The Opening Speech

By Abhidhaja-mahā-raṭṭhaguru and Abhidhaja-mahā-saddhammajotika, His Holiness the Most Venerable KumāraOvādācariya (Patron) of International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University, Yangon, Myanmar

Your Venerable Rectors, Vice Chancellors, Principals, Your Excellencies, and Ladies and Gentlemen,

PREAH SIHAMONI RAJA BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY

Ven. Tepmoly Heik Sopheap, Deputy Rector, Preah Sihamuni Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia

Name of the university: Preah Sihamoni Raja Buddhist University (PSBU)

History

His Holiness the Saàgharaja Bour Kry, Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, was the founder of Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry Buddhist High School located within the Svay Pope Monastery in Phnom-Penh. Students who had completed their secondary studies needed to pursue their academic course to a higher level.

MAHAMAKUT BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY

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Brief Introduction

The Mahamakut Buddhist University (MBU) can trace back its history over a century. In 1893, His Majesty King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) granted the Royal Permission to set up a college in commemoration of his royal father, King Mongkut (King Rama IV), as Mahamakut Royal Academy. Its objectives according to the royal wish were (1) to set up an educational locus for Buddhist monks and novices,

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