Kee Hua Chee Live!: SHWEDAGON PAGODA IN YANGON, MYANMAR WITH PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO WHO HOSTED THE TRIP FOR KAYE ROBLES, LUTCHIE ABELLA, DANIEL MANTZ AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE. PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO AND I HAVE BEEN PRAYING AT SHWEDAGON PAGODA AT LEAST FIVE TIMES SO THIS IS YET ANOTHER PILGRIMAGE TO GIVE THANKS TO THE RED EYED BUDDHA WHO HAS VERY GRANTED OUR PRAYERS OVER THE YEARS

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PHOTOS TAKEN WITH CANON POWERSHOT SX 720 HS
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SHWEDAGON PAGODA is the world's oldest, continuously evolving and worshipped Buddhist temple complex and also the biggest. Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobudur in Java are both abandoned and no longer in constant use as a place of worship.

Shwedagon Pagoda is unique as it was built when Gautama Buddha was still alive! Yes, that is some 2,600 years ago around 588 BC! Incredible but true!

After Prince Siddartha found Enlightenment and became the fourth Buddha in this kalpa, 2 merhant brothers from Myanmar heard about Him and went to see and hear His teachings in northern India. The 2 brothers Tapusa and Balika converted to Buddhism after listening to Buddha's teachings.

During alms giving they gave Buddha 8 honey cakes and after eating them Buddha gave them 8 strands of His hair and instructed them to enshrine with the relics of the previous 3 Buddhas in their homeland of Okapala which is now Myanmar.

Upon reaching Okapala they presented the 8 hairs to the King of Okapala who managed to discover the burial place of the relics of the previous 3 Buddhas with the help of a Nat (local Burmese deity) atop the hill where Shwedagon now sits.

The 8 strands of hair were enshrined inside a secret cave chamber deep inside the earth below the main stupa together with the walking stick of Kakusanda Buddha, water filter of Kanagamana Buddha and saffron robe of Kasapa Buddha.

After enshrinement the entrance was sealed permanently and all access became lost as it is believed whoever possessed these 4 priceless treasures would attain such great power as to be king of the world and rule the planet.

Rumors have it many tried to find the secret entrance but failed or have mysteriously vanished like they never existed before.

As this temple contained the greatest treasures in the universe, it was called Shwedagon which means Reliquary of the Four.

The original height was 66 feet but since the 14th century, succeeding Burmese kings and queens had enlarged it till its present height of 99 metres or 326 feet.

The top slim spire shines brilliantly like the sun for good reason---it is surrounded by 3,154 gold bells and some 80,000 diamonds and precious gems surmounted by the 77.77 carat solitaire diamond!

DATO KEE HUA CHEE, PRINCESS DATO SR DR BECKY LEOGARDO, DANIEL MANTZ, KAYE ROEBLES AND LUTCHIE ABELLA AT WEST ENTRANCE TO SHWEDAGON PAGODA THE GREATEST ICON AND INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL NOT ONLY OF YANGON BUT OF MYANMAR. JUST TO VISIT SHWEDAGON PAGODA IS WORTH THE TRIP TO MYANMAR AS IT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY AND YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THIS EXALTED EXPERIENCE

KAYE ROEBLES PRAYING TO THE IMAGE OF THE FAMOUR RUBY-EYED BUDDHA

THE WORLD FAMOUS RUBY-EYED BUDDHA STATUE, ONE OF INNUMERABLE STATUES IN SHWEDAGON TEMPLE

PRINCESS DATO SI DR BECKY LEOGARDO DONATING US$100 INSIDE COLLECTION BOX

KAYE ROEBLES PRAYING TO RUBY-EYED BUDDHA IMAGE AS VISITORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE SHRINE WHERE THE STATUE IS LOCATED

LUTCHIE AND HER BOSS

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KAYE ROEBLES AT DONATION BOX

11 YEAR OLD DANIEL MANTZ WHO IS NOW TALLER THAN HIS MOTHER PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDI, KAYE ROEBLES AND LUTCHIE ABELLA

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS A DEVOUT BUDDHIST WHO HAS ATTAINED ENLIGHTENMENT DE

11 YEAR OLD DANIEL MANTZ IS A NATURAL BORN BUDDHIST THOUGH HE IS OFFICIALLY A CHRISTIAN AS HE PRAYS SO NATURALLY AND PERFECTLY WITHOUT BEING TAUGHT BY ANYONE!