This page is about the role and importance of Śāntideva's BCA in the way Mahayana Buddhists participate to interreligious dialogue. The purpose of this page is to provide a general overview of this topic. Two aspects are important: (1) the reliance on the BCA on the part of Buddhist participants to this dialogue; (2) the use of Śāntideva's work to understand Mahayana Buddhism on the side of non-Buddhist participants.
The titles listed in the bibliography below are useful sources to develop this page. Even if their main focus is on different subject, they have been selected because they include valuable information on the topic of this page.
