Farewell to the Chief ( 2 )
The Eulogy
The Eulogy started on time at 1pm.
Minister Ong Ka Ting and PAS Vice President Husam Musa
listening attentively to the speeches dedicated to The Chief
Speeches & Messages
(Left to right) Mr SARATH W. SURENDRE, President of the Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society;Ven. SIK JIT HENG, President of the Malaysian Buddhist Association.
Most Ven. DR. KAKKAPALLIYE ANURUDDHA NAYAKE MAHA THERA , the former Vice Chancellorof the Buddhist and Pali University, Sri Lanka; Ven. FUJIKURA, Secretary General of Buddhist Summit of Japan, who reads the Condolence Message from Most Ven. DR. KYUSE ENSHINJOH, President of the Buddhist Summit, World Buddhist Supreme Conference, Founder Priest Nembutsushu Buddhist Sect of Japan.
IR ANG CHOO HONG, President of the Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia; MR. PRADIP KUMAR, Deputy President of the Malaysian Consultative Council for Buddhism, Christianity,Hinduism and Sikhism.
YB DATO' SERI ONG KA TING, Minister of Local Government and Housing Malaysia, representing the Government of Malaysia.
Due to space constraints, Dewan Asoka was reserved for the dignitaries and the maha sangha, while devotees and laypeople followed the eulogy, in the name of the Chief, from closed circuit TVs outside.
After the Eulogy, the congregation moved on to attend the funeral.
As the hall was being emptied for a private moment among the sanghas, not many noticed the presence of the Chief's family members who had flown in from Sri Lanka to attend the ceremony.
Final Journey
About 90 buses were on stand-by to ferry the devotees to the crematorium in the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur.
Read more on the wise words shared at The Eulogy at BuddhistChannel.tv.
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