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Bhante is a gender-neutral term, and may be used to address both monks and nuns. It is the vocative form of the word bhadanta , which confers recognition of greatness and respect. [ 3 ] The Nepali terms bare and bande have the same derivation and are used to address Buddhist clergy. [ 4 ]
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk. 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.
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 ...
The Triratna Buddhist Community, formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO), is an international fellowship [1] of Buddhists.It was founded in the UK in 1967 by Sangharakshita (born Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood) [1] and describes itself as "an international network dedicated to communicating Buddhist truths in ways appropriate to the modern world". [2]
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]
A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, romanized: bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. [1] Male, and female monastics (), are members of the Sangha (Buddhist community).
Bhikkhu Analayo has stated that the historicity of the gurudharmas is "a rather doubtful matter" [11] but notes that they are present in all Vinayas. [11] He says When evaluated from the viewpoint of their narrative context, it seems clear that the formulations of the gurudharma concerning bhikṣuṇī ordination found in the Mūlasarvāstivāda, Sarvāstivāda, and Saṃmitīya Vinayas ...
Bhante Sujato, in his study of the Buddhist sectarian literature, notes how the passages depicting the Third council in the Sudassanavinayavibhāsā does not mention the compilation of the Kathāvatthu by Moggaliputtatissa, but that later works such as the Samantapāsādikā and Kathāvatthu-aṭṭhakathā add this attribution.