A prominent monk group in Myanmar marked the anniversary of the Saffron Revolution in 2007 by calling for reforms to the country’s official Buddhist monastic committee, saying the state-appointed body does not reflect the will of the clergy.
Speaking at a rally in Yangon marking the seventh anniversary of the failed uprising by monks against the previous military junta, the groups said the State Sangha Maha Nayaka (Mahana), which oversees and regulates the Buddhist clergy in Myanmar, had become a tool for the government to lessen the influence of monks on society.
“The Mahana doesn’t stand on the side of the monks,” Zawana of the All Burma Saffron Revolution Monks’ Association, whose members helped lead the democracy movement in 2007, told RFA’s Myanmar Service.
“It even removes and confiscates monasteries, and arrests monks. That’s why we are urging a reform of the Mahana today,” he said.
Zawana said that the Mahana should stand in support of Myanmar’s Buddhist clergy, but instead it has “only done what the authorities tell it to.” Read Full History..!

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