Bhikkhu Bodhi - 9 - Social Teachings Of The Buddha
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2015
- Bhikkhu Bodhi (born December 10, 1944), born Jeffrey Block, is an American Theravada Buddhist monk, ordained in Sri Lanka and currently teaching in the New York and New Jersey area. He was appointed the second president of the Buddhist Publication Society and has edited and authored several publications grounded in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
In 1944, Block was born in Brooklyn, New York, from Jewish parents. In 1966, he obtained a B.A. in philosophy from Brooklyn College. In 1972, he obtained a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University.[2][3]
In 1967, while still a graduate student, Bodhi was ordained as a śrāmaṇera (novitiate) in the Vietnamese Mahayana order. In 1972, after graduation, Bodhi traveled to Sri Lanka where, under Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero,[4] he received sāmaṇera ordination in the Theravada school and, in 1973, he received full ordination as a Theravada bhikkhu or monk.
In 1984, succeeding co-founder Nyanaponika Thera, Bodhi was appointed English-language editor of the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS, Sri Lanka) and, in 1988, became its president. In 2002, he retired from the society's editorship while still remaining its president.
In 2000, at the United Nations' first official Vesak celebration, Bodhi gave the keynote address.
In 2002, after retiring as editor of BPS, Bodhi returned to the United States. He currently teaches at Bodhi Monastery (Lafayette Township, New Jersey) and Chuang Yen Monastery (Carmel, New York) and is the chairman of the Yin Shun Foundation.
Bhikkhu Bodhi is founder of the organisation Buddhist Global Relief, which fights hunger across the world.
In the fall of 1979, while living at the Washington Buddhist Vihara, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi gave a series of lectures on the fundamental teachings of Early Buddhism. Bhante Gunaratana, at the time the President of the Buddhist Vihara Society, suggested he record the lectures so that the Vihara could distribute them as a set of cassette tapes.
In the summer of 1981, Ven. Bodhi recorded his ten lectures in the basement of the Washington Buddhist Vihara, using an ordinary, nonprofessional recorder. An enthusiastic lay supporter had the master copies reproduced in large quantities for expanded distribution. They have continued to be distributed on tape and as CDs for over twenty-five years, and are considered “public domain” for anyone to copy and distribute freely. The one condition is that they must not be sold.
This world has become such a beautiful and meaningful place for all sentient beings because of the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha
Thank you for making the interpretations of the Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi available online. His many years of study give him much to share and much from which we can benefit if we a mindful.
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
On hearing this again, a year later, it makes so much more sense as I’ve seen it around me and in me. While I was appreciative then, I am humbled know at how little I understood of what he was teaching. Today I know I understand this so much better, but I am certain that my understanding is just scratching the surface. How embarrassed I am that I ever thought I “got this”, but how happy I am knowing I have grown since then and will grow more as I persevere in my practice and in the nurturing of Metta. I pray others are making faster progress than I am. But I am thankful for how much more I understand in my heart. Thank you to those who make it possible to hear this last year and this year. And thank you to the most Venerable Ajahn. My Bhikkhu Bodhi continue in good health and happily presenting the Buddha’s Asana so that we can all learn and improve our practice and thus our understanding. Especially, to those like me who often seems to think they’ve understood when they’ve barely scratched the surface. Your humble servant, friend, and brother through the Buddha,
John The Insufferably Slow
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
May I also say, that of the many talks I’ve heard over the last several years with all their value, and concern for our growth and learning, I think this one may be a truly “MUST LISTEN”. I suggest that the title be updated to say so. Listening to this discourse regularly and repeatedly with an open heart and mind will truly change one’s experience in our time here in Samsara.
Let those who have ears to hear listen closely and apply every word to ones life every moment. For in this detailed discourse lies the map to self understand, understanding of our society and what we can do to make peace between what seem to be pulling us in opposite directions. Though in truth it is our own covetousness that is doing that.
With lovingkindness for all time!
JTI
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu. Blessings to you in the Triple Gem!
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Great Speech
Shadu Shadu Shadu.
This world has become such a beautiful and meaningful place for all sentient beings because of the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha