In 2000, at the United Nations' first official Vesak celebration, Bodhi gave the keynote address.[6]
In 2002, after retiring as editor of BPS,[3] Bodhi returned to the United States. He currently teaches at Bodhi Monastery (Lafayette Township, New Jersey) and Chuang Yen Monastery (Carmel, New York) and is the chairman of the Yin Shun Foundation.[2]
Bhikkhu Bodhi is founder of the organisation Buddhist Global Relief, which fights hunger across the world