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Piyaratna Maharjan working with Shakeel Ahmad building a community center with Global PeaceWorks

PeaceWorkers of 2003

Piyaratna Maharjan
Kathmandu, Nepal

I have learned humility.
This is the first time for me, first time doing physical labour, stepping into a house in a slum and eating here. It teaches us humility, doesn't it? - Piya Maharjan

Piya trained and pursued a path as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka before becoming a teacher and interfaith activist throughout Asia. He has served as a teacher of Buddhist Philosophy in T’sunlin University College, Taiwan and at the Juin Aoki Peace Center (Nagoya, Japan). He is a vice-president of the Kofuku-no-Kagaku (Institute for Research in Human Happiness of Nepal); an executive member of the World Buddha Sangha Council (Taiwan); World Fellowship Of Buddhists (Thailand); International Monastic Organization (Taiwan); and the Young Men’s Buddhist Association (Nepal).

Piya representing Buddhism , among members of six faiths performing a multi-faith prayer

In 2003 Piya organized the first Religious Youth Service project of Nepal where an internatoinal team of volunteers worked supporting an orphanage and visited religious sites throughout Kathmandu. He has traveled extensively making use of the seven languages he knows in his work throughout Asia. He is president of Metta Center, a non-governmental Social Organization devoted to the uplift of the education for orphaned children and under-privileged children.

At Global PeaceWorks, Piya offered Buddhist prayers each morning to help us start each day. He exemplified a delightful blend of east and west with his soft but determined manner, serving and enabling others to see and understand Buddhism in action.

Sharing a vision for peace among religions

Piya's ongoing work is with the Metta Center Children's Home in Kathmandu were he serves as president. He can be contacted there at

Metta Center Children Home
Kavre, Banepa, Nepal.
Tel.: 011-661244, 977-1-4493981
mettacenter/@/yahoo.com

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Piyaratna Maharjan Kathmandu, Nepal

Piyaratna Maharjan
Kathmandu, Nepal