Mahabodhi was born in Hull, England in 1954. He went to Manchester University in the 1970s where he first learned meditation.  An early interest in buddhism became more concrete in 1988 when he came across the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (now the Triratna Buddhist Community) at the West London Buddhist Centre and began practicing meditation and Buddhism. He was ordained as Mahabodhi in 1997. A populist by inclination, he has been inspired to try to make Buddhism more accessible.  This has manifested in his work in developing the understanding and practice of ritual and imagination at the Manchester Buddhist Centre and the Buddhafield Festival and his current project: a clarification of the meaning of mindfulness in the Buddhist tradition.  He teaches at the Manchester Buddhist Centre.

About Mahabodhi

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