ANGUTTARA NIKAYA
by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, received a special honor in late April when he was informed that his translation of the Anguttara Nikaya, The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, was
chosen to receive the 2013 Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding
Translation Work. The prize was established by the well-known Bhutanese
lama, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, founder and chairman of the Khyentse
Foundation. The purpose of the prize is “encouraging and honoring
excellence in translation works that make the Buddhist heritage
accessible to a broader public.” The Khyentse Foundation board set up
the prize in 2011 and Ven. Bodhi’s translation was the second work to
receive it. The prize’s selection committee is made of five Buddhist
scholars: Naomi Appleton, Sarah McClintock, Tom Tillemans, Paul
Harrison, and Peter Skilling. Peter Skilling is also the chair of the
committee.
The $8,000 prize will be divided into two even portions. One portion of
$4,000 is to be used to send sets of the four Nikayas, in English
translation, to libraries, monasteries, and other institutions around
the world. The other $4,000 was donated to BGR (Buddhist Global Relief) to fund projects in food
aid, agricultural development, education, and right livelihood training.
