Ven. Bhikkhu. Bodhi Dhamma is a Buddhist monk under whose guidance the activities of the monastery will run. Bhikkhu. Bodhi Dhamma was born and brought up in a village near Neyveli, Tamil Nadu.

 

Bhante did his schooling from the same village and Engineering & M.Tech. from Chennai. He worked as Assistant Professor in various engineering colleges. Alongside, to quench his spiritual thirst, he devoted around 8 years practising various kinds of Yoga and meditation under many Hindu gurus (teachers). Bhante also did MA in yoga under Vethathiri maharishi.

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After learning about Vipassana Meditation as taught by S N Goenkaji, dedicatedly started practicing and immersed himself completely in Buddhist meditation by attending many lengthy retreats and did service for 7 years.

 

As his faith and curiosity in Teachings of the Buddha increased, his search for monastic life began in India and continued to Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka, where he stayed and practised in various monasteries.

 

Finally, his 3 years long search came to an end in 2019 when he came across a group of monks in The Srilankan Forest Tradition. There he was ordained as a novice initially and eventually as a Bhikkhu (Monk). Bhante learnt, practised and did research on Buddha’s teachings with monks highly evolved in meditation. He is a polyglot, he knows English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sinhala and Pali.

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That is the journey of Ven. Bhikkhu. Bodhi Dhamma.