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Leslie Booker, guiding teacher of New York Insight, interviews Bhante Buddharakkhita about the Uganda Buddhist Centre and his vision for bringing Buddhism to all of Africa
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Bhante Buddharakkhita is the founder and abbot of the Uganda Buddhist Centre in Kampala, Uganda. He is the spiritual director of Flowering Lotus Meditation Center in Magnolia, Mississippi, a Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, and the author of Planting Dhamma Seeds: The Emergence of Buddhism in Africa and Sowing Seeds of Peace: Mindfulness Meditation for Finding Peace Within.
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