How to Be Caring: Shantideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra - Jay Garfield (Part 1)
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Buddhist ethics doesn't begin with action but how we see others and the world. Bodhisattvas cultivate an attitude of universal care. As engaged Buddhists, we need this clarity of ethical perspective to help us confront social problems and the ethical implications of new technology. Professor Garfield draws from his recent book How to Be Caring: An Ancient Guide to a Compassionate Life, and from his earlier work, Buddhist Ethics: A Philosophical Exploration.
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 )
