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|TileDescription=This book serves as a companion to the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra''. The fifteen essays contained here illuminate the ''Guide'''s many philosophical, literary, ritual, and ethical dimensions.
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|TableOfContents=*{{i|A Note to the Reader|ix}}
*{{i|Acknowledgments|xi}}

*{{i|Introduction. Participatory Authorship and Communal Interpretation: The ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' as a "World Classic"|1}} 
**''Jonathan C. Gold''
*{{i|1. [[Śāntideva: The Author and His Project]]|27}}
**''Paul Harrison''
*{{i|2. [[Reason and Knowledge on the Path: A Protreptic Reading of the Guide|Reason and Knowledge on the Path: A Protreptic Reading of the ''Guide'']]|45}}
**''Amber Carpenter''
*{{i|3. [[On Learning to Overhear the "Vanishing Poet"]]|60}}
**''Sonam Kachru''
*{{i|4. [[An Intoxication of Mouse Venom: Reading the Guide, Chapter 9|An Intoxication of Mouse Venom: Reading the ''Guide'', Chapter 9]]|84}}
**''Matthew T. Kapstein''
*{{i|5. [[Seeing from All Sides]]|99}}
**''Janet Gyatso''
*{{i|6. [[Bodies and Embodiment in the Bodhicaryāvatāra|Bodies and Embodiment in the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'']]|114}}
**''Reiko Ohnuma''
*{{i|7. [[Ritual Structure and Material Culture in the Guide to Bodhisattva Practice|Ritual Structure and Material Culture in the ''Guide to Bodhisattva Practice'']]|132}}
**''Eric Huntington''
*{{i|8. [[Bodhicaryāvatāra and Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong)|''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' and Tibetan Mind Training (''Lojong'')]]|146}}
**''Thupten Jinpa''
*{{i|9. [[Taming Śāntideva: Tsongkhapa's Use of the Bodhicaryāvatāra|Taming Śāntideva: Tsongkhapa's Use of the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'']]|162}}
**''Roger Jackson''
*{{i|10. [[The Middle Way of the Bodhisattva]]|180}}
**''Douglas S. Duckworth''
*{{i|11. [[Seeing Sentient Beings: Śāntideva's Moral Phenomenology]]|192}}
**''Jay L. Garfield''
*{{i|12. [[Śāntideva's Ethics of Impartial Compassion]]|209}}
**''Charles Goodman''
*{{i|13. [[Śāntideva and the Moral Psychology of Fear]]|221}}
**''Bronwyn Finnigan''
*{{i|14. [[Innate Human Connectivity and Śāntideva's Cultivation of Compassion]]|235}}
**''John D. Dunne''

*{{i|''Appendix 1'': ''A Guide to Guide Translations: Advice for Students and Instructors''|253}}
*{{i|''Appendix 2: Index of Guide Verses Cited''|257}}
*{{i|Bibliography|271}}
*{{i|Contributors|285}}
*{{i|Index|291}}
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|TermTopics=BCA Chapter 9; Bodies and Embodiment; Compassion; Madhyamaka; Material Culture; Mind Training; Textual study; Śāntideva's Life
|TextTopics=Bodhicaryāvatāra
|PeopleTopics=Tsong kha pa
|Theme=Śāntideva's Life and Works; The Path of the Bodhisattva; The Practices of the Bodhisattva; Śāntideva's Vision in Today's World
|SubTheme=Śāntideva's Life and Cultural World; Śāntideva's Works; Influence and Reception of Śāntideva's Works in India and Beyond; Conduct; Meditation; View; Mind Training; Cultivating Patience; Cultivating Discipline; Cultivating Wisdom; Making Sense of Śāntideva's Vision of Reality (Philosophy); Śāntideva's Vision in a Secular World
|Approach=Academic
|Audience=Intermediate; Advanced
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