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author was unanimously elected permanent General Secretary of the Committee,
which, as the Supreme Authority on Buddhist religious affairs of the country, is
responsible for the growth, development and prosperity of the Buddha-sāsana.
In addition to his responsibilities as General Secretary of the State Saṅgha Mahā
Nāyaka Committee, the author was devoted to the service of the Sāsana in three
main areas, namely, providing support and facilities for the emergence of more
Bearers of the Three Baskets (
Tipiṭaka-dhara
) for the perpetuation of the Sāsana;
providing support and facilities for the dissemination of the Buddha’s teaching
at home and abroad; and providing adequate medical facilities for members of
the Saṅgha from all over Myanmar.
For the first task, the author founded the Tipiṭaka Nikāya Organization whose
chief aim is to nurture young monastics so that they may one day become
“Bearers of the Three Baskets and Keepers of the Dhamma-Treasure” like
himself. There were a number of promising students under his care at Momeik
Hill near Mingun.
[Since the author’s achievement, there have been twelve other holders of
the same title up and till March 2023]
Soon after the formation of the State Saṅgha Mahā Nāyaka Committee, it
firmly resolved to establish two separate universities of the Learning
Dispensation (
Pariyatti-sāsana
) in Yangon and Mandalay, where the Good
Dhamma of the Perfectly Awakened One would be taught in a new system of
education to produce elders who will spread the teaching in Myanmar and
elsewhere. In pursuance of the second objective, the author’s untiring efforts
have resulted in magnificent University buildings which have newly sprung up
in both Yangon and Mandalay where courses leading to the Degrees of
Dhammācariya and Mahā Dhammācariya have been operating since 1986.
As to the third important project undertaken by the author for the welfare of the
Saṅgha, the Jīvitadāna Sāsana Specialist Hospital for monastics was founded in
Mandalay. It is a 100-bed specialist hospital with all the facilities and equipment
for a modern health centre and was formally opened under the auspices of the
author himself on August 18, 1990.
In recognition of his great learning and of his invaluable services to the Sāsana,
as mentioned above, the Government conferred upon him the title of
Agga-