Readings of Śāntideva's Guide to Bodhisattva Practice-Review by Harris

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Readings of Śāntideva's Guide to Bodhisattva Practice is a new collection of fourteen essays written by leading figures in the field of Buddhist Studies, each exploring an aspect of the philosophical masterpiece of the eighth century C.E. Indian Buddhist monk. Most of the chapters provide a philosophical treatment of one of the text's themes; however, the collection is interdisciplinary, with additional contributions written from the standpoints of textual scholarship (chapter two), literary analysis (chapter three), material culture (chapter seven), and historical development (chapter eight). The book is part of the series Columbia Readings of Buddhist Literature, and is intended to be accessible to students and scholars without an extensive background in Buddhist thought. It largely achieves this goal, but many of the essays also break new conceptual ground and will need to be consulted by specialists in Buddhist philosophy with an interest in Śāntideva or Buddhist ethics. Read more here

Citation

Harris, Stephen. Review of Readings of Śāntideva's Guide to Bodhisattva Practice, edited by Jonathan C. Gold and Douglas S. Duckworth. Journal of Buddhist Ethics 27 (2020): 169–75. http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/files/2020/06/Harris_Review_of_Gold_Duckworth_Readings_of_Santideva.pdf.

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Readings of Śāntideva's Guide to Bodhisattva Practice

This book serves as a companion to the Bodhicaryāvatāra. The fifteen essays contained here illuminate the Guide's many philosophical, literary, ritual, and ethical dimensions.

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