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Bu ston on the sPyod 'jug (Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra)
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It is indeed true that the tradition of the bKa' gdams pa school has regarded Śāntideva's sPyod 'jug (hereafter: BSA[1]) as an important text[2] describing the bodhisattvas' way of practice, basically, from the Mādhyamika's point of view. However, it may also be accepted that one of the most significant contributions to the establishment of this text in the second diffusion (phyi dar) of Tibetan Buddhism was made by Bu-ston Rin-chen-grub (1290-1364).[3]
His contribution concerning this text can be summarized in the following three points:
- (1) In the last chapter of his Chos 'byuṅ (1322), Bu-ston lists the BSA and its nine commentaries - two of which are now unavailable in our current bsTan 'gyur - in the separate "section of the BSA" (sPyod 'jug gi skor) but not in the preceding dBu ma'i skor ("Madhyamaka section").[4] Therein he gives a brief explanation of the difference between the earlier and later versions of the BSA.[5]
(2) When he later established the bsTan 'gyur at Źa lu monastery (1334), Bu-ston played an important role both in collecting the Tibetan translation of the BSA and its ten commentaries and in incorporating them into the dBu ma'i skor, adding three commentaries, two of which are those on the early version of the BSA.[6]
(3) He afterwards wrote an extensive commentary on the BSA (1338) entitled Zla ba'i 'od zer.[7] In its colophon, after explaining the BSA lineage,[8] Bu-ston refers to the names of six commentaries and other works he consulted.[9]
He then gives an important statement concerning both the background of a considerable number of problematic renderings of the BSA as well as his approach to handling those verses in question as follows:[10]
- (A) gźuṅ 'di gTsaṅ-nag-pas 'gyur sṅa phyi thams cad bltas nas / khoṅ raṅ gi thugs la gaṅ bde bsgrigs pa yin nam źes grag la /. (B) rgya dpe daṅ 'grel pa daṅ mi mthun pa maṅ po snaṅ yaṅ / (C) rNog 'gyur bzaṅ rna źig 'bad de btsal yaṅ ma rñed pas / don la 'gal ba chen po med pa rnams grags pa bźin du bśad / (D) mi bcos su mi ruṅ ba rnams rgya dpe daṅ 'grel pa daṅ bstun nas logs su gtan la phab / [11] "(A) It is rumored whether or not this text [i.e. the Tibetan translation of the BSA] is what gTsaṅ-nag pa compiled from those [renderings] with which after consulting all the translations, old and new, he satisfied his own mind. (B) It appears that a number [of renderings of the BSA] do not correspond with its Sanskrit text and the commentaries. (C) I have made efforts to seek a reliable copy of rNog [Blo-Idan-śes-rab]'s translation, which, however, could not be obtained. Therefore, in accordance with well-known [interpretations], I have explained those [stanzas], the meaning of which contains no serious contradictions. (D) As for those [renderings] which should not be left unrevised, I have decided [my own renderings] apart [from them] in conformity with the Sanskrit text and the commentaries."
The purpose of the present paper is to make an inquiry into some of the significant meanings contained in the above paragraph of the colophon, with a few examples from chapter 9 entitled "Śer phyin gyi le'u (Chapter on the Completion of Wisdom)" of Bu-ston's commentary.
Citation
Saito, Akira. "Bu ston on the sPyod 'jug (Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra)." In Transmission of the Tibetan Canon, edited by Helmut Eimer, 79–85. Vol. 3, Proceedings of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995. Vienna: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1997.
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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.
This is a meaning commentary (don 'grel), where the author occasionally analyzes others' interpretations and establishes his own understanding using reasoning and external citations from various sūtras and śāstras. His Summary of the Bodhicaryāvatāra (Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa lu 'jug pa'i bsdus don) is used in this commentary as the topical outline (sa bcad).
