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In How to Be Caring, philosopher and Buddhist scholar Jay Garfield presents a lively new translation of selected verses from Shantideva’s text that capture its powerful lessons for all of us. The result is the clearest, most concise, and most accessible introduction to this masterful Buddhist guidebook about how we can change the world by changing ourselves.
Focusing on the life of a bodhisattva, a person committed to attaining awakening for the benefit of all beings, Shantideva argues that the first step to reducing suffering and making the world better is to conquer our own psychopathologies. Urging us to remember that we won’t live forever and therefore need to think about what is most important, the work seeks to inspire us and teach us how to be more generous, thoughtful, polite, patient, committed, and self-aware. Featuring an introduction and the original Tibetan text on facing pages.(Source: Princeton University Press )
- Introduction ix
- 1. First, Keep this in Mind: You Will Not Live Forever! 2
- 2. Next, Think About what is Most Important! 16
- 3. Be Generous! 26
- 4. Be Thoughtful! 43
- 5. Be Polite! 68
- 6. Be Patient! 84
- 7. Be Committed! 112
- 8. Remember Who You Are! 123
- 9. And Seal it with a Promise! 142
- Note on the Translation 147
