Shwe Twante Sayadaw

Shwe Twante Sayadaw, also known as Ven. Ashin Vayama (Burmese:အရွင္ ဝါယမ; born 2 March 1960) is a Burmese Buddhist Monk,ex-political prisoner, ex-chairman of 8 Parties :Youth & Student Democracy Forces, founder of Yaung Ni Thit Sar Pay (YNT Publishing), and poet.

He was the first monk to work in the United Arab Emirates in 2007, and was honored by the State Sangha Mahanayaka, as Master of Buddhism. He was also honored by the YMBA and the London BOC as Buddha Capadesa.

He is founder of BOB Thai Microfinance in Mahachai, Kanchanaburi, Krokkrat and Krathumbaen .He also founded Shwe Twante Social Assistance, CS Burma(Catuddisa Sangha Burma) and Mahachai Meditation Centre. He practiced Vipassana under the guidance of Suddhamma Ramsi Sayadaw and Amyeik Thingam Sayadaw before leaving to Promote the Buddhasana in 22 countries. He visits Thailand twice a year to give meditation instructions and temporary ordination. Venerable Sayadaw's humanitarian work has included assisting the Nargis cyclone victims in 2008, civil war victims (Mon + Karen) of 2009, and the Giri cyclone victims in 2010.

ShweTwanteSayadaw Dhamma Talk Burmese language:ေရႊတြံေတးဆရာေတာ္ၾသဝါဒ... ေခတ္နဲ့လူ ၊ ေျခတလွမ္း ၊ အားလံုး ၊ အက်ဥ္းသား ၊