Former president ordained cultivation in Myanmar pagoda

Former Myanmar President Thein Sein in monk costumes - Photo: Jonah Fisher's Twitter account


5-4 days Myanmar Ministry of Information announced on the Facebook page of the Ministry said that Mr. Thein Sein will spend 5 days of practice in the temple and the monks.

According to the Associated Press, former president of Myanmar has removed the formal dress uniform of a politician and down the hair to be a monk at a temple in central Japan.

His ordained Thein Sein took place yesterday, 4-4, four days after he officially transferred power to the new president Htin Kyaw, a member of the opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi as leader .

The photos spread on social networks shows that the former president of the monk's outfit, tonsured head, standing next to another monk. Twitter account of Jonah Fisher says his legal name is U Thein Sein Thandi Dhamma.

Thein Sein himself unofficially declared that his choice to become monks temporarily. However, the official announcement of the information Myanamar said he was considering this at least since January this year when he attended a Buddhist conference in Myanmar.

Accordingly he said Thein Sein will be ordained soon after the dismissal.

Notification of the Ministry of Information said he spent 5 days Thein Sein will practice with other monks at Wat Dhamma Dipati in Pyin Oo township outside peaceful Lwin near Mandalay in central Myanmar Province.

Having a practice stage at the temple is something quite common in a country where the majority Buddhists as Myanamar. Here, the boys in the temple usually practicing at a certain point as a child, later they can return to the temple as an adult.