Yatirawana Wimala Thera, Chairperson and Spiritual Director of Triple Gem Society, the Centre for Conscious Evolution in Princeton, New Jersey, USA was recently the appointed Sangha Nayaka of USA, Czech Republic & Kenya by the Sangha Sabha of the Udarata Amarapura Nikaya in recognition of his religious and social services in these countries over the last two decades.

Well known throughout the world as a spiritual teacher and humanitarian, Bhante Wimala is also the Founding Director and Spiritual Advisor of Prison Ministries which provides educational and support programs in many state prisons in the USA.

In Europe, he is the founder and spiritual teacher of the Samadhi Buddhist Meditation Centre in Tupadly (Prague), and the founder of the Lotus Buddhist Centre in Prague, Czech Republic. He is also the Chief Monk and Spiritual Director of Theravada Buddhist Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.

Bhante Wimala was the recipient of the Global Peace Award in 2007 from the Peace Centre in the United States. In 2008 he received the Ambassador for Peace Award, offered by the Universal Peace Federation, an international and Inter-religious federation for world peace.