The Buddha Project 
Team
The Buddha Project is made possible through our organisational, designing, programming, and translating skills.
That we are able to reach out to so many people and encourage them to meditate, calm their hindrances, seek a way to end suffering and benefit all living beings, is truly amazing. None of this would’ve been possible without each contribution. May the merits lighten your burdens, brighten your heart, and illuminate your path.
Silvie Walraven
Secretary
Silvie encountered the Buddhist teachings in India in the early 90’s and was ‘hooked’. After working for several years in NGO capacity building in Kenya and Nepal, she trained as a primary school teacher and mindfulness trainer. Currently, Silvie teaches Buddhism in Dutch primary schools and is director and board member of Maitreya Institute Amsterdam.
Constantijn Koopman
Treasurer
Constantijn Koopman has been a student of Buddhism for 25 years. Besides Ven. Losang Gendun, his main teachers are Gelek Rimpoche, Dagpo Rinpoche, Dagyab Rinpohe and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Professionally, Constantijn has a background in musicology, philosophy of arts education, religious studies and spiritual health care, but currently he happily works as a postman and a church warden in a Dominican chapel.
Nicolas Pellerin
Researcher
Nicolas is an associate teacher in psychology in the university of Nîmes (France), where he teaches differential psychology and statistics. His various researches try to uncover the conditions that allow one to experience lasting and high happiness, even in the face of difficulties. He has also completed an advanced course in Buddhist philosophy and psychology (Nalanda Masters Course, Tibet House, Delhi) and has practiced meditation regularly for many years.
Liudmila Gamaiunova
Researcher
Liudmila is a post-doctoral researcher affiliated with the Institute for Social Sciences of Religions (ISSR) at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She holds a Specialist degree in Pedagogics and a Ph.D. in the Study of Religions. Liudmila’s research interests include the associations of contemplative practice with psychophysiological aspects of stress and the effects of contemplative training on identity formation. She is a strong believer in mix-methods methodology and empirical investigations in both long-term meditators and in participants of contemplative interventions.
Leonie de Vree
Board Member
Leonie de Vree has been a student of Ven. Gendun and the Maitreya Institute since 2017. She works as a leadership trainer www.dorfl.nl
Mircea Mocanu
Designer
Visual artist and activist dedicating to projects that question and investigate. At the heart of everything he does is collaboration. Mircea is a multi-disciplinary practician, exploring ways of communicating in cultural fields.
Silvie Walraven
Secretary
Silvie encountered the Buddhist teachings in India in the early 90’s and was ‘hooked’. After working for several years in NGO capacity building in Kenya and Nepal, she trained as a primary school teacher and mindfulness trainer. Currently, Silvie teaches Buddhism in Dutch primary schools and is director and board member of Maitreya Institute Amsterdam.
Constantijn Koopman
Treasurer
Constantijn Koopman has been a student of Buddhism for 25 years. Besides Ven. Losang Gendun, his main teachers are Gelek Rimpoche, Dagpo Rinpoche, Dagyab Rinpohe and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Professionally, Constantijn has a background in musicology, philosophy of arts education, religious studies and spiritual health care, but currently he happily works as a postman and a church warden in a Dominican chapel.
Nicolas Pellerin
Researcher
Nicolas is an associate teacher in psychology in the university of Nîmes (France), where he teaches differential psychology and statistics. His various researches try to uncover the conditions that allow one to experience lasting and high happiness, even in the face of difficulties. He has also completed an advanced course in Buddhist philosophy and psychology (Nalanda Masters Course, Tibet House, Delhi) and has practiced meditation regularly for many years.
Liudmila Gamaiunova
Researcher
Liudmila is a post-doctoral researcher affiliated with the Institute for Social Sciences of Religions (ISSR) at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She holds a Specialist degree in Pedagogics and a Ph.D. in the Study of Religions. Liudmila’s research interests include the associations of contemplative practice with psychophysiological aspects of stress and the effects of contemplative training on identity formation. She is a strong believer in mix-methods methodology and empirical investigations in both long-term meditators and in participants of contemplative interventions.
Leonie de Vree
Board Member
Leonie de Vree has been a student of Ven. Gendun and the Maitreya Institute since 2017. She works as a leadership trainer www.dorfl.nl
Mircea Mocanu
Designer
Visual artist and activist dedicating to projects that question and investigate. At the heart of everything he does is collaboration. Mircea is a multi-disciplinary practician, exploring ways of communicating in cultural fields.
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