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Centre Administrator
Sarvananda
Sarvananda originally hails from Glasgow but Norfolk has been his home now for about twenty five years. An Order member since 1987, he has been very involved with the Norwich Buddhist Centre and the movement - teaching, giving talks and wearing a variety of different hats.
He is the Education Officer for the Buddhist Centre, trying to communicate what the Buddha taught to infants, primary school children, secondary school children and University students.
Sarvananda is a playwright whose work you can hear on BBC Radio 4. He is also the author of an introductory book on Buddhism, "Meaning in Life", published by Windhorse.
He is a keen meditator, swimmer, and ardent fan of the writer, Anton Chekov.
Centre Co-ordinator
Andrea
Andrea started volunteering at the Centre when she arrived in Norwich in May, 2008, and soon started attending meditation and yoga classes. A year later she became a Mitra and then took on the job of Fundraising Coordinator in June, 2009.
As Centre Coordinator, she fuses her fundraising position with other administrative tasks. Her job is to make the Centre a place people want to be - she loves to tidy and to create an inviting space for meditators, yogis, volunteers and Order members.
When she's not at the Buddhist Centre, you may find her having coffee in a local cafe with her husband, practicing yoga, or working on her most recent short story.
Centre Team
Jon
Jon's been coming along to the Norwich Buddhist Centre since the end of 2009. He became a mitra in September 2011 and asked for ordination two months afterwards.
Jon's interest in Buddhism started in '94 when he worked in India and he now desires to devote more of his time to practice.
He joined the Centre team in December 2011 and is looking forward to getting to know the Sangha and to assist in running the Centre.
Centre Chairman
Sujana
Sujana is the Chairman of the Norwich Buddhist Centre. Ordained in 1998, he has served as the Centre's Treasurer, Fundraiser, Builder, Plumber and much more. This is a picture of him working on refurbishing our current centre around the time we bought it, in 2004.
In addition to his role as Chairman, Sujana leads retreats and teaches courses and classes. He is a keen meditator and cyclist.
Centre Treasurer
Alokadhara
Alokadhara originally met the Dharma in Brighton, but he moved to Padmaloka before his ordination and has been living in Norfolk ever since.
In addition to his role as Treasurer, he teaches a weekly lunchtime class at the Centre, a weekly evening class, regular courses on Meditation & Buddhism as well as the Foundation Course, and is the Buddhist Chaplain at the UEA.
Alokadhara loves to cycle and practise karate.
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