Thanlyin Mingyaung Sayadaw
Candimābhivaṃsa Sayadaw Phyagyi | |
|---|---|
စန္ဒိမာဘိဝံသ | |
| Title | Agga Mahā Paṇḍita |
| Personal | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada |
| Dharma names | Candimā |
| Organization | |
| Temple | Thanlyin MingyaungPariyatti Monastery |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | Sangharaja of Myanmar |
| Consecration | 9 March 2023 |
| Predecessor | Banmaw Sayadaw |
Candimābhivaṃsa, commonly known by his position as Thanlyin Mingyaung Sayadaw, is the current Thathanabaing or Sangharaja of Myanmar, as the fifth head of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee. Chief abbot of Mingyaung Pariyatti Monastery in Thanlyin, Sayadaw assumed the position on 9 March 2024.[1]
Life
[edit]Sayadaw was born on 4 February 1947 in Bawgalut Village, Kyauktan Township in Yangon. Born to U Htwe and Daw Kyin, he is the only son and named Soe Thein. At age 12, he became novice under Bawgalut Sayadaw and was named Candimā. Moved to Mingyaung Monastery in Thanlyin, he passed three levels of Pathamabyan examinations between 1962 and 1966. The whole Burma's first in Pathamagyi examination, he was titled Pathamagyaw.[2]
Candimā was ordained as a monk in Mingyaung Monastery on 27 May 1964. He completed the series of Dhammācariya examinations by 1977 and received the titles of Sāsanadhaja Dhammācariya, Cetīyangana Pariyatti Dhammācariya Ganavācaka, and Pariyatti-sāsanahita Dhammācariya. Since July 1977, he has served a Pariyatti master in Mingyaung Monastery.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Journal, Popular (9 March 2024). "(၅) ပါးမြောက် သံဃာ့မဟာနာယကအဖွဲ့ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌအဖြစ် သန်လျင် မင်းကျောင်းဆရာတော်ကြီးအား ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်". Popular. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "နိုင်ငံတော်သံဃ မဟာနာယက ဥက္ကဋ္ဌအဖြစ် သန်လျင် မင်းကျောင်းဆရာတော်ကြီးကို ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်". Voice of Myanmar. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "လစ်လပ်နေသည့် နိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုသံဃာ့ဝန်ဆောင်အဖွဲ့ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ဆရာတော်အဖြစ် သန်လျင်မင်းကျောင်းဆရာတော်ကြီးအား ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်". npnewsmm.com. Retrieved 10 March 2024.