What is "yazeinda"

Ashin Yazeinda (, Rājinda), better known by his pen name Yawai Nwe , is a prominent Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and writer.

Ashin Yazeinda was born on 18 June 1969 in the town of Inma, Thegon Township, Pegu Division to parents U Thein Ni Sein and Daw Kyin Nu. He ordained as a samanera in 1979, and again in 1980. He began penning stories for the Flower magazine in 1985.

In 1989, he was fully ordained as a bhikkhu, and studied at Rangoon's Mahavisuddhāruṃ Pali University and Monastery . The following year, he began publishing Dhamma articles in the Myat Mingala journal.

In 2000, the Burmese government conferred him the title of Sāsanadhaja Dhammācariya . In January 2003, he published a seminal religious work, Would You Like to Meet Every Existence? .

He currently resides at the Dhammayawei Monastery in Thingangyungyi ward, Mingaladon Township, Yangon.