Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi lives and teaches at Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, New York. He is a translator of texts from the Pali canon and the cofounder of Buddhist Global Relief.

Teachings Meditation Month 2022

The Simile of the Lump of Foam

In an excerpt from Reading the Buddha’s Discourses in Pali, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi offers literal translations as well as interpretations of original sutta text from a teaching on the Five Aggregates.

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Jan 30, 2022

IdeasMagazine | Feature

In Defense of “Enlightenment”

“Awakening” has become the preferred English term for the Buddha’s attainment. But has something gotten lost in translation?

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi in conversation with Matthew Abrahams

Summer 2021

bhikkhu bodhi peace. palms holding a small pink flower

Teachings Awake in the World

Fostering Peace, Inside and Out

A Theravada monk and scholar outlines three steps toward real peace, and the role of our spiritual practice in achieving it.

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Jan 01, 2019

buddhist political engagement, Buddha inside the White House

Magazine | Column

A Call to Conscience

Theravada monk Bhikkhu Bodhi calls for the emergence of a collective Buddhist voice of conscience.

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Fall 2018

TeachingsMagazine |

What are The Four Noble Truths?

Our guide to understanding the concepts of Impermanence and the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism, which structure the entire teaching of the Buddha.

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Ideas Climate Change

On Hope and Hype

Reflections on a New Year’s tradition

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Jan 12, 2016

Ideas Climate Change

Climate Change Is a Moral Issue

A Buddhist response to Pope Francis’s climate change encyclical

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Jun 18, 2015

Magazine | Brief Teachings

The Role of Faith

Select wisdom from sources old and new

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Winter 2014

Ideas Climate Change

Moving from a Culture of Death to a Culture of Life

A mere change in technologies will not suffice to avert climate change.

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Aug 14, 2014

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Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

The Simile of the Lump of Foam

In Defense of “Enlightenment”

Fostering Peace, Inside and Out

A Call to Conscience

What are The Four Noble Truths?

On Hope and Hype

Climate Change Is a Moral Issue

The Role of Faith

Moving from a Culture of Death to a Culture of Life

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