Statement & Principle of SASANA MOLI announced
MoeMaKa Reporter 001

November 11. 2007

Many fear that the Sasana -- whose highlights included the Fifth Buddhist Council in Mandalay, and the Sixth Buddhist Council at Kaba Aye [World Peace] Pagoda in Rangoon in 1954 - 56 celebrating the 2500 years since Buddha's mahaparinibbana -- might not last long, let alone 5000 years [as commonly envisaged].

The monks within Burma requested help from the monks overseas to find ways to preserve the Sasana. In response, the monks who were in Los Angeles, California, to celebrate the "50 years of sasana work by Penang Sayadaw U Pannavamsa", decided to form SASANA MOLI, INTERNATIONAL BURMESE MONKS ORGANIZATION, INC.