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{{Short description|American Theravada Buddhist monk}}
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|date of birth = 1939
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|place of birth = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], [[USA]]
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|date of death = 1988
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'''[[Samanera|Sāmanera]] Bodhesako''' ('''Robert Smith''', known also as ''Ven. Vinayadhara'' and ''Ven. Ñāṇasuci'' in his early monastic life) was an American [[Buddhist monk]]. Born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], in 1939, he studied at the [[University of Iowa]], specializing in Literature and Creative Writing. He embraced [[Buddhism]] in 1966 in [[India]], where he was ordained at the Bengal Buddhist Association of [[Calcutta]], and spent several years as a monk in [[Island Hermitage]] and elsewhere in [[Sri Lanka]]. (His autobiography of his early monastic life can be found in the book called [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/9280/go1-1.htm ''Getting Off: A Portrait''].) After leaving the robe in 1971, in 1980 he again took ordination, this time in [[Thailand]] under the [[Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana|Venerable Somdet Ñāṇasamvara]] ([[Supreme Patriarch of Thailand]]) of [[Wat Bovornives]]. In 1982 he returned to [[Sri Lanka]], living mostly in the upcountry region of Bandarawela. In 1988, while on a return journey to the [[United States]] to join his father for the latter's eightieth birthday celebration, Ven. Bodhesako died from a sudden intestinal [[hernia]] while in [[Kathmandu]].
'''[[Samanera|Sāmanera]] Bodhesako''' (born '''Robert Smith''', 1939–1988; known also as ''Ven. Vinayadhara'' and ''Ven. Ñāṇasuci'' in his early monastic life) was an American [[Buddhist monk]]. Born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], in 1939, he studied at the [[University of Iowa]], specializing in Literature and Creative Writing. He embraced [[Buddhism]] in 1966 in India, where he was ordained at the [[Bengal Buddhist Association]] of [[Calcutta]], and spent several years as a monk in [[Island Hermitage]] and elsewhere in [[Sri Lanka]]. (His autobiography of his early monastic life can be found in the book called ''Getting Off: A Portrait''.) After taking off the robe in 1971, in 1980 he again took ordination, this time in [[Thailand]] under the [[Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana|Venerable Somdet Ñāṇasamvara]] ([[Supreme Patriarch of Thailand]]) of [[Wat Bovornives]]. In 1982 he returned to [[Sri Lanka]], living mostly in the upcountry region of Bandarawela. In 1988, while on a return journey to the United States to join his father for the latter's eightieth birthday celebration, Ven. Bodhesako died from a sudden intestinal [[hernia]] while in [[Kathmandu]].


During the last years of his life he founded the [[Path Press]] for which he edited [http://nanavira.110mb.com/ctp_intro.htm Clearing the Path]: Writings of Ñāṇavīra Thera (Colombo, 1987). For the BPS he edited [http://www.bps.lk/wheels_library/wh_339_341.html The Tragic, the comic and the Personal]: Selected Letters of Ñāṇavīra Thera (Wheel Publication series No. 339–41, 1987.)
During the last years of his life he founded the [[Path Press]] for which he edited [http://nanavira.org/index.php/plus/books/29-clearing-the-path Clearing the Path]: Writings of Ñāṇavīra Thera (Colombo, 1987). For the [[Buddhist Publication Society|BPS]] he edited [http://www.bps.lk/library-search-select.php?id=wh339 The Tragic, the comic and the Personal]: Selected Letters of Ñāṇavīra Thera (Wheel Publication series No. 339–41, 1987.)
In 2008 BPS published '''Beginnings: Collected Essays by S. Bodhesako'''. This book contains all the known published and unpublished essays by S. Bodhesako: Beginnings, Change, The Buddha and Catch-22, The Myth of Sisyphus, Faith, and Being and Craving.
In 2008 BPS published [https://books.google.com/books?id=jf-eoYD_DPUC Beginnings: Collected Essays by S. Bodhesako]. This book contains all the known published and unpublished essays by S. Bodhesako: Beginnings, Change, The Buddha and Catch-22, The Myth of Sisyphus, Faith, and Being and Craving.


== Work ==
== Work ==

'''Editor'''
'''Editor'''
* [http://nanavira.110mb.com/ctp_intro.htm Clearing the Path] - The Writings of [[Nanavira Thera|Ñāṇavīra Thera]]
* [http://nanavira.org/index.php/plus/books/29-clearing-the-path Clearing the Path] - The Writings of [[Nanavira Thera|Ñāṇavīra Thera]]


'''Writings'''
'''Writings'''
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/change/ Change] - An examination of impermanence in experience. Published in 1988 by Path Press, Colombo.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=jf-eoYD_DPUC Beginnings: Collected Essays by S. Bodhesako]
:* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/change/ Change] - An examination of impermanence in experience. Published in 1988 by Path Press, Colombo.
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/beginnings-the-pali-suttas/ Beginnings: The Pali Suttas] - Discussion of beginnings of Pali Canon. Published in 1987 in the Wheel Publication series No. 313–315 by the BPS.
:* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/beginnings-the-pali-suttas/ Beginnings: The Pali Suttas] - Discussion of beginnings of Pali Canon. Published in 1987 in the Wheel Publication series No. 313–315 by the BPS.
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/faith-a-meditation-and-a-homily-1/ Faith: A Meditation and a Homily]
:* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/faith-a-meditation-and-a-homily-1/ Faith: A Meditation and a Homily]
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/the-buddha-and-the-catch-22/ The Buddha and Catch-22] Published in 1987 by the BPS in the Bodhi Leaves series as No. 110.
:* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/the-buddha-and-the-catch-22/ The Buddha and Catch-22] Published in 1987 by the BPS in the Bodhi Leaves series as No. 110.
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/the-myth-of-sisyphus-a-cycle/ The Myth of Sisyphus: A Cycle]
:* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/the-myth-of-sisyphus-a-cycle/ The Myth of Sisyphus: A Cycle]
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/being-and-craving/ Being and Craving]
:* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/being-and-craving/ Being and Craving]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/9280/go1-1.htm Getting Off: A Portrait] - Autobiography
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000607081625/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/9280/go1-1.htm |date=June 7, 2000 |title=Getting Off: A Portrait }} - Autobiography
* [http://bodhesako.blogspot.com Stringhoppers and Rabbitholes] - Collected letters
* [http://bodhesako.blogspot.com Stringhoppers and Rabbitholes] - Collected letters


'''Translation'''
'''Translation'''
* [http://en.suttas.net/suttas/khuddaka-nikaya/dhammapada/index.php Dhammapada in English Verse]
* [http://en.suttas.net/suttas/khuddaka-nikaya/dhammapada/index.php Dhammapada in English Verse]
'''Published Work'''
* [http://www.pathpresspublications.com/en/page/books/detail/17/Getting_Off Getting Off, A Portrait of an American Buddhist Monk], Path Press Publications, 2012, {{ISBN|9789460900051}}
* [http://www.pathpresspublications.com/en/page/books/detail/5/Stringhoppers_and_Rabbitholes Stringhoppers and Rabbitholes, Letters of a Wayfarer], Path Press Publications, 2013, {{ISBN|9789460900068}}
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/change/ Change] - An examination of impermanence in experience. Published in 1988 by Path Press, Colombo.
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/beginnings-the-pali-suttas/ Beginnings: The Pali Suttas] - Discussion of beginnings of Pali Canon. Published in 1987 in the Wheel Publication series No. 313–315 by the BPS.
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/the-buddha-and-the-catch-22/ The Buddha and Catch-22] Published in 1987 by the BPS in the Bodhi Leaves series as No. 110.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/] - Writings of Ven. Bodhesako at Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page
* [http://pathpress.wordpress.com/bodhesako/] - Writings of Ven. Bodhesako at Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page


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Latest revision as of 00:37, 28 December 2024

Sāmanera Bodhesako
Personal life
Born
Robert Smith

1939
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died1988
NationalityAmerican
Other namesVinayadhara, Ñāṇasuci
Religious life
ReligionTheravada
Senior posting
TeacherÑāṇavīra Thera
Websitewww.nanavira.org www.pathpress.org

Sāmanera Bodhesako (born Robert Smith, 1939–1988; known also as Ven. Vinayadhara and Ven. Ñāṇasuci in his early monastic life) was an American Buddhist monk. Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1939, he studied at the University of Iowa, specializing in Literature and Creative Writing. He embraced Buddhism in 1966 in India, where he was ordained at the Bengal Buddhist Association of Calcutta, and spent several years as a monk in Island Hermitage and elsewhere in Sri Lanka. (His autobiography of his early monastic life can be found in the book called Getting Off: A Portrait.) After taking off the robe in 1971, in 1980 he again took ordination, this time in Thailand under the Venerable Somdet Ñāṇasamvara (Supreme Patriarch of Thailand) of Wat Bovornives. In 1982 he returned to Sri Lanka, living mostly in the upcountry region of Bandarawela. In 1988, while on a return journey to the United States to join his father for the latter's eightieth birthday celebration, Ven. Bodhesako died from a sudden intestinal hernia while in Kathmandu.

During the last years of his life he founded the Path Press for which he edited Clearing the Path: Writings of Ñāṇavīra Thera (Colombo, 1987). For the BPS he edited The Tragic, the comic and the Personal: Selected Letters of Ñāṇavīra Thera (Wheel Publication series No. 339–41, 1987.) In 2008 BPS published Beginnings: Collected Essays by S. Bodhesako. This book contains all the known published and unpublished essays by S. Bodhesako: Beginnings, Change, The Buddha and Catch-22, The Myth of Sisyphus, Faith, and Being and Craving.

Work

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Editor

Writings

Translation

Published Work

  • Getting Off, A Portrait of an American Buddhist Monk, Path Press Publications, 2012, ISBN 9789460900051
  • Stringhoppers and Rabbitholes, Letters of a Wayfarer, Path Press Publications, 2013, ISBN 9789460900068
  • Change - An examination of impermanence in experience. Published in 1988 by Path Press, Colombo.
  • Beginnings: The Pali Suttas - Discussion of beginnings of Pali Canon. Published in 1987 in the Wheel Publication series No. 313–315 by the BPS.
  • The Buddha and Catch-22 Published in 1987 by the BPS in the Bodhi Leaves series as No. 110.
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  • [1] - Nanavira Thera Dhamma Page
  • [2] - Writings of Ven. Bodhesako at Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page