Bhante Buddharakkhita
Venerable Bhante Buddharakkita was born in Uganda, Africa. He first encountered Buddhism in 1990 while studying and living in India. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk by the late Most Venerable U Silananda in 2002 at the Tathagata Meditation Center in San Jose, California. He then spent eight years under the guidance of Bhante Henepola Gunaratana at the Bhavana Society, West Virginia. He is the founder and Abbot of the Uganda Buddhist Center in Uganda.
Besides spending time at the Uganda Buddhist Center, he is a visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and he holds an Honorary Doctorate in Buddhist Studies from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Thailand. He is long-time member of Global Buddhist Relief’s advisory council in New Jersey.
He has been teaching mindfulness meditation in Africa, the U.S., and worldwide since 2005, and he is a much-loved teacher in many countries. His book, Planting Dhamma Seeds: The Emergence of Buddhism in Africa, tells the story of his religious and spiritual work in the continent of his birth.
Selected Interviews
- BPF talks Non-Violence with the Venerable Bhikkhu Buddharakkhita – Buddhist Peace Fellowship
- Buddhism Takes Root In Africa – Tricycle Magazine
- Buddhism With an African Flavour – BBC
- Overcoming Difficult Emotions in a Chaotic World — Tricycle Magazine
- What a Buddhist Monk Learned from Nearly Being Assassinated–ABC Radio
- ‘It’s not weird or foreign’: the Ugandan monk bringing Buddhism to Africa –The Guardian
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Meditation is not about the content of our lives; it’s about how we relate to our daily experiences, whatever they may be. Meditation is about waking up and seeing clearly how we’re doing, what we’re doing, and why we’re doing it. Meditation is a reality check.
Bhante Buddarakkhita
