Exploring the Word of the Buddha

A Study Course in the Pali Suttas

with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

The Pali suttas are one of our oldest sources for the original teachings of the Buddha, who lived and taught in India in the fifth century B.C.

This course will focus on a systematic study of the suttas, using as a primary textbook Bhikkhu Bodhi’s anthology, In the Buddha’s Words. The course will aim to reveal the scope and depth of the Buddha’s original teachings, which cover a wide variety of topics ranging from family life and marriage to ethics, mind-training, insight, and liberation. The course will be suitable both for relative newcomers to Buddhism as well as for more advanced students who wish to study the Dharma from the most ancient sources.

Basic text: Bhikkhu Bodhi, editor: In the Buddha’s Words (Wisdom Publications).

Note: For the first class students should read, In the Buddha’s Words Introduction and Chapter one.

Schedules:

Saturday mornings Time: 9:30am ~ 11:00am
Sept. 08 / Oct. 06 / Nov. 03 / Dec. 01
Sept. 15 / Oct. 13 / Nov. 17 / Dec. 15
Sept. 29 / Oct. 27
Place : Woo Ju Memorial Library

Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi is originally from New York City and obtained a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School in 1972. In late 1972, he traveled to Sri Lanka, where he was ordained as a Buddhist monk. He was the editor for the Buddhist Publication Society in Kandy, Sri Lanka, from 1984 until 2002. He has edited Ven. Nanamoli's translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, 1995), translated the Samyutta Nikaya (Connected Discourses of the Buddha, 2000), and compiled an anthology of suttas from the Pali Canon (In the Buddha's Words, 2005). From 2002 to early 2007 he lived at Bodhi Monastery in Sussex County, New Jersey. He now resides at Chuang Yen Monastery.

To register for the class please call:

1. Ven. Sudharma Tel: (845) 225-1819 x 115 Email:

2. Alan Mills Tel: (617) 332-1046 Email:

3. Elaine Heffernan Tel: (914) 276-0548 Email:

Location: Chuang Yen Monastery, 2020 Route 301, Carmel, NY 10512

There is no charge for the courses. Donations for the monastery are welcome.