BBS and Myanmar’s PAM reach consensus

 Monday, 10 March 2014 

Bodu Bala Sena representatives, led by Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera, presently on a study tour of Myanmar, have reached consensus with the Patriotic Association of Myanmar during talks in Yangon between the two sides, BBS CEO Dilanthe Withanage told Lanka News Web.

On the basis of this agreement, it has been proposed the two organizations will make a lengthy study about the conversions taking place in the two countries by other religions and submit their study report to the UN secretary general.

Representatives of BBS and PAM will begin the study in the two countries within the next few weeks, said the CEO.

They have already decided to hold an international Buddhist convention in Sri Lanka at the end of this year to arrive at an agreement on promoting aspects of Buddhism to suit the needs of the 21st century.

The BBS delegation is due to return home this week. It has invited Bhikku Wirathu, who is resident at Mandali and branded by the western media as the symbol of Buddhist terrorism, to visit Sri Lanka.