Deepal Sooriyaarachchi Deepal Sooriyaarachchi MBA FCIM UK FSLIM Accredited Master Coach/Mentor A senior corporate personality with over four decades of industry experience, serves on a number of boards. Has delivered over 1000 training sessions, lectures in 13 countries across all five continents. Has authored over 15 Books ranging from Business to Buddhism. Has been integrating…
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Ms. Kaira Jewel Lingo Kaira Jewel Lingo has beenpracticing mindfulness since 1997 and teaches Buddhist meditation, secular mindfulness, and compassion internationally. After living as an ordained nun for 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastic community, Kaira Jewel teaches in the Zen lineage and the Vipassana tradition, at the intersection of racial, climate and social…
Dr. Hamir Ganla Dr. Hamir Ganla is a medical doctor and MD. (Pediatrics). Presently retired, and has been practicing Vipassana meditation in the tradition as taught by S.N. Goenka since 1995 and has served as an assistant to him since 2001.
Chris Ruane Chris was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Clwyd North West up until 2019. Chris founded the All Party Parliamentary Group in 2014 and was Co-Chair for four of the six years up to 2019. He is now its Honorary President. Chris leads on developing the Mindfulness Initiative’s relationships with politicians and mindfulness…
Richard J. Davidson, PhD William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder and Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc. Davidson received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Psychology in 1976. Davidson’s research is broadly focused on the neural bases…
Venerable Athurugiriye Dhammavihari Thero Venerable Athurugiriye Dhammavihari Thero ordained in 2010 and received higher ordination in 2012 under Sri Kalyani Yogashrama Samstha. From that year onwards studied Vinaya Pitaka at Dikdeniya monastery, Melsiripura. From 2015 onwards nourished his meditation practice under the Abbot of Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya Monastry.
Venerable Panadure Chandaratana Thero Venerable Panadure Chandaratana Thero, a Theravada Buddhist Monk for nearly one and half decades is currently the Deputy Abbot of Nissarana Vanaya Monastery. He has been teaching Meditation for about a decade. Prior to ordination he was an Electrical Engineer and a pursued further training and higher education in Computer Science. Venerable Chandaratana teaches meditation in Sri Lanka and in several…
Venerable Maramba Chandawimala Thero Maramba Chandawimala Thero MA, Kammattanacharya, Abbot of Nigrodharamaya, Kottawa. Assistant Director of Education (Meditation and Pirivena Education) of the State Ministry of Dhamma Schools, Pirivenas and Bhikkhu Education
Venerable Dewalegama Achala Thero Venerable Dewalegama Achala Thero was ordained in 2005 under Ven. Katukurunde Gnanananda Maha Thero and received his higher ordination in 2008. He has been practicing the Luang Por Teean Meditation Technique for 12 years until now.He has practiced at Luang Por Teean Meditation Center – Wat Pah Sugatho, Chaiyaphum, Thailand for…
Venerable Ringu Tulku Rinpoche Thero Venerable Ringu Tulku Rinpoche Thero is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters such as HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok…