attended the world Buddhist as participants.
And also,the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Chairman Senior General Than Shwe and wife, Vice-Chairman Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife, members of the State Peace and Development Council and wives, and Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Laos, Prime Minister of Thailand, Deputy, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of Laos, Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia, Foregin Minister of Thailand, Minister for Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal and Foregin Ambassadors in Yangon, Buddhist Scholars, observers and delegates from 36 nations attended the World Buddhist Summit.
Besides, Prime Minister of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Ser Lanka attended the auspicious closing seremony of the world Buddhist Summit on 11 December 2004.
The World buddhist summit
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