Proof of the Authenticity of the Mahāyāna in Akṣayamati's Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra
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Proof of the Authenticity of the Mahāyāna in Akṣayamati's Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra
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- Demandingness, Self-Interest and Benevolence in Santideva's Introduction to the Practice of Awakening (Bodhicaryavatara)
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- Ethics in the Śikṣāsamuccaya: A Study in Mahāyāna Morality
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- Identifying the Object of Negation: On Bodhicaryāvatāra 9:140 (Tib. 139)
- Internal and External Opposition to the Bodhisattva's Gift of His Body
- Introduction to Gzhan gyis brtsad pa'i lan mdor bsdus pa rigs lam rab gsal de nyid snang byed: An Answer to Blo-bzang-rab-gsal's Refutation of the Author's 'Sher le nor bu ke ta ka' and Its Defence, the Brgal lan nyin byed snang ba
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- La légende de Śāntideva
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- Making and Remaking the Ultimate in Early Tibetan Readings of Śāntideva
- Masters of Mahāmudrā
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- Mi pham and the Philosophical Controversies of the Nineteenth Century
- Moral Theory in Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccaya
- Moral Theory in Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccaya-Review by Osto
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- Nachlese zum Mongolischen Turfanfragment des Bodhicaryāvatāra
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- Regional Characteristics of Mongolian Buddhism: A Study on the Basis of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Remarks on Akṣayamati (Blo gros mi zad pa), Being the Author of the Earlier Version of the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
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- Santideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra
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- The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India
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- The Original Bodhicaryāvatāra
- The Perfection of Wisdom (Schopen)
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- The Tanjur Bodhicaryāvatāra Auxiliaries: A Few Collected Bibliographical Pointers
- The Training Anthology of Śāntideva
- The Transmission of the Bodhicaryāvatāra: The History, Diffusion, and Influence of a Mahāyāna Buddhist Text
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- Śāntideva, A Mystic of Buddhism
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- Śāntideva, il Bodhicaryāvatāra e le kārikā del Śikṣāsamuccaya-Review by Pāsādika
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Akṣayamati is an old appellation of the Mādhyamika scholar Śāntideva (ca. 790-850). The name "Akṣayamati" is found in the colophon of an early recension of the Tibetan translation of the Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra, a verse treatment of the Mahāyāna bodhisattva path, which has been preserved only among the Tibetan manuscripts from Tun-huang. In chapter 8 of this early recension, entitled "Exposition of Wisdom" (and corresponding to chapter 9 of the received text), there is a section in which the author deals with the topic of whether or not the Mahāyāna was taught by the Buddha. This section is of great interest, for the author employs distinctive reasoning when discussing whether or not the Mahāyāna doctrine of emptiness was taught by the Buddha. Whereas the discussion in this section in the new (received) recension is somewhat confused, the arguments are set out quite lucidly in the early recension.
In the following, I wish to examine the arguments about the authenticity of the Mahāyāna as set forth by Akṣayamati in chapter 8 of the Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra, taking into account past research and comparing his reasoning with the treatment of this subject in other Mahāyāna treatises. As well as presenting a critical edition of the text and reconsidering the translation of this section, the highlighting of its distinctive features as a proof of the authenticity of the Mahāyāna should also be of some value. After having taken a look at the relevant verses by Akṣayamati (kk. 31–34), I shall make some further observations with reference to the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra-vyākhyāna[-pañjikā], an anonymous commentary preserved in the Tibetan canon.
Citation
Saito, Akira. "Proof of the Authenticity of the Mahāyāna in Akṣayamati's Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra." Transactions of the International Conference of Eastern Studies 57 (2012): 48–60.
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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.
