{"id":120621,"date":"2021-11-24T16:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T23:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=120621"},"modified":"2021-11-24T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T23:52:20","slug":"sri-lanka-and-thailand-consolidates-theravada-buddhist-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/11\/24\/sri-lanka-and-thailand-consolidates-theravada-buddhist-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka and Thailand consolidates Theravada Buddhist ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Bangkok, Thailand <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Director General of the National Office of Buddhism in\nThailand Narong Songarom and Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Thailand\nand Permanent Representative to UNESCAP, C.A. Chaminda I .Colonne recently had\nfruitful discussion on strengthening decade old traditional Buddhist and\ncultural relations and cooperation between Sri Lanka and Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warmly welcoming Ambassador Chaminda Colonne at the\nNational Office of Buddhism, the Director General Narong Songarom elaborated on\nthe role played by the Thai Supreme Sangha Council and the National Office of\nBuddhism as the central government agency of Thailand, responsible for\nadministration of Buddhism under direct supervision of the Prime Minister of\nThailand, and assured fullest support for furthering and consolidating of\nlong-standing excellent bonds of friendship and cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After extending &nbsp;warm greetings from President, Prime Minister\nand Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, &nbsp;Ambassador Colonne stated that under the\nNational Policy Frame Work Vistas of Prosperity &amp; Splendour\u201d, and the\ntwenty Foreign Policy guidelines of the present Government, priory has been\ngiven for the promotion and protection of the Buddhism and to booster Sri\nLanka\u2019s identity as a Theravada Buddhist Cultural Centre, which respects multi\nreligious values, by closely interacting with nations that respects similar\nvalues and called to unite for facing the challenges of the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\nCentury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executive Committee and senior officials of the\nNational Office of Buddhism participated in the discussion. During the visit, Ambassador\nColonne also paid homage to Phra Si Sakkaya Thotsaphala Yan Prathan\nPhutthamonthon Suthat, the Principal Buddha Statue of Buddhamonthon and Luang\nPho Wat Rai Khing statue, Phra Thepsasanaphiban, the Ecclesiastical Regional\nGovernor of Region 14 and the Abbot of Rai Khing at the Royal Temple in Nakhon Pathom Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the invitation of National Office of Buddhism and Phra\nThepsasanaphiban, the Ecclesiastical Regional Governor of Region 14 and the Abbot\nof Wat Rai Khing, the Royal Temple, Ambassador Chaminda Colonne jointly attended\nwith the Governor of Nakhon Pathom Province Surasak Charoensirichot, at the enshrinement ceremony of the Buddha\u2019s relics\nfrom Malwatta Maha Viharaya of Sri Lanka, Phra Sri\nSakaya Tossapalayana statue, Sukhothai Buddha image in pacifying the ocean\nposture onto the directional arches of Phra Upali Maha Mongkon Stupa and the\nceremony of casting the statue of Luang Pho Wat Rai Khing (lap size of 32\ninches) on the occasion of 99<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of Phra Upali\nKunupamachan, (Panya Inthapanyamahathera), former Abbot of Wat Rai Khing, the\nRoyal Temple.&nbsp; Somdet Phra Maha\nRajamongkonmuni, Councilor of Sangha Supreme Council and Chief Superintendent of the Central Sector of Wat\nTraimitwittayaram temple attended as the Sangha President of this grand\nreligious occasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the invitation of President and Chief\nExecutive Officer of the Thai Beverage Public Company Limited Thapana\nSirivadhanabhakdi, Ambassador Chaminda Colonne also participated at the Katina Ceremony\nled by Abbot Athikaran Prasart Khemapunyo at Wat Dhammarama, Ayutthaya, historical\ntemple that Pra Upali Maha Thera stayed and started journey to Sri Lanka, on King\nBoromakot\u2019s order and King Kirti Sri Raja Singha\u2019 s request to ordain people\nand promote Buddhism in Sri Lanka in 1753. Initiatives were taken by the Thai\nBeverage Public Company Limited for renovation of the historical site and Pramaha Poj Suvajo Thero handed over the first\nrelease of cartoon strip or comic book titled Venerable Upali Thera The Jewel\nof the Siam Vamsa\u201d printed by Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University to\nAmbassador Colonne, and the present Governor Weerachai Nakmas, former Governor\nWidaya Pewphpong of Ayutthya, &nbsp;former Thailand Ambassador to Sri Lanka Poldej\nWorachat were among the dignitaries participated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n<strong>Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bangkok, Thailand <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> November 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Bangkok, Thailand Director General of the National Office of Buddhism in Thailand Narong Songarom and Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Thailand and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP, C.A. Chaminda I .Colonne recently had fruitful discussion on strengthening decade old traditional Buddhist and cultural relations and cooperation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}