The first Burmese prime minister, U Nu was influenced by socialist principles and was also a devout Buddhist who promoted a kind of Buddhist socialism. In 1954, U Nu, convened the Sixth Buddhist Synod at the newly built Kaba Aye Pagoda and Maha Pasana Guha (Great Cave) in Rangoon (Yangon). It was attended by 2,500 monks, and established the International Institute for Advanced Buddhist studies, located on the premises of the Kaba Aye Pagoda. The main output of the council was the a new version of the Pali Canon, the "Sixth Council Tipitaka" ("Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka").