SPEECH OF PRESIDENT OF WAKI RELIC CENTER MR TEO CHOO GUAN THOUSAND KG RELIC PAGODAS CONSECRATION CE

　　SPEECH OF PRESIDENT OF WAKI RELIC CENTER MR TEO CHOO GUAN THOUSAND KG RELIC PAGODAS CONSECRATION CEREMONY

　　February 3, 2021, the relic pagoda of 1,000 kilograms of Buddha and Arahant relics was completed in the Huaqi Relics Museum. The following is the speech of TEO CHOO GUAN, the owner of Huaqi Relic Museum at the inauguration ceremony:

　　The most honorable Venerable Sayadaw U Kittivara,, sangha members, the guests and Waki family members from China, Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Malysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, America, Korea and all the relatives and friends,

　　Good Morning everyone.

　　My heartfelt thank toall of the guests forgather together via zoom forthe Thousand KG Buddha relics and Arahants relicsPagoda Consecration Ceremonyin the Waki Building.

　　Relics are the essence of Buddhism, my heartfelt thank to the King of Relic, Venerable Sayadaw U kittivara for the trust and support to Waki Relic Center to let us carry out this precious duty and the great opportunity to enable us to perform such a great merit in this life.

　　In older days, there was on saying “whereever there was a pagoda there would be a temple”. The structure of pagodas was an epitomes of the local architecture towers they were regarded as a cultural heritage. With the passing of time, many pagodas and temples were lost in history, luckily there were some still remain till today.

　　Waki Pagodas consist of octagonal towers with theree different parts namely, base, body and top. The 1000kg Buddha and Arahant relics are enshrined in theree such pagodas to enable more people to pay homage to the relics.

　　I would like to thanks all the guests witnessing the consecration ceremony via zoom. May the merit of the event bless us with good health, well-being, wisdom, good business, all the wishes be fulfilled and free from the disaster.

　　Finally, my sincere thanks to the king of the relic,SayadawUKittivaraand sangha group for chanting and blessings for this event. Thanks to all the guests witnessing the consecration ceremony of 1000 kg Buddha and Arahants Relic Pagoda.

　　This is just the beginning, because WAKI NOT A PROMISE, BUT SURE

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