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An English translation of Sazang Mati Panchen's famous commentary on the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' by Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen and Ani Kunga Chodron +
The ''Bodhicittavivaraṇa'' (''Commentary on the Awakening Mind'') is a seminal work by the second-century Indian philosopher Nāgārjuna, widely regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhist philosophy. In this concise yet profound treatise, Nāgārjuna elucidates the nature of bodhicitta—the altruistic aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings—weaving together both the conventional and ultimate dimensions of this awakened intention. The text explores how the cultivation of bodhicitta serves as the foundation of the bodhisattva path while simultaneously pointing to its ultimate nature as inseparable from emptiness (''śūnyatā''). Thupten Jinpa's English translation makes this important work accessible to modern readers seeking to understand the philosophical underpinnings of Mahāyāna Buddhist practice. +
A Comparative of Sanskrit, Tibetan and Mongolian on Prajñāpāramitā Chapter of Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (2) (The Commemoration Number Published on the Occasion of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Ryojun Fuyo) +
Kanaoka, Shuyu. "A Comparative of Sanskrit, Tibetan and Mongolian on ''Prajñāpāramitā'' Chapter of Śāntideva's ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' (2) (The Commemoration Number Published on the Occasion of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Ryojun Fuyo)." (In Japanese.) ''Chisan Gakuhō'' (Journal of Chisan Studies) 19 (1971): 25–40. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/chisangakuho/19/0/19_KJ00009512619/_pdf/-char/en. +
Amdo, the northeastern part of Tibet, has seen important changes since the launch of the "Develop the West" campaign in 2000. The hasty implementation of governmental programs of sedentarisation confronted pastoralists with a new lifestyle for which they are little prepared. Everywhere in Amdo, one can see numerous new settlement villages with rows of similar houses. Deprived of their herds and pastures, unable to find their place in the Chinese-dominated economy because they lack the appropriate qualifications and language abilities, most of the pastoralists are left without any means of subsistence.
But another phenomenon is taking place at the same time; a movement launched by high clerics in Eastern Tibet which is a firm desire to affirm, in what can be described as an emergent Tibetan Buddhist fundamentalism, a strong sense of Tibetaness. This movement that started some decades ago knew a new impetus after the demonstrations of 2008 that spread all over the Tibetan Plateau. The main religious figure in this movement was Khempo Jigme Phuntsok (Mkhan po 'Jigs med phun tshogs, 1933-2004), the charismatic head of themonastic camp of Larung Gar (Bla rung sgar). Several articles have been written on his life and work. But many other monastics have contributed to this movement which is based on a new set of Ten Virtues: 1) not to butcher and sell meat; 2) not to steal and rob; 3) not to fight with weapons; 4) not to prostitute one's body; 5) not to sell guns and opium; 6) not to smoke opium or cigarettes; 7) not to drink alcohol; 8) not to gamble; 9) not to hunt and 10) not to wear skin and fur of animals. The subject has ignited the web to the point that the website Tibet Web Digest called the new Ten Virtues "the most debated topic on Tibetan blogs last year." Some researchers have already started to deal with the subject and published on it.
In the following pages, I would simply like to add a small piece of work dedicated to Elliot Sperling on this topic. Elliot Sperling is, of course, well-known for his work as a historian of Tibet and Sino-Tibetan relationships, but his passion for contemporary history and his concern for the Tibetan situation are also strong, and have made him one of the few outspoken researchers on the subject, even when expressing his views has come at the cost of his personal interest. This is why he might be curious about an article published by Jamyang Kyi ('Jam dbyangs skyid) arguing against vegetarianism, which appeared on June 24th, 2013 on the blog of the famous writer Sangdor. His blog having recently been shut down, this article is no longer accessible.
My aim is thus to provide here a translation of this article and some comments. (Buffetrille, "A Controversy on Vegetarianism," 113–14)
Read [https://highpeakspureearth.com/coerced-vegetarianism-and-the-welfare-of-tibetans-by-jamyang-kyi-2/ "Coerced Vegetarianism and the Welfare of Tibetans" By Jamyang Kyi, Translated by Katia Buffetrille].
A critical edition of Lokakṣema's translation of the ''Aṣṭasāhasrika Prajñāpāramitā'', the Daoxing banruo jing 道行般若經 (Taisho Vol. 8, No. 224; translated in 179 C.E.) +
A summary of a PhD dissertation on Śāntideva's ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' by Narain Chand Parashar from the University of Delhi, 1999. +
Narain Chand Parashar's PhD dissertation on the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' from the University of Delhi, 1999. +
A Descriptive Catalogue and Restoration of the Tibetan Language Text of Bodhicaryavatara from Dunhuang Documents +
By completing the basic labor of identification and organization of manuscript fragments, this study has laid a foundation for future philological research of the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' in Tibetan. +
The present volume contains the descriptions of 119 Buddhist works of the northern school. The ancient works among these were translated into Chinese, and the mediaeval works into Tibetan. Some of the Sanskrit originals of these translations have been, for the first time, brought to light in this collection. +
A Dialogue between Thomas Merton on Agape and Shantideva on Karuna: Some Moral Dimensions of a Catholic and Mahayana Exchange +
This thesis by Raymond Lam aims to demonstrate that Śāntideva's philosophy on Buddhist ''karuṇā'' shares a commonality with Merton's treatment of Christian ''agape''. +
In recent years, a Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscript of Prajñākaramati's ''Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā'' (ZX0617-ZB20, BCAP hereafter) has been identified among the facsimiles of the palm-leaf manuscripts preserved in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Initial investigations (Wang et al. 2021; 2022) have explored various aspects of the manuscript, including its preservation status, the disarray of its leaves, the interpolation of one leaf of the ''Saṃghāṭasūtra'' and the distinct handwriting of at least two scribes. These studies have also supplemented the lacunae in Louis de La Vallée Poussin's (1901-1914) critical edition by providing the BCAP commentaries on the BCA 1.1, 3.28-33, and 4.1-14. This paper extends these initial studies by offering the following BCAP commentaries on the BCA 4.15-48, thereby rendering the fourth chapter of the BCAP a complete Sanskrit text. (Wang et al., introduction, 81) +
The text presented here in translation was written by Jamgon Kongtrul. It provides a practical commentary on one of the most important techniques of Mahayana meditation. This techniqie was taught in Tibet by Atisha about 1000 A.D. and spread to all of the four schools. Atisha wrote a text called "The Seven Points of Mind Training" and it is this text that Jamgon Kongtrul explains.
The text itself describes very clearly how to do a particular meditation to develop Bodhicitta and all the commitments in both thought and deed that need to be observed to make this practice effective. (Source: Translator's Introduction) +
The text presented here in translation was written by Jamgon Kongtrul. It provides a practical commentary on one of the most important techniques of Mahayana meditation. This technique was taught in Tibet by Atisha about 1000 A.D. and spread to all of the four schools. Atisha wrote a text called "The Seven Points of Mind Training" and it is this text that Jamgon Kongtrul explains.
The text itself describes very clearly how to do a particular meditation to develop bodhicitta and all the commitments in both thought and deed that need to be observed to make this practice effective. (Source: Translator's Introduction)
'''This revised edition includes footnotes that have been added to provide the reader with the Tibetan for some of the more technical terms.''' +
A Discourse on Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices and The Three Principal Paths (Dalai Lama, 14th 1981) +
A Discourse on "Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices" and "The Three Principal Paths" by His Holiness the 14th Dalal Lama. Translated and condensed by Alexander Berzin. Delivered under the Bodhi Tree at Bodh Gaya, India, Jan 12–15, 1981. +
In this book, an international team of fourteen scholars investigates the Chinese reception of Indian Buddhist ideas, especially in the sixth and seventh centuries. Topics include Buddhist logic and epistemology (pramāṇa, yinming); commentaries on Indian Buddhist texts; Chinese readings of systems as diverse as Madhyamaka, Yogācāra and tathāgatagarbha; the working out of Indian concepts and problematics in new Chinese works; and previously under-studied Chinese evidence for developments in India. The authors aim to consider the ways that these Chinese materials might furnish evidence of broader Buddhist trends, thereby problematizing a prevalent notion of “sinification”, which has led scholars to consider such materials predominantly in terms of trends ostensibly distinctive to China. The volume also tries to go beyond seeing sixth- and seventh-century China primarily as the age of the formation and establishment of the Chinese Buddhist “schools”. The authors attempt to view the ideas under study on their own terms, as valid Buddhist ideas engendered in a rich, “liminal” space of interchange between two large traditions. (Source: [https://blogs.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hup/products-page/publikationen/125/ Hamburg University Press]) +
Thubten Jinpa shows us that compassion can be a path through suffering, a key to robust health, and even an effective way to reach our goals. +
Maitreya's Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra with a Commentary by Jamgön Mipham, translated from Tibetan by the Padmakara Translation Group. +
A study and translation of the ''Ugraparipṛcchā'', an influential Mahāyāna sutra on the bodhisattva path, but also one of the most neglected texts in Western treatments of Buddhism. +
His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama presents here a detailed manual of practical philosophy, based on ''The Way of the Bodhisattva'' (''Bodhicaryāvatāra'') +
Nicholas Poppe presents a transcription of a fragment of the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' published in Professor Shirō Hattori's article on Mongolian manuscripts discovered in Olon Süme. +
