The Most Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi shares his journey into Buddhism, beginning with encounters that led him to practice and eventually ordain as a monk. We had a chance to discuss his work translating Buddhist texts and his interpretation of key teachings like dependent origination, while sharing personal experiences with managing chronic pain through equanimity and mindfulness and much more. Take a peak!Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk originally from New York City. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University (1972). After completing his university studies he traveled to Sri Lanka, where he received novice ordination in 1972 and full ordination in 1973, both under Most Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Maha Nayaka Thera. From 1984 until 2002 he was the editor for the Buddhist Publication Society in Kandy, and its president from 1988 until 2010. Ven. Bodhi has many important publications to his credit, either as author, translator, or editor. His most recent publication is Noble Truths, Noble Path: The Heart-Essence of the Buddha’s Original Teachings (2022). Ven. Bodhi lives and teaches at Chuang Yen Monastery in upstate New York. In 2008, together with several of his students, he founded Buddhist Global Relief, a nonprofit supporting hunger and poverty relief for poor communities around the world.