Akṣayamati and Śāntideva

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Akṣayamati and Śāntideva
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Japanese publication analyzing the names Akṣayamati and Śāntideva as the author of different versions of the Bodhicaryāvatāra. This research is a contributing chapter in the book Eastern Buddhism, Its Formation and Development: Volume in Honour of Prof. K. Kimura on His Sixtieth Birthday.
Citation
Saito, Akira. "Akṣayamati and Śāntideva." In Higashi Ajia Bukkyō, Sono Seiritsu to Tenkai: Kimura Kiyotaka Hakushi Kanreki Kinen Ronshū (Eastern Buddhism, Its Formation and Development: Volume in Honour of Prof. K. Kimura on His Sixtieth Birthday), 533–51. Tokyo: Shunjūsha, 2002.
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Classical WorksAbout this item
An "Introduction to Bodhisattva Practice," the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra is a poem about the path of a bodhisattva, in ten chapters, written by the Indian Buddhist Śāntideva (fl. c. 685–763). One of the masterpieces of world literature, it is a core text of Mahāyāna Buddhism and continues to be taught, studied, and commented upon in many languages and by many traditions around the world. The main subject of the text is bodhicitta, the altruistic aspiration for enlightenment, and the path and practices of the bodhisattva, the six perfections (pāramitās). The text forms the basis of many contemporary discussions of Buddhist ethics and philosophy.