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Chinkaji Shrestha, Immediate Past President

Founder, Immediate Past President Chinkaji is the driving force behind the Buddha Nepal Peace Foundation. He loves to keep his hands full by participating in the development of the Organization.

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Tenzin Lama Sherpa, Vipassana Teaching 

Guru Tenzing teaching eight areas to cultivate simultaneously: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. and clases for Practice Compassion (Karuna) and Loving-Kindness (Metta), Anapana (Mindfulness of Breath), Don't Make "Progress" Your Goal:, Adhiṭṭhāna (Strong Determination)

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Dr. Miroj Shakya; PhD, University of the West 

Dr. Miroj Shakya is Chair and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at University of the West. He serves as the Project Coordinator of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Project and the Rare Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscript Preservation Project. Additionally, Dr. Shakya is the Director at the Nagarjuna Institute of Buddhist Studies in Lalitpur, Nepal, and he has served as a Sanskrit Language Consultant at the Asian Legacy Library. 

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Dr. Amod Pokharel; Associate Professor UC Berkeley  

Amod Pokhrel is an environmental health scientist. He teaches Environmental Health Sciences in the MPH curriculum at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. He is also a subject matter expert and the visiting faculty at the Nepal Open University. His research and professional interests fall at the intersection of energy, environment, climate change, environmental justice, and health related to household energy use in developing countries

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Samir Maharjan; Entrepreneur 

Mr. Samir is a Youth business leader who serves as Chairman of Classic Diamond and Jewelry and Senior Vice President of the World Newah Organization. His acclaimed business success, which includes being honored as a Top 10 Youth Diamond & Jewelry Entrepreneur in the US, is guided by a personal and professional ethos deeply anchored in the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path, which he actively embodies through principles like Right Livelihood and Right Mindfulness.

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