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Lele, Amod
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The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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| Date | 2009 |
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| Location | US [美國] |
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| Content type | 網路資料=Internet Resrouce |
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| Language | 英文=English; 維吾爾語=Uyghur |
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| Note | Amod Lele
Email: lele@bu.edu
Boston University
U.S.A. |
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| Abstract | Śāntideva (literally “god of peace”) was the name given to an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist philosopher-monk, known as the author of two texts, the Bodhicaryāvatāra and the Śikṣāsamuccaya. These works both express the ideal of the bodhisattva — the ideal person of Mahāyāna Buddhism. The term Mahāyāna, literally “Great Vehicle,” came into use to mean the idea of attempting to become a bodhisattva (and eventually a buddha) oneself, rather than merely following the teachings set out by Siddhārtha Gautama (considered the original Buddha). This was the earliest usage of the term mahāyāna in Sanskrit, although even by Śāntideva's time, understandings of what becoming a bodhisattva involved had undergone many changes; the Mahāyāna had come to be understood as a separate school rather than as a vocation (see Nattier 2003; Harrison 1987).
Both of Śāntideva's texts explore the bodhisattva ideal as an ethical one, in that they prescribe how a person should properly live, and provide reasons for living in that way. Śāntideva's close attention to ethics makes him relatively unusual among Indian philosophers, for whom metaphysics (or theoretical philosophy more generally) was more typically the primary concern. Śāntideva’s ethical thought is widely known, cited and loved among Tibetan Buddhists, and is increasingly coming to the attention of Western thinkers. Śāntideva's metaphysics is of interest primarily because of its close connection to his ethics. |
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| Table of contents | History and Works
Writings
Life
Reception and Influence
The Progress of the Bodhisattva
Excellence in Means
Good and Bad Karma
The Perfections
Giving
Giving as Giving Up
Upward Gifts: Expressing Esteem
Downward Gifts: Attracting Others
Good Conduct
Patient Endurance
Happiness from Enduring Suffering
The Case Against Anger
Heroic Strength
Meditation
Equalization of Self and Other
Exchange of Self and Other
Meditations Against the Three Poisons
Metaphysical Insight
Content
Practical Implications
References and Further Reading
Primary Works
Translations Cited
General Studies of Śāntideva
Specialized Studies
Related Interest |
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| ISSN | 21610002 (E) |
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| Hits | 84 |
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| Created date | 2015.09.02 |
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