Bangkok--14 Jun--Bangkok Bank
Bangkok Bank Director H.S.H. Prince Mongkolchaleam Yugala (center), Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary Apichart Ramyarupa (5th from right), Executive Vice Presidents Songkram Sakulphramana (5th from left) and Thantika Bodhisompon (4th from right), together with other bank executives and staff, organized a ceremony to celebrate the success of monks and novices in the annual Buddhist theology examination in the ninth grade (the highest grade). The ceremony was presided over by a committee member of the Sangha Supreme Council of Thailand, Phraprommoli, who gave a congratulatory speech and presented the graduating monks and novices with fans, cloth bags and three sets of yellow robes. In 2017, 28 practitioners successfully passed the examination, consisting of 25 monks and three novices. The bank has organized the ceremony to honour the graduates for 44 consecutive years, starting in 1974. Altogether, 1,287 monks and 242 novices, or a total of 1,529 practitioners, have been honoured in the ceremony and their knowledge has helped to support the teaching of Buddhist scriptures in Thailand. Bangkok Bank also provided lessons in money management for temples and training in accounting principles to the monks and novices. The knowledge will help monks to successfully manage the financial affairs of temples which teach Buddhism. The training and the ceremony to pay homage to the monks are part of the bank's efforts to support monks' education together with other activities which sustain Buddhism.