Ashin Sandadika Explained

Ashin Sandadika
Native Name:Burmese: အရှင်ဆန္ဒာဓိက
Dharma Name:
Burmese: ဆန္ဒာဓိက
Birth Date:1968 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Yenangyaung, Magwe Division, Burma
Nationality:Burmese
Religion:Buddhism
School:Theravada
Temple:Shwe Parami Forest Monastery
Sayadaw
Occupation:Buddhist monk

Ashin Sandadika (my|အရှင်ဆန္ဒာဓိက, Pali: Chandādhika) is a prominent Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and writer.[1]

Biography

Ashin Sandadika was born on 9 January 1968 in Myazeinyaung Thahtaygon ward, Yenangyaung, Magwe Division to parents U Sein Win and Thein Thein.[2] [3] He matriculated from high school in 1984 with distinctions in all 6 subjects, with a score ranking him second in the country.[3] [4]

After graduating high school, he forsook medical school and instead ordained into Mahagandhayon Monastery, a well-known monastery based in Amarapura, to study the Pitaka.[3] In 1992, he was conferred the title of Pahtamakyaw (Burmese: ပထမကျော်ဘွဲ့) and in 1995, he was conferred the title of Dhammacariya (Blessed Noble Dharmafarer, Banner of the Teaching) (Burmese: ဓမ္မာစရိယဘွဲ့).[3]

In 1998, he began publishing written works.[3] Ashin Sandadika currently resides at his own monastery, Shwe Parami Forest Monastery (Burmese: ရွှေပါရမီတောရကျောင်း) on Kelatha Mountain, Thaton.[3]

He helped establish the Shwe Parami Health Foundation.[5] [6]

In recent years, he was led interfaith dialogue in Myanmar.[7] In 2013, in the aftermath of 2013 Burma anti-Muslim riots in Meiktila, he criticized the use of the 69 symbol by the 969 Movement.[6] He has also spoken against the use of violence against protesting students by authorities in Letpadan Township.[8]

Ashin Sandadika endorsed a petition in 2014 to revise Section 436 of the Constitution of Burma, which would remove the military's automatic bloc veto on constitutional change, by reducing the veto threshold for amendments from 75% to 70% majority.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: On Turning Age 74. Tin Shein. 18 May 2015. The Global New Light of Myanmar.
  2. News: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်း ရုပ်ရှင်အတွက် အရှင်ဆန္ဒာဓိကနှင့် ဆက်သွယ်မေးမြန်းချက်. 28 February 2012. Radio Free Asia. Burmese. 21 June 2015.
  3. Web site: ဆရာတော်အကြောင်း . ရွှေပါရမီ . Burmese . 21 June 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621215437/http://shweparami.net/%E1%80%86%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B9%E1%80%A1%E1%80%B1%E1%81%BE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B8 . 21 June 2015 .
  4. News: Ahshin Sandar Dika. December 2003. The Irrawaddy. 27 July 2015.
  5. News: SHWE PARAMI HEALTH FOUNDATION GIVING MEDICAL SERVICE IN INLAY REGION. Malaysian Myanmar Business Council. 21 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621223436/http://www.mmbc2u.org/index.php/en/mmbc-news/163-shwe-parami-health-foundation-giving-medical-service-in-inlay-region. 21 June 2015. dead.
  6. News: Sayadaw slams '969' campaign. Thein. Cherry. 22 April 2013. Myanmar Times. 21 June 2015.
  7. News: Myanmar needs a new nationalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20130520111507/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/SEA-02-200513.html. unfit. 20 May 2013. Walton . Matthew J. 20 May 2013. Asia Times. 21 June 2015.
  8. News: Activists and celebrities gather to denounce police crackdown. Ye Mon. 13 March 2015. Myanmar Times. 21 June 2015.
  9. News: ပုဒ်မ ၄၃၆ ပြင်ရေးဟာ တရားအလုပ်တစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း အရှင်ဆန္ဒာဓိက မိန့်ကြား. 19 June 2014. Radio Free Asia. Burmese. 21 June 2015.

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