COURSE No 1/2020 (Central) on Sagha Nayaka and delivering judgement on disputes involving the ecclesiastic code was opened yesterday at the Wizaya Mingalar Dhamma Hall at Thiri Mingala KabaAye Hill, with address by State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Chairman Abhidhaja Maharattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Bhamo Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Kumarabhivamsa.

Speaking at the ceremony, Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Kumarabhivamsa has pointed out the weaknesses of Sangha Nayaka committees in regions and states in solving the disputes related with monasteries.

The purpose of the course is to build the capacities of the Sangha Nayaka Sayadaws and Sayadaws who are taking responsibility for delivering judgement on disputes with monks and monasteries, said the chairman Sayadaw.

Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Kumarabhivamsa urged the trainees to work hard during the course so that they can open the multiplier courses in their respective regions and states as part of efforts for producing the Members of the Sangha who will strive for the Sasana.

The similar course was held in 1981 one year after the first Meeting of All Orders in Yangon in 1980 for the Purification, Perpetuation and Propagation of Sasana.

Lectures at the 1981 course were compiled and published as the manual for rules for Sangha Nayaka. The State Sangha Nayaka Committee also ordered directives and approved the Vinaya Manual for judging the disputes.

Sangha Nayaka committees were established at region/state, township, ward/village levels after the 1980 meeting of the All Orders of the Sangha.

MNA
(Translated by GNLM)
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar