Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk originally from New York City. Ordained in 1972 in Sri Lanka, where he lived for over twenty years, he was the long-time president and chief editor for the Buddhist Publication Society in Kandy. He currently resides at Chuang Yen Monastery in upstate New York. Renowned for his systematic and elegant translations of Buddhist texts, Venerable Bodhi has many important publications to his credit, including The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony, and In the Buddha's Words.