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Sāmanera Bodhesako
Sāmanera Bodhesako
Personal life
Nationality	American
Other names	Vinayadhara, Ñāṇasuci
Religious life
Religion	Theravada
Senior posting
Teacher	Ñāṇavīra Thera
Website	www.nanavira.org

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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 Getting Off: A Portrait.) After leaving 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 This book contains all the known published and unpublished essays by S. Bodhesako: Beginnings, Change, The Buddha and Catch-22, The Myth of Sisyphus, Faith, and Being and Craving.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

Editor

Clearing the Path - The Writings of Ñāṇavīra Thera

Writings

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.
Faith: A Meditation and a Homily
The Buddha and Catch-22 Published in 1987 by the BPS in the Bodhi Leaves series as No. 110.
The Myth of Sisyphus: A Cycle
Being and Craving
Getting Off: A Portrait - Autobiography
Stringhoppers and Rabbitholes - Collected letters

Translation

Dhammapada in English Verse

External links

[1] - Nanavira Thera Dhamma Page
[2] - Writings of Ven. Bodhesako at Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page

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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|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''' ('''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]].
 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.)
 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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 * [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/9280/go1-1.htm Getting Off: A Portrait] - Autobiography
 * [http://bodhesako.blogspot.com Stringhoppers and Rabbitholes] - Collected letters
 '''Translation'''
 * [http://en.suttas.net/suttas/khuddaka-nikaya/dhammapada/index.php Dhammapada in English Verse]
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