“You Speak, Bhante…” – My Latest Interview with the Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi for MahaSangha News
by Danny Fisher
Please check out a recap of Buddhist Global Relief’s participation at the latest Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty (CIFA) by the Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi — the well-known and prodigious translator of Pali Buddhist texts into English, and founder of Buddhist Global Relief — for MahaSangha News. Here’s a snippet:
The first part of the meeting was devoted to an overview of the draft, followed by a lengthy discussion of the document among the participants. Kim and I kept silent during the early part of the discussion, regarding this as an opportunity to listen and learn. But after most members had spoken, the executive director of CIFA, Jean Duff, looked up at Kim and me and said: “I would like to hear what our representatives from Buddhist Global Relief have to say.” Kim turned to me and said to me: “You speak, bhante.” I rose to my feet, a bit apprehensive about speaking before people who knew much more about this field than I do. But, screwing up my courage, I called attention to something I could not find in the draft but which I know from our BGR work is critical in helping impoverished communities emerge from poverty.
Read the whole thing here.
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