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Bhikkhu Bodhi's Dharma Talks
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk originally from New York City. He lived as a monk in Sri Lanka for 24 years and now lives at Chuang Yen Monastery in upstate New York. Ven. Bodhi has many important publications to his credit, either as author, translator or editor, including The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Majjhima Nikaya, 1995) and The Connected Discourses of the Buddha (Samyutta Nikaya, 2000). A full translation of the Anguttara Nikaya is due out in 2011. In 2008 he founded Buddhist Global Relief, a Buddhist organization dedicated to providing relief from poverty and hunger among impoverished communities worldwide.
2017-04-09 Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta Sunday Morning 63:26
New York Insight Meditation Center Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta with Bhikkhu Bodhi
2017-04-08 Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta Saturday Afternoon part 2 1:27:58
New York Insight Meditation Center Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta with Bhikkhu Bodhi
2017-04-08 Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta Saturday Afternoon part 1 64:10
New York Insight Meditation Center Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta with Bhikkhu Bodhi
2017-04-08 Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta Saturday Morning 57:19
New York Insight Meditation Center Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta with Bhikkhu Bodhi
2017-04-07 Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta Friday Evening 1:24:37
New York Insight Meditation Center Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta with Bhikkhu Bodhi
2014-03-12 Teachings on the Samyutta Nikaya and an approach to sutta study: A Conversation with Bhikkhu Bodhi 1:56:36
In this conversational interview between Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi, Shaila Catherine, and students in Insight Meditation South Bay's online Samyutta Nikaya course (www.imsb.org), Bhikkhu Bodhi offers teachings that illuminate the collection of suttas known as the Connected Discourses of the Buddha. Venerable Bodhi explains the historical background of this collection, comments on the cosmological world view embraced by early Buddhism, and offers skillful tips for studying the Discourses. He recommends approaching this collection as an exposition of the Four Noble Truths. He shares insights gained through his translation process, including his reflections regarding the choice to translate certain terms such as dukkha (as suffering or unsatisfactoriness), rupa (as form or materiality), and nibbida (as disenchantment or revulsion). The conversation explores the historical influence of the commentarial texts, and Bhikkhu Bodhi offers practical advise for both the beginner and seasoned reader of the Buddha's teachings. He recommends that readers take notes as they read, and nurture the five steps of contemplation: 1) listening to the teachings, 2) retain in mind what was heard, 3) repeat the teaching verbally, 4) examine the teaching with the mind, 5) penetrate it well with insight. The discussion concludes with reflections on how to approach a study of the Numbered Discourses of the Buddha (The Anguttara Nikaya).
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
2012-11-08 What’s Going on in the Abhidhamma? part 4 69:51
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4
2012-11-08 What’s Going on in the Abhidhamma? part 3 64:04
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4
2012-11-08 From the Nikāyas to the Abhidhamma part 2 56:28
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4
2012-11-08 From the Nikāyas to the Abhidhamma part 1 50:30
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dedicated Practitioners Program 4

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