Venerable Shravasti Dhammika ( Good Questions,Answers On Buddhism )

Shravasti Dhammika was born in Australia in 1951 into a Christian family and converted to Buddhism at the age of 18. In 1973 he went to Thailand with the intention of becoming a monk and from there to Laos, Burma and finally to India. For the next three years, he traveled around India learning yoga and meditation and finally ordained under Venerable Matiwella Sangharatna, the last disciple of Anagarika Dharmapala. In 1976 he went to Sri Lanka where he studied Pali at Sri Lanka Vidyalaya and later became one of the co-founders of the Nilambe Meditation Centre and one of its teachers. Since then, he has spent most of his time in Sri Lanka and Singapore. Bhante Dhammika had written over 25 books and scores of articles on Buddhism and related subjects. He is also well-known for his public talks and represented Theravada Buddhism at the European Buddhist Millennium Conference in Berlin in 2000.

Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield (born in 1945) was trained as a Buddhist Monk in Thailand,Burma and India and has taught meditation worldwide since 1974.

Biography

After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1967, he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to the Public Health Service in northeast Thailand, which is home to several of the world's oldest Buddhist forest monasteries. Here he met the Buddhist master Ajahn Chah, who became Kornfield's teacher for many years. Upon returning to the United States in 1972, Kornfield co-founded the Insigh Meditation Society in Barre,Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberd and Joseph Goldstein.

Jack Kornfield holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. He is also a founding teacher of the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California, where he currently lives and teaches.

Teachings

Kornfield has become one of the key teachers to introduce Theravada Buddhist practice to the West. For many years his work has focused on integrating and bringing alive the great Eastern spiritual teachings in an accessible way for Western students and Western society. His books, audio tapes and teachings have acted as an inspiration for countless Western students of Buddhism.

His books include Seeking the Heart of Wisdom, A Still Forest Pool, Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart, the national bestseller A Path with Heart and After the Ecstasy the Laundry as well as a number of meditation and dharma audiotapes.

Jack Kornfield lectures were featured by Joe Frank on his radio series "The Other Side."

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