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Bhikkhu Bodhi

(1944) Buddhist Monk United States

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Bhikkhu Bodhi is a Buddhist monk from the United States, best known for The Great Discourse on Causation.

Quick Facts About Bhikkhu Bodhi

Born: December 10, 1944
Nationality: United States
Profession: Buddhist Monk
Notable works: The Great Discourse on Causation

About Bhikkhu Bodhi

Jeffrey Block, better known as Bhikkhu Bodhi, is an American Theravada monk ordained in Sri Lanka who teaches in the area of New York and New Jersey. He is an author and Buddhist commentator and was appointed the second president of the Buddhist Publication Society. He is also the president of the Buddhist Association of America and the founder of Buddhist Global Relief.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Bhikkhu Bodhi

“Good friendship, in Buddhism, means considerably more than associating with people that one finds amenable and who share one's interests. It means…

Bad friend

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“Like a lake unruffled by any breeze, the concentrated mind is a faithful reflector that mirrors whatever is placed before it exactly…

Psychology

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By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid…

Authority

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“We have to be prepared and willing to discover what is true even at the cost of our comfort. For real security…

Cybersecurity

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“Truthful speech provides, in the sphere of interpersonal communication, a parallel to wisdom in the sphere of private understanding.”

Communication

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“For the Buddha, the key to liberation is mental purity and correct understanding, and for this reason he rejects the notion that…

Buddhism

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“Mindfulness brings to light experience in its pure immediacy. It reveals the object as it is before it has been plastered over…

Mental health

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“Samādhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification.”

Focus

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“The mind itself—the seemingly solid, stable mind—dissolves into a stream of cittas flashing in and out of being moment by moment, coming…

Psychology

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“A spiritual tradition is not a shallow stream in which one can wet one’s feet and then beat a quick retreat to…

Religion

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“One-pointedness of mind explains the fact that in any act of consciousness there is a central point of focus, towards which the…

Focus

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“The choice of a spiritual path is closer to marriage: one wants a partner for life, one whose companionship will prove as…

Friendship

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Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective…

Built

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“The Buddha teaches that feeling is an inseparable concomitant of consciousness, since every act of knowing is coloured by some affective tone.”

Philosophy of Mind

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“Delusion (moha) means mental darkness: the thick coat of insensitivity which blocks out clear understanding.”

Learning

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“The tool the Buddha holds out to free the mind from desire is understanding.”

Psychology

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“Buddhism, with its non-theistic framework, grounds its ethics, not on the notion of obedience, but on that of harmony.”

Buddhism

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