Shwegyin Nikāya is the second largest monastic order of monks in Burma. It is one of the nine legally sanctioned monastic orders in the country, under the 1990 Law Concerning Sangha Organizations.
In February 2012, one thousand Buddhist monks and followers gathered for the eighteenth annual Shwekyin Nikaya Conference at the compound of Dhammaduta Zetawon Tawya Monastery in Hmawbi Township, Yangon Region.