U Pinnyasiha (), commonly known as the Shwe Nya Wa

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( my, ရွှေညဝါဆရာတော် ဦးပညာသီဟ, ), is a

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Theravada Buddhist ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

monk, best known for teaching at Yangon Buddhist University in Kyimyindaing Township in Yangon. In December 2011, he met with

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, US Secretary of State, along with other civil society delegates. He was born in 1965 to U Htun Yin and Daw Hla Tot, in Phayagon village, Mandalay Division. In February 2012, Shwenyawa Sayadaw, the abbot of the Sadhu Pariyatti Monastery, was evicted from his monastery by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee for alleged disobedience, by holding a sermon at the Mandalay office of the

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). It ...

in September, where he had publicly called for the release of political prisoners and the end of ongoing civil wars. Shwenyawa Sayadaw is known to be a controversial and outspoken figure, he has criticised many of his peers in the Buddhist clergy for corruption and failure to live up their religious obligations, as well as speaking out against the government and the military. Most notably he is known for his strong opposition to the nationalistic and anti-Muslim

969 movement The 969 Movement () is a Buddhist nationalist movement opposed to what they see as Islam's expansion in predominantly- Buddhist Myanmar ( Burma). The three digits of 969 "symbolise the virtues of the Buddha, Buddhist practices and the Buddhi ...

, Shwenyawa Saydaw urged for calm and restraint during the

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. In the wake of the

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on 1 February, he was detained by the Myanmar Armed Forces.

References

External links

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BBC Asia

Shwe Nya War Sayadaw said broke media ethics

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