Ashin Chekinda ( my, အရှင်ဆေကိန္ဒ; also known as Dhammadūta Ashin Chekinda) is a

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 from

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

(Burma). Following the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...

, Ashin Chekinda's public profile has increased, due to his close relationship with

Min Aung Hlaing Min Aung Hlaing ( my, မင်းအောင်လှိုင် abbreviated: MAL ; born 3 July 1956) also known as Alaungsithu is a Burmese politician and army general who has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration Coun ...

. In 2022, he was promoted to acting rector at the

International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University The International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University () is on the Dhammapãla Hill, Mayangon Township, in Yangon, Myanmar. It was inaugurated on 6th waxing moon of Nadaw, 1360 ME (9 December 1998). Inauguration The Minister for Reli ...

in Yangon. He founded the

Dhammaduta Chekinda University The Dhammadūta Chekinda University ( my, ဓမ္မဒူတဆေကိန္ဒတက္ကသိုလ်) is a Buddhist missionary university, located in Auk War Nat Chaung village, Hmawbi Township, Yangon Region. It was founded in 2017 b ...

and is known for his summer school programs that attract Burmese youth.

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