The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra-Review by Tatz

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Review of The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra, by Francis Brassard
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Explanatory and subjective, utilizing neither traditional Buddhist nor modern Western methodologies, incorporating translation terminologies and explanatory essays going back a hundred years, this essay on "the arising of mind" (sic) adds nothing to our understanding of Mahāyāna Buddhism or the text in question. The concept bodhicitta being indeed central to Mahāyāna Buddhism, the author feels free to take up any question, in any order, that occurs to him. One cannot discern any principle of organization, either traditional Buddhist, e.g., the "six perfections" of the BCA, nor any modern method. Neither the Tibetan translation, nor the Sanskrit commentary by Prajñākaramati, has been utilized.

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Tatz, Mark. Review of The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra, by Francis Brassard. Journal of the American Oriental Society 123, no. 1 (2003): 266.
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This thesis argues that the path to realization consists in cultivating an awareness of the reality described by the concept of bodhicitta.