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Buddhist Ethics represents a vital field of contemporary academic study and spiritual practice, serving as a bridge between Eastern wisdom traditions and Western theological and philosophical discourse. This cross-cultural dialogue has been enriched by numerous interfaith publications as well as many academic articles, conferences, and more popular magazines and articles in print and online. For example, Śāntideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra has often been used as a source for discussions around Buddhist Ethics and a point of reference for interreligious dialogue. This webpage curates library resources that illuminate the intersection of bodhicitta—the awakening mind committed to universal liberation—with broader discussions of Buddhist Ethics, including both classical sources like Śāntideva (See Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path (Harris 2024)) and contemporary interfaith explorations such as those found in "Buddha Mind - Christ Mind" (2019). While not exhaustive, this collection highlights materials where the bodhisattva path and its ethical implications engage with diverse religious and philosophical traditions.

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15 Books

49 Articles

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2 Multimedia

8 Dissertations

Prajñā - One of the key terms for wisdom or knowledge, most often having the sense of insight, transcendent knowledge, or perhaps gnosis. In some contexts it can also refer to cognition or intellectual understanding. Skt प्रज्ञा  Tib ཤེས་རབ་  Ch 般若  

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Bodhicitta - The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. Skt बोधिचित्त  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།  Ch 菩提心  

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Bodhicitta - The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. Skt बोधिचित्त  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།  Ch 菩提心  

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Bodhisattva - A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses. Skt बोधिसत्त्व  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ།  Ch 菩薩  

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