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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. ==Life== 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.〔 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,〔 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,〔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 Maha Thera (1914–1998)".〕 Bodhi was appointed English-language editor of the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS, Sri Lanka) and, in 1988, became its president.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bps.lk/aboutus.php )〕〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bps.lk/newletter_pdf/nl_59.pdf )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.buddhanet.net/budmsg.htm )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bodhimonastery.org/ven-bhikkhu-bodhi.html )〕 Bhikkhu Bodhi is founder of the organisation Buddhist Global Relief, which fights hunger across the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Buddhist Global Relief )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bhikkhu Bodhi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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