Sanjoy Barua Chowdhury is a lecturer at the College of Religious Studies (CRS) of Mahidol University (MU), Thailand. He holds a PhD in Buddhist Studies from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU) in Thailand. His research interests include South Asian Buddhist scriptures, religion-psychology, global mindful movements, and a socio-cultural anthropological approach to religions. He contributes several academic papers on Buddhist philosophy, psychology, and contemporary religious studies. His correspondence emails are: [email protected] and [email protected]