Ajhan Samvara, Retired Spiritual Teacher
Samvara Spiritual Teacher (b. Geoff Malone) established the Awakened Mind Buddhist Meditation Center, located in San Francisco, in 1999.
As of 2023, he has retired from teaching meditation and mindfulness to focus on global humanitarian work, sharing the Buddhist wisdom and compassion that he's cultivated throughout his career and personal life. Ajahn Samvara brings his 20+ years of Buddhist training to help advance the United Nations' current goals, as well as to advance initiatives like addressing mental health and creating a powerful global alliance of interfaith spiritual leaders.
His mission is to support a more peaceful, equitable, and awakened world.








