Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path (Harris 2024)
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Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Śāntideva on Virtue and Well-Being
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Description
Santideva's 8th century Mahayana Buddhist classic, the Guide to the Practices of Awakening (Bodhicaryavatara), has been a source of philosophical inspiration in the Indian and Tibetan traditions for over a thousand years. Stephen Harris guides us through a philosophical exploration of Santideva's masterpiece, introducing us to his understanding of the compassionate bodhisattva, who vows to liberate the entire universe from suffering. Individual chapters provide studies of the bodhisattva virtues of generosity, patience, compassion, and wisdom, illustrating the role each plays in Santideva's account of well-being and moral development. Harris also provides in-depth analysis of many of Santideva's most influential arguments, demonstrating how he employs reasoning as a method to cultivate moral character.
As the first book-length English language philosophical study of Santideva's most influential text, this will be essential reading for students and scholars of Buddhist ethics, as well as for anyone interested in intercultural ethics and the philosophy of well-being. (Source: Bloomsbury)
Citation
Harris, Stephen E. Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Śāntideva on Virtue and Well-Being. Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
Table of contents
- Series Editor Prefaceviii
- Acknowledgementsix
- Introduction1
Chapter 1
- Selfless Character: Virtue without a Self21
Chapter 2
- Giving as Abandoning49
Chapter 3
- Patience and the Irrationality of Anger69
Chapter 4
- Compassion and Desire105
Chapter 5
- Joy147
Chapter 6
- Wisdom and the Transformation of Experience161
Chapter 7
- Dedication: Until the End of Space and Time189
- Conclusion199
- Notes211
- Works Cited235
- Index249
Interconnections
1 Scholarship on
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.
