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Bhante (Pali; Burmese: ဘန္တေ, pronounced; Sanskrit: bhavantaḥ), [1] sometimes also Bhadanta, is a respectful title used to address Buddhist monks, nuns, and superiors, especially in the Theravada tradition. In English, the term is often translated as Venerable. [2]
He is affectionately known as Bhante G. [1] Bhante Gunaratana is currently the abbot of the Bhavana Society, a monastery and meditation retreat center that he founded in High View, West Virginia, in 1985. [2] [3] [4] He is the author of the bestselling meditation guide Mindfulness in Plain English (1992).
A Definition Etymology In other languages abhidhamma A category of scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena abhi is "above" or "about", dhamma is "teaching" Pāli: abhidhamma Sanskrit: abhidharma Bur: အဘိဓမ္မာ abhidhamma Khmer: អភិធម្ម âphĭthômm Tib: ཆོས་མངོན་པ ...
Bhante Vimalaramsi taught meditation directly from the Suttas of the Pali Canon. [16] He considered the most workable English translation to be the work of Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi and Ven. Nanamoli. [17] Generally, Bhante Vimalaramsi placed first emphasis on the Suttas and referenced the commentarial works only where they agree with the Suttas. [9]
English Title Description MN 1 Mūlapannāsapāli - The Root Fifty Discourses: Mūlapariyāya Vagga - The Division of the Discourse on the Root Mulapariyaya Sutta: The Root Sequence: The Buddha examines how the notion of a permanent self emerges from the process of perception.
Matthew Flickstein is a teacher of insight meditation.He was formerly a psychotherapist, and at one time was ordained as a Buddhist monk in the Theravada tradition. . Flickstein’s primary teacher has been the Venerable Bhante Henepola Guna
Samdach Vira Dharmawara Bellong Mahathera (February 12, 1889 – June 26, 1999), also known simply as Bhante Dharmawara, was a Cambodian-born Theravada monk and teacher who died at the age of 110. [ 2 ]
Sudarshan Mahasthavir Shri Kirti Vihara, Kirtipur. Sudarshan Mahasthavir (Nepali: सुदर्शन महास्थविर) (alternative name: Sudarshan Bhante, born Lumbini Raj Shakya) (1938–2002) was a Nepalese Buddhist monk and author who played a major role in the development of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal and Nepal Bhasa literature.