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Spiritual teacher, Samvara, established Awakened Mind Buddhist Meditation Center, located in San Francisco, in 1999. He has taught students in Honolulu, Chicago, Hungary, Paris, Reykjavik, Paris, and other locations. Samvara founded the Vajranadacharya Buddhist Foundation in 2008, and he opened the Bodhiwoods Buddhist Mountain Hermitage where he serves as the abbot. He has extended his teaching to
