Hopong Koyinlay
Ashin Porisa (Template:Lang-my), also known as Hoping Koyinlay (Template:Lang-my; 1974 — 1 September 2021), was an influential Pa'O monk from Hopong in southern Shan State. He was known for his religious works on Pa'O Self-Administered Zone and led the Htam Sam Cave. Koyinlay and his monastery area were guarded by Pa-O National Army.[1]
He became a samanera at the age of six. He cutted his pinkie for his deep religious donation. He found a cave as suggestion of his dream. Koyinlay said he subsequently returned to the caves, exploring the deeper caverns while fighting off the ghosts and evil spirits what were roaming in the darkness, disturbing his meditation sequences. He build many Buddhist images and pagodas in the cave. The cave named Htam Sam Cave and became a popular pilgrimage destination.[1]
He has not yet obtained the title of 'sayadaw' even his aged 40. He referred to as "Koyinlay" (meaning 'young novice'), probably in reference to his young age when he had the visions.[2]
Koyinlay had been highly influenced on Pa-O people and Pa-O National Army. He led the local people in teaching military skills. In 2015, he ordered the construction of a smaller replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Hopong.[1]
Koyinlay died on 1 September 2021 at the age of 47 as a result of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c "Guardians of the sacred cavern". The Myanmar Times. 18 December 2015.
- ^ "ဟိုပုံးမြို့က ထမ်းဆန်း သဘာဝလိုဏ်ဂူ". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Mask (နှာခေါင်းစည်း)တပ်တာ မကြိုက်တဲ့ ကိုရင်လေး ကိုဗစ်-၁၉ ဖြင့် ပျံလွန်တော်မူ". SHAN News (Burmese) (in Burmese). 1 September 2021.
- ^ "ဟိုပုံးကိုရင်လေး (ခ) အရှင်ပေါရိသ COVID-19 ရောဂါဖြင့် ပျံလွန်တော်မူ". Eleven Media Group (in Burmese). 1 September 2021.