Bio - Sister Dhamma Vijaya
  
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Name: Dr. Dhamma Vijaya
Country: Nepal
Occupation: Buddhist Nun - Theravada Tradition.
Study: B.A. Tribhuwan University in Nepal.
  Comparative Study of Mahayana and Theravada in Taiwan.
  M.A. Buddhist Studies at Magadh University - India
  Ph.D. from Magadh University - "Buddhist Feminism".
Spiritual Practice: Meditation - Insight Vippassana Buddhist Studies.
Ordination: 1988, Los Angeles, USA.
Experience: Member of International Buddhist Nun Society of U.S.A.
Member of (BLIA) Buddhist Light International Association.
Member of Nepal Buddhist Dhammodaya Sabha.
Language: Nepali, Newari, Hindi, English, Pali, Chinese, Burmese.
Countries Visited: USA, Europe, Canada, Burma, India, Sri-Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.
Teaching:

Meditation and Buddhist philosophy at Antioch University Study Abroad program in India;
University of Dayton (Ohio) Religious Study program;
Singapore Technology Institute, Malaysia;
Wilmington College (Ohio);
Also teaches meditation in different countries.

Social Activities: The foundation of an organization to provide a home and education for young Nepalese girls from the countryside who have been exploited.