Bhikkhu Bodhi

In 1944, Block was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents. He grew up in Borough Park, where he attended elementary school P.S. 160.^[2] In 1966, he obtained a B.A. in philosophy from Brooklyn College. In 1972, he obtained a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University.^[3][4]

In 1967, while still a graduate student, Bodhi was ordained as a sāmaṇera (novice) in the Vietnamese Mahayana order.^[4] In 1972, after graduation, he traveled to Sri Lanka, where, under Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero,^[5] he received sāmaṇera ordination in the Theravada Order and, in 1973, received full ordination (upasampadā) as a Theravāda bhikkhu or monk.^[3]

In 1984, succeeding co-founder Nyanaponika Thera,^[5] Bodhi was appointed English-language editor of the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS, Sri Lanka). He became its president in 1988.^[1][3][6] In 2002, he retired from the society's editorship while still remaining president.^[1][4][6]

In 2000, at the United Nations' first official Vesak celebration, Bodhi gave the keynote address.^[7]

In 2002, after retiring as editor of BPS,^[4] Bodhi returned to the U.S. After living at Bodhi Monastery (Lafayette Township, New Jersey),^[8] he now lives and teaches at Chuang Yen Monastery (Carmel, New York), and as of May 2013 he has been the president of the Buddhist Association of the United States.^[3][9]

Bhikkhu Bodhi is founder of Buddhist Global Relief, an organization that funds projects to fight hunger and empower women across the world.^[10]

• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (1989). The Discourse on the Fruit of Recluseship (The Samaññaphala Sutta and Its Commentaries). Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 978-955-24-0045-2.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu; Bhikkhu, Ñāṇamoli (1995). The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-0-86171-072-0.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (1998). Great Discourse on Causation: Mahanidana Sutta and Its Commentaries. Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 978-955-24-0117-6.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu; Thera, Nyanaponika (2000). Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya. Altamira Press. ISBN 978-0-7425-0405-9.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2000). The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-0-86171-331-8.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2000). The Buddha and His Message: Past, Present & Future (United Nations Vesak Day Lecture). Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 978-955-24-0346-0.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2000). A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma: The Abhidhammattha Sangaha of Ācariya Anuruddha. Pariyatti. ISBN 978-1-928706-02-1.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2001). The Buddha and His Dhamma. Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 978-955-24-0201-2.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2005). In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-0-86171-491-9.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2006). The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering (3rd ed.). Pariyatti. ISBN 978-1-928706-07-6.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2007). The Discourse on the All-Embracing Net of Views: The Brahmajala Sutta Commentarial Exegesis (2nd ed.). Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 978-955-24-0052-0.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2009). The Revival of Bhikkhuni Ordination in the Theravada Tradition. Inward Path. ISBN 978-983-3512-63-8
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2012). The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1-61429-040-7.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2016). The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1-61429-355-2.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2016). The Discourse on the Root of Existence: The Mulapariyaya Sutta and its Commentaries (3rd ed.). Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 978-955-24-0064-3.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2017). The Suttanipata: An Ancient Collection of the Buddha's Discourses and Its Canonical Commentaries. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1-61429-429-0.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2017). Investigating the Dhamma: A Collection of Papers. Pariyatti. ISBN 978-1-68172-068-5.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2017). Dhamma Reflections: Collected Essays of Bhikkhu Bodhi. Pariyatti. ISBN 978-1-68172-032-6.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2020). Reading the Buddha's Discourses in Pali: A Practical Guide to the Language of the Ancient Buddhist Canon. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1-61429-700-0.
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2023), Noble Truths, Noble Path: The Heart Essence of the Buddha's Original Teachings. Wisdom Publications.

• Nourishing the Roots and Other Essays on Buddhist Ethics (WH259/260)
• Transcendental Dependent Arising (WH277/278)
• Going for Refuge; Taking the Precepts (WH282/284)
• Dana: The Practice of Giving (WH367/369)
• Maha Kaccana: Master of Doctrinal Exposition (WH405/406)
• Facing the Future: Four essays on the social relevance of Buddhism (WH438/440)

• Taste of Freedom (BL71)
• The Living Message of the Dhammapada (BL129)
• Discourses of the Ancient Nuns (BL143)
• The Good, the Beautiful, and the True (BL154)

• Buddhist Global Relief
• Buddhist Publication Society
• Chuang Yen Monastery
• List of peace activists

• Profile at Bodhi Monastery
• Plemeniti Osmostruki Put, 2011 (Serbian)