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A Burmese monk belonging to the Mon people and a native of the Thaton region who was
responsible for the conversion of King Anawraht to Theravda Buddhism shortly after the
latter ascended the throne in 1044.
According to Burmese tradition, Shin Arahan arrived in the vicinity of Pagn and was
discovered in his forest dwelling by a hunter. The hunter, who had never before seen such a
strange creature with a shaven head and a yellow robe, thought he was some kind of spirit
and took him to the king. Shin Arahan naturally sat down on the throne, as it was the
highest seat, and the king thought: This man is peaceful, in this man there is the essential
thing. He is sitting down on the best seat, surely he must be the best being. The king asked
the visitor to tell him where he came from and was told that he came from the place where
the Order lived and that the Buddha was his teacher. Then Shin Arahan gave the king the
teaching on mindfulness (apramda). Shin Arahan then told the monarch that
the Buddha had passed into parinirva, but that his teaching, the Dharma, enshrined in
the Tripiaka and the Sagha, remained. The Ssanavasa gives an alternate version of
Anawraht's conversion according to which Shin Arahan had originally come from Sri Lanka
to study the Dhamma in Dvravat and Thaton and was on his way to r Ketra in search of
a text when he was taken to Anawraht by a hunter.

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Shin Arahan
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Home > Library > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism Dictionary

A Burmese monk belonging to the Mon people and a native of the Thaton region who was
responsible for the conversion of King Anawraht to Theravda Buddhism shortly after the
latter ascended the throne in 1044.
According to Burmese tradition, Shin Arahan arrived in the vicinity of Pagn and was
discovered in his forest dwelling by a hunter. The hunter, who had never before seen such a
strange creature with a shaven head and a yellow robe, thought he was some kind of spirit
and took him to the king. Shin Arahan naturally sat down on the throne, as it was the
highest seat, and the king thought: This man is peaceful, in this man there is the essential
thing. He is sitting down on the best seat, surely he must be the best being. The king asked
the visitor to tell him where he came from and was told that he came from the place where
the Order lived and that the Buddha was his teacher. Then Shin Arahan gave the king the
teaching on mindfulness (apramda). Shin Arahan then told the monarch that
the Buddha had passed into parinirva, but that his teaching, the Dharma, enshrined in
the Tripiaka and the Sagha, remained. The Ssanavasa gives an alternate version of
Anawraht's conversion according to which Shin Arahan had originally come from Sri Lanka
to study the Dhamma in Dvravat and Thaton and was on his way to r Ketra in search of
a text when he was taken to Anawraht by a hunter.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/shin-arahan#ixzz2gM7xe7g5