THE 14th Maha Mingala ceremony of pouring water on banyan trees in the month of Kason involved in the 12 seasonal festivals of Myanmar, which falls on the full moon day of Kason, 1384 ME, also called the Buddha’s Day, took place at Maha Bodhi banyan trees in the northward in the precinct of Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday evening. Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, SAC members and wives poured water on Maha Bodhi Banyan trees.
Also present at the ceremony were
Vice-Chairman of the Council Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife
Daw Than Than Nwe, Council members and their wives, the Council secretary and
wife, the Council joint secretary and wife, the Chief Justice of the Union, the
Chairman of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Union and wife, the Chairman of
Union Election Commission, the Union ministers and their wives, the
Auditor-General of the Union and wife, the Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Council, the
Chairman of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, Chief of General Staff (Army,
Navy, Air) and wife, the Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command and wife, officials
and members of religious associations.
First, the Senior General,
Vice-Senior General and wife, Council members and wives and the congregation
took the positions to pour water at Maha Bodhi banyan trees in the precinct of
the pagoda. The master of ceremonies recited Maha Bodhi Rukkhasijjana Gatha.
They poured water at respective Maha Bodhi banyan trees and sprinkled scented
water on these trees. Then, they went round the trees clockwise.
Moreover, Senior General Min Aung
Hlaing, Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife, Chief of General Staff (Army,
Navy, Air) and wife, Commander-in-Chief (Navy), Commander-in-Chief (Air) and
wife, and families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief watered Bodhi banyan
trees at Lawka Chantha Sutaungpyae Athin Pagoda in Zeyathiri Township.
As all significant days when Lord
Dipankara Buddha gave a word of preordainment of the event to Sumida hermit,
saying that the hermit would be the Lord Buddha in Bhadda World when
Buddha-to-be Prince Siddhartha was born when Prince Siddhartha attained the
Enlightenment and the Lord Buddha and Buddha attained the Parinibbana fall on
the full moon day of Kason. Myanmar people recorded the day on which the
Buddhato-be was prophesied as a future Buddha, born, and attained
enlightenment, the Buddha attained Parinibbana. So, Myanmar Buddhists
identified the full moon day of Kason as Buddha’s Day. The significant fact of
the Kason full moon day is that not only Gautama Buddha but also Subbhanyu
Buddha was born, and attained the Enlightenment and Parinibbana on that day.
The Kason water-pouring festival is
a peaceful religious festival featuring the cultural heritage of Myanmar.
The people sprinkle the scented
water on the banyan trees and clean up the Maha Bodhi altar one day before the
Kason full moon day.
MNA
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