Speaker: Maitriveer-Nagarjuna

Maitriveer-Nagarjuna (also known as Santosh Raut) hails from Maharashtra, India, the heartland of the Ambedkarite Buddhist movement. Both a Dhamma teacher and a scholar of Buddhist Aesthetics and Philosophy, he has long been a thought leader and organizer within broader Asian networks of Engaged Buddhism.

Maitriveer also co-founded the Buddha Festival and the National Network of Buddhist Youth. For several years, he has actively supported the Ambedkarite Buddhist movement among the Roma in Hungary, about which the documentary “Ambedkar in Hungary” was made. More recently, he has been designing the Buddhavanam project in Nagarjunasagar, a large Buddhist Heritage site park.