Greg's Theme list
From Bodhicitta
BCA topics:
- Academic polemics (e.g., Williams' Altruism and Reality)
- Influence of BCA (Liland)
- emptiness and western philosophy
- Finding God in the BCA
- Interfaith dialogue: compassion and agape
- Comparative studies: STDV and Shankara
- Action & result in the BCA
- Mapping commentarial traditions through key hermeneutical approaches
- Saito 2010: relationship between BCA and Siks.
- BCA and Siks. as sources in the Tenjur texts
- Bu ston reading of BCA
- The universality of the bodhisattva concept in the age of globalization
- Buddhist mereological reduction in the BCA compared to other sastras
- Meaning of compassion
- Ethics and emptiness
- Sanskrit manuscripts
- Dunhuang Tibetan text
- Chinese sources of BCA and Sisk
- BCA & Self-help (David Michie)
- Ethics and visions of reality (e.g., reification)
- The role of emotions in the BCA
- Finding God in the BCA
- Spiritual caregivers and the BCA
- Healing anger
- Mahayana Theravada ethics
- Mindfulness & moral transformation
- Deśanā-ritual in the odhicaryāvatāra
- Learning to read STDV's poetry: literary approach to the text
- STDV's position in Buddhist philosophy
- Stoics and bodhisattvas
- The Contrasts between the Bodhisattvayāna and the Śrāvakayāna in the Śikṣāsamuccaya's Theory of Bodhicitta
- The philosophical basis of worship
- The Role of Solitude (viveka) in the Eighth Chapter (Dhyānapāramitā) of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- The Selfless Removal of Pain
- The Skillful Handling of Poison: Bodhicitta and the Kleśas in Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Translation issues: The Way of the Translators
- Bodhisattva path and the notion of happiness (uncommon happiness, not for happiness, etc.)
- Agency and the illusion of agency, free will and beyond
- Mahayana and Humanism
- Idealism in Śāntideva's doctrine
- Blasphemy, sacrilege in Buddhism
- Secularization and Mahayana
- "Nontraditional" approaches to Buddhist notions found in the BCA (David Michie)
- Teachings in the BCA to fight depression
- A Year of Mindfulness: A 52-Week Guided Journal to Cultivate Peace and Presence
- Practices in Śāntideva's BCA and therapy/healthcare
- Śāntideva's works and Mahayana chaplaincy
- The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
- Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience
- Healing Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions
- Dunhuang version in nine chapters comparison with BCa in 10 chapters (changes start from chapter 5)
- Compassion Cultivation Methods in Mahāyāna Literature (Julia Stenzel)
- Secular Compassion Training and Tonglen (Julia Stenzel)
- The Secularization of Buddhist Contemplative Practices (Julia Stenzel)
- The Compassionate Gift of Vice (sex, alcohol, weapons) here
- Socially engaged Buddhism vs. The non-politically motivated gift in Śāntideva's works here
- Why Śāntideva seems to disparage poverty alleviation at BCA V.9 here
- Political engagement: The meaninglessness of texts on politics and laws compared tot those teaching, see ŚS 192 here
- On giving for the sake of mental purification vs. alleviating oppression or poverty, see this pdf
- Analogies between Buddhism and contemporary reinterpretations of other traditions, such as Christian liberation theology, this pdf
- Mapping of root text & commentaries: see Hugon in Vienna
