Class 2 Thursday March 31, 6AM AZ 2022
The Dharani Series with Dr. Miroj Shakya
Help save wisdom texts in Nepal! This series of special fundraising talks are open to the public and members. Dr. Miroj will speak on the importance of different Dharani's being preserved by A.L.L. at our Nepal input center.
ABOUT OUR TEACHER
Dr. Miroj Shakya
Dr. Miroj Shakya is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Religious Studies at
University of the West, Rosemead, California, USA and the Director of Sanskrit for the Asian
Legacy Library in Nepal. He earned his M.A (2006) and Ph.D. (2011) in Religious Studies
specializing in Buddhist Studies from the University of the West, Rosemead, California. His
research interests include Sanskrit language, Literature, Pali language, Buddhist canon, Indian
Mahayana Buddhism, Newar Buddhism, and Hinduism. He is currently serving as Project
Coordinator of Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Project (www.dsbcproject.org) and Rare
Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscript Preservation Project at the University of the West. He was
Convener of the Sanskrit Language Working Group, Union Catalog of Buddhist Texts sponsored
by the International Association of Buddhist Universities (IABU), Bangkok, Thailand. He was
editor of “Catalog of Digitized Rare Sanskrit Buddhist Manuscript Vol. 1 (2010) and Vol.2
(2019)” and co-editor of a book titled “Sacred Art of Nepal” (2013). He was awarded the
Straniak Foundation Grant through the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, the
University of California for Spring semester 2008. He spent a semester as a Visiting scholar at
ECAI, International Area Studies, The University of California, Berkeley in 2008. He is currently
serving as Director of Nagarjuna Institute of Buddhist Studies, Lalitpur, Nepal. He has been
serving as a founder member of the Maitri Project, Los Angeles which provides funds for health
care, housing, food, and financial support for nuns and monks of Nepal (themaitriproject.com).
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