Bhikkhu Bodhi

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Bhikkhu Bodhi
Personal
Born
Jeffrey Block

1944
Brooklyn, New York, United States
NationalityAmerican
SchoolTheravada
EducationBrooklyn College
Claremont Graduate School
Occupationscholar-monk; president, Buddhist Publication Society
Senior posting
TeacherVen. Ananda Maitreya
PredecessorVen. Nyanaponika Thera (at BPS)

Bhikkhu Bodhi (b. 1944, NYC), born Jeffrey Block, is an American Buddhist monk, ordained in Sri Lanka and currently teaching in the New York/New Jersey area. He was elected the second president of the Buddhist Publication Society and has edited and authored several publications grounded in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.

Life

In 1944, Block was born in Brooklyn, NY. In 1966, he obtained a B.A. in philosophy from Brooklyn College. In 1972, he obtained a Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School.[1][2]

In 1967, while still a graduate student, Bodhi was ordained as a novice monk in the Vietnamese Mahayana order. In 1972, after graduation, Bodhi traveled to Sri Lanka where, under Ven. Ananda Maitreya, he received novice ordination and, in 1973, he received full ordination in a Theravada order.[1]

In 1984, succeeding co-founder Ven. Nyanaponika Thera, Bodhi was appointed editor of the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS, Sri Lanka) and, in 1988, became its president.[3]

In 2000, at the United Nations first official Vesak celebration, Bodhi gave the keynote address.[4]

In 2002, after retiring as editor of BPS,[2] Bodhi returned to the United States. He currently teaches at Bodhi Monastery (Lafayette, NJ) and Chuang Yen Monastery (Carmel, NY) and is the chairman of Yin Shun Foundation.[1][5]

Publications and teachings

Bodhi's publications include:

  • The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering (1984, BPS; 2000, Pariyatti)[6]
  • The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (with Bhikkhu Nanamoli, 1995, Wisdom Publications)
  • Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya (with Nyanaponika Thera, 2000, Altamira Press)
  • The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya (2000, Wisdom Publications)
  • A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma: The Abhidhammattha Sangaha of Ācariya Anuruddha (2000, BPS Pariyatti)
  • In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (2005, Wisdom Publications)

Bodhi's on-line courses include:

  • "The Buddha’s Teaching As It Is" (1981)[7]
  • A course in Pali Language (2003)[8]
  • Majjhima Nikaya lectures (2003-2008)[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi" (official biography), retrieved from "Bodhi Monastery" at http://www.bodhimonastery.net/Monastery/Teachers/bhikkhubodhi.html
  2. ^ a b See "Climbing to the Top of the Mountain: An interview with Bhikkhu Bodhi" (2002) from "Barre Center for Buddhist Studies" at http://www.dharma.org/ij/archives/2002b/bhikkhu_bodhi.htm.
  3. ^ In Bodhi, Connected Discourses (2000), p. 5, Bodhi dedicates the tome to "the memory of my teacher Venerable Abhidhajamaharatthaguru Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thera (1896-1998) and to the memories of my chief kalyanamittas in my life as a Buddhist monk, Venerable Nyanaponika Mahathera (1901-1994) and Venerable Piyadassi Nayaka Thera (1914-1998)".
  4. ^ Bodhi's U.N. keynote address is available at http://www.buddhanet.net/budmsg.htm.
  5. ^ For example an example of Bodhi's teaching at the Chuang Yen Monastery, see "Going to the Source of the Buddh's Teaching: A Study Course in the Pali Suttas with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi" from "Buddhist Association of United States" (BAUS) at http://www.baus.org/baus/programs/2008/CourseNotice-Fall_2008.pdf.
  6. ^ An on-line edition of "The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering" (BPS, 1984/1998) is available from "Access to Insight" (1999) at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html.
  7. ^ His 1981 ten-lecture "The Buddha’s Teaching As It Is" is available at http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/TenLectures/TenLectures.html. Bodhi recorded these lectures at the prompting of Bhante Gunaratana.
  8. ^ Bodhi's Pali language course is available at http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/Pali/course_Pali.html.
  9. ^ Bodhi's Majjhima Nikaya (MN) lectures are available at http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/MN/MN_course.html. The structure he provides for the MN suttas later became the general structure he provides for selected suttas from the entire Pali Canon in Bodhi (2005).

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