# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhikkhu-bodhi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:24:04.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhikkhu-bodhi"
name: "Bhikkhu Bodhi"
slug: "bhikkhu-bodhi"
description: "Jeffrey Block, better known as Bhikkhu Bodhi, is an American Theravada monk ordained in Sri Lanka who teaches in the area of New York and New Jersey. He is an author and Buddhist commentator and was appointed the second president of the Buddhist Publication Society. He is also the president of the Buddhist Association of America and the founder of Buddhist Global Relief."
tagline: "American Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bhikku_Bodhi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1944-12-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump