{"id":1429,"date":"2026-05-08T12:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.com\/?page_id=1429"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:56:39","slug":"bhante-henepola-gunaratana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/bhante-henepola-gunaratana\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhante Henepola Gunaratana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(20.515px, 1.282rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.419), 33px);\">Biographie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1430\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le V\u00e9n\u00e9rable Henepola Gunaratana a re\u00e7u l&rsquo;ordination de moine bouddhiste \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de douze ans au Sri Lanka. En 1947, \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de vingt ans, il re\u00e7ut l&rsquo;ordination sup\u00e9rieure. Apr\u00e8s avoir termin\u00e9 son cursus universitaire, il voyagea en Inde pendant cinq ans, se consacrant \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s de caract\u00e8re social aupr\u00e8s des Harijana (\u00ab\u00a0intouchables\u00a0\u00bb) de Sanchi, Delhi et Bombay. Il passa ensuite dix ann\u00e9es en Malaisie, au titre de conseiller aupr\u00e8s de plusieurs organisations bouddhistes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 1968, il alla aux \u00c9tats-Unis pour \u00eatre secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la <em>Buddhist Vihara Society <\/em>de Washington, dont il devint le pr\u00e9sident en 1980.<br>De 1968 \u00e0 1980, il donna des cours sur le bouddhisme et dirigea des retraites de m\u00e9ditation aux \u00c9tats-Unis, au Canada, en Europe, en Australie, en Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande, en Afrique et en Asie. Il a aussi publi\u00e9 plusieurs ouvrages disponibles en langue fran\u00e7aise (voir notre rubrique \u00ab\u00a0Livres conseill\u00e9s\u00a0\u00bb).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Son livre <em>M\u00e9diter au quotidien<\/em> a \u00e9t\u00e9 traduit en une vingtaine de langues et publi\u00e9 dans le monde entier. Une traduction abr\u00e9g\u00e9e en tha\u00ef a \u00e9t\u00e9 choisie pour faire partie du programme des coll\u00e8ges dans toute la Tha\u00eflande.<br><br>Depuis 1982, le V\u00e9n\u00e9rable Gunaratana &#8211; affectueusement appel\u00e9 Bhante G (prononc\u00e9 dji) &#8211; est pr\u00e9sident de la Bhavana Society, monast\u00e8re de for\u00eat et centre de retraite pr\u00e8s de la vall\u00e9e de Shenandoah dans l&rsquo;\u00e9tat de Virginie-Occidentale (USA), monast\u00e8re dont il a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019un des co-fondateurs et o\u00f9 il r\u00e9side. Il a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 voyager avec plaisir \u00e0 travers le monde pour donner des conf\u00e9rences et diriger des retraites. Depuis quelques ann\u00e9es il se repose dans son propre monast\u00e8re et en assure la p\u00e9rennit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(20.515px, 1.282rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.419), 33px);text-transform:none\">Textes sur ce site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/bhante-gunaratana-la-meditation-vipassana-extrait\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1436\">La m\u00e9ditation <em>vipassana<\/em> (extraits de la retraite)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/pdf-bhante-gunaratana-la-meditation-vipassana-retraite-complete\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1441\">La m\u00e9ditation vipassana &#8211; PDF de la retraite compl\u00e8te<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/objectifs-de-la-meditation\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1447\">Objectifs de la m\u00e9ditation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/meditation-metta\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1452\">M\u00e9ditation Metta<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/marana-sati-meditation-sur-la-mort\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1456\"><em>Marana sati<\/em> &#8211; M\u00e9ditation sur la mort<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/lattention-aux-ressentis\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1460\">L&rsquo;attention aux ressentis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/lattention-purifie-la-perception\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1463\">L&rsquo;attention purifie la perception<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/huit-etapes-conscientes-vers-metta\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1467\">Huit \u00e9tapes conscientes vers Metta<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/comment-accueillir-langoisse-et-la-peur\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1471\">Comment accueillir l&rsquo;angoisse et la peur<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.com\/index.php\/lattention-doit-saccompagner-de-sagesse\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1474\" rel=\"noopener\">L&rsquo;attention doit s&rsquo;accompagner <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/lattention-doit-saccompagner-de-sagesse\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1474\">de<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.com\/index.php\/lattention-doit-saccompagner-de-sagesse\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1474\" rel=\"noopener\"> sagesse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biographie Le V\u00e9n\u00e9rable Henepola Gunaratana a re\u00e7u l&rsquo;ordination de moine bouddhiste \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de douze ans au Sri Lanka. En 1947, \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de vingt ans, il re\u00e7ut l&rsquo;ordination sup\u00e9rieure. Apr\u00e8s avoir termin\u00e9 son cursus universitaire, il voyagea en Inde pendant cinq ans, se consacrant \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s de caract\u00e8re social aupr\u00e8s des Harijana (\u00ab\u00a0intouchables\u00a0\u00bb) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1429","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2972,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429\/revisions\/2972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhammadelaforet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}