• The Discourse On Right View, Sammaditthi Sutta And Commentary (Tr.)

• The Root Of Existence. Mulapariyaya Sutta And Its Commentaries (Tr.)

• The Great Discourse On Causation. Mahanidana Sutta And Its Commentaries (Tr.)

• All-Embracing Net Of Views. Brahmajala Sutta And Its Commentaries (Tr.)

• Discourse On The Fruits Of Recluseship Samanaphala Sutta And Its Commentaries (Tr.)

• The Connected Discourses Of The Buddha: A New Translation Of The Samyutta Nikaya ; Translated From The Pali (Tr.)

• The Middle Length Discourses Of The Buddha: A New Translation Of The Majjhima Nikaya (Ed. With Bhikkhu Nanamoli (Tr.)

• Numerical Discourses Of The Buddha [ (Tr.) With Nyanaponika Thera (Tr.) ]

• Dana, The Practice Of Giving

• Nourishing The Roots

• Going For Refuge And Taking The Precepts

• The Noble Eightfold Path

• The Lion's Roar

• Maha Kaccana, Master Of Doctrinal Exposition

• Buddha And His Doctrine

• A Comprehensive Manual Of Abhidhamma

• Transcendental Dependent Arising

• Nyanaponika, A Farewell Tribute (Ed.)

• Great Disciples Of The Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy [ (Ed.) With Nyanaponika (Co.), Hellmuth Hecker (Co.) ]
  
   

American born bhikkhu, contemporary Pali scholar and translator.

Read Bhikkhu Bodhi for a fresh reading of translational work of the Theravada Canonical Text. His approach is extremely clear, precise, comprehensive, smooth and balanced which makes learning and reflection of the sacred texts a joy.


Born as Jeffrey Block in 1944 in New York City, of Jewish parentage.
 

Educated in Brooklyn College where he obtained his BA in Philosophy (1966), and obtained his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School (1972).
 

Interested in Buddhism since his years in junior college. Received his first instruction on Buddhism from a Vietnamese monk, Thich Giac Duc, at the Vietnamese Buddhist Church of America, Washington, and ordained by him as a novice in 1967.
 

Ordained as a novice in the Theravada tradition in 1972 in Sri Lanka by Ven. Ananda Mettreya Mahanayaka Thera, a famous Theravada monk and six months later received his higher ordination. In 1975, he traveled to India and met Ven. Buddharakkhita. In late 1975 he went back to Sri Lanka and stayed with Ven. Nyanaponika near the Forest Hermitage.
 

In 1977 he returned to the United States and spent nearly 2 years at Lamaist Buddhist Monastery of Geshe Wangyal and 3 years at Washington Buddhist Vihara. In 1982 he returned to Sri Lanka and spent periods in meditation training at Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya. Stayed with Bhikkhu Nyanaponika at the Forest Hermitage, Kandy and succeeded Bhikkhu Nyanaponika as the editor and president of the Buddhist Publication Society, 1984 and 1988 respectively, until 2003. During this period, 1985 onwards, he was extensively engaged in both translation and editing existing translation works of the Pali Canon.