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Dr. Ananda W.P. Guruge is Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of the International Academy of Buddhism, and Editor of Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism of the University of the West (formerly Hsi Lai University), Los Angeles County, California.

He is also:

 ¢ adjunct professor of Buddhism, Hinduism,
       and Peace Studies at California State
         University, Fullerton,

 ¢ Vice-President and Liaison Officer to the United Nations (UN) and UNESCO for
       the World Fellowship of Buddhists,

 ¢ Chairman of the World Buddhist University Council, and

 ¢ Patron of the European Buddhist Union.

He was the former Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, France and USA (with non-resident accreditation to Spain, Algeria and Mexico) (1985–1994).

He was also the former Senior Special Adviser to the Director General of UNESCO (1995-2000).

He is author of 50 books in English and Sinhala and 175 research papers.

The most recent among them are:

What in Brief is Buddhism?
1999 & 2004 Buddha Light Publishing

Free at Last in Paradise (A Historical Novel on Sri Lanka)
1998 buybooksontheweb & 2000 (paperback) Authorhouse

 Peace at Last in Paradise (the 3rd in the trilogy)
2011 Authorhouse

The Unforgettable Dharmapala
2002 Authorhouse & Buddha Light Publishing

Serendipity of Andrew George (Another historical novel on Sri Lanka)
2003 Authorhouse

E-mail: anandaguruge@cs.com

Address:  8351 Snowbird Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92646, United States of America.