Ministry of Religious Affairs (Burma)
| သာသနာရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန | |
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| Formed | 1947 |
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 Myanmar
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| Headquarters | Naypyidaw |
| Motto | Buddha sāsanaṃ ciraṃ tiṭṭhatu (ဗုဒ္ဓသာသနံစိရံတိဋ္ဌတု) |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Religious Affairs (Burmese: သာသနာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန, MORA) in Burma allows freedom of religion but supports the purification, perpetuation, promotion and propagation of the Theravada Buddhist Sasana and promotes Myanmar traditional customs and culture. MORA's motto is a Pali phrase "Buddha sāsanaṃ ciraṃ tiṭṭhatu" (ဗုဒ္ဓသာသနံစိရံတိဋ္ဌတု), which translates as "Long Live the Buddhist Sasana."
The Ministry of Religious Affairs came into being before the Union of Myanmar regained its Independence in 1947.
On 2 March 1962, the Revolutionary Council government reorganised all ministries.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs became a department of the Ministry of Home and Religious Affairs. On 18 September 1988 the State Law and Order Restoration Council formed the Department for the Promotion and Propagation of the Sasana, also under the Ministry of Home and Religious Affairs. On 20 March 1992 the ministries of Home Affairs and Religious Affairs were separated.
A cabinet meeting on 26 June 1998 confirmed that the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University would be formed under the Ministry.
The Minister, Major-General Sein Htwa, was Chairman of the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University Council and responsible for the inauguration. In September 1998 he welcomed Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt when he visited the University, and explained what was being done in preparation for opening the university. The grand inauguration ceremony was held on 9 December 1998 at the Mahapasana Cave on Kaba-Aye Hill, Mayangone, Yangon. In May 1999 at a meeting of the council Sein Htwa noted that the university was new and there had been some difficulties, but they had all been overcome.
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