Shwegyin Nikaya

[2] Shwegyin Nikaya is a more orthodox order than Sudhammā Nikāya, with respect to adherence to the Vinaya,[3] and its leadership is more centralized and hierarchical.

[4] The head of the Shwegyin Nikaya is called the Sangha Sammuti (သံဃာသမ္မုတိ), whose authority on doctrine and religious practice is considered absolute (နိကာယဓိပတိ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ မဟာနာယက ဓမ္မသေနာပတိ).

The monastic order was founded in the mid-nineteenth century by a chief abbot monk in the village of Shwegyin (translated into English as Gold or suvaṇṇa into Pāḷi); hence, its name.

[6] During the 2021 Myanmar protests, the order urged Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to immediately cease the assaults on unarmed civilians and to refrain from engaging in theft and property destruction.

[7][8] Its leading monks reminded the senior general to be a good Buddhist,[7] which entailed keeping to the Five Precepts required for at least a human rebirth.