Topic: “Putting Compassion in Action: the Dharma as a force for the greater good”
菩提長老 《慈心慈行: 佛法與公益》
Date: June 19 2011, Sunday, 2 pm
Place: Woo Ju Memorial Library
Speaker: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
Online Sign up (closed)
Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk since late 1972. He was the editor for the Buddhist Publication Society in Kandy, Sri Lanka, from 1984 until 2002. He has edited Ven. Nyanamoli’s translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha), translated the Samyutta Nikaya (Connected Discourses of the Buddha), and compiled an anthology of suttas from the Pali Canon (In the Buddha’s Words). His works are studied across different continents. His understanding and teaching about Buddhism are appreciated by many Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. In recent years, he has turned his attention to the issue of world poverty.
In 2008, together with his students, they founded “Buddhist Global Relief” (BGR) to assist people throughout the world afflicted with chronic hunger. BGR has worked together with other organizations on many projects in South Asia, Central Asia, and Africa. Last year (2010), Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, representing Buddhist Global Relief, attended a meeting at the White House to prepare a framework for interfaith collaboration on global development, health, and poverty alleviation.
In this talk, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi will speak about various ways that people can express compassion and put it into action. In the end of the talk, he will also give a slide show presentation on the work of Buddhist Global Relief.
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Fees: The program is open to the public without charge. Donations are welcome.
美國佛教會和如圖書館
The Buddhist Association of the United States – Woo Ju Memorial Library
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