1. Jonathan C. Gold is associate professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of The Dharma’s Gatekeepers: Sakya Paṇḍita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet (2007) and Paving the Great Way: Vasubandhu’s Unifying Buddhist Philosophy (Columbia, 2015).
2. Douglas Duckworth is associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Religion at Temple University. His latest works include Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature (2019) and a translation of an overview of the Wisdom Chapter of the Guide to Bodhisattva Practice by Künzang Sönam, entitled The Profound Reality of Interdependence (2019).
摘要
Śāntideva’s eighth-century work, the Guide to Bodhisattva Practice (Bodhicaryāvatāra), is known for its eminently practical instructions and its psychologically vivid articulations of the Mahāyāna path. It is a powerful, succinct poem into which are woven diverse Buddhist traditions of moral transformation, meditative cultivation, and philosophical insight. Since its composition, it has seen continuous use as a ritual, contemplative, and philosophical manual, making it one of the crucial texts of the Buddhist ethical and philosophical tradition. This book serves as a companion to this Indian Buddhist classic. The fifteen essays contained here illuminate the Guide’s many philosophical, literary, ritual, and ethical dimensions. Distinguished scholars discuss the historical significance of the text as an innovative piece of Indian literature, illuminate the important roles it played in shaping Buddhism in Tibet, and bring to light its contemporary significance for philosophy and psychology. Whether experienced or first-time students of Buddhist literature, readers will find compelling new approaches to this resonant masterpiece.
目次
A Note to the Reader Acknowledgments Introduction. Participatory Authorship and Communal Interpretation: The Bodhicaryāvatāra as a "World Classic," 1. Śāntideva: The Author and His Project 2. Reason and Knowledge on the Path: A Protreptic Reading of the Guide 3. On Learning to Overhear the “Vanishing Poet,” 4. An Intoxication of Mouse Venom: Reading the Guide, Chapter 9, 5. Seeing from All Sides 6. Bodies and Embodiment in the Bodhicaryāvatāra 7. Ritual Structure and Material Culture in the Guide to Bodhisattva Practice 8. Bodhicaryāvatāra and Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong) 9. Taming Śāntideva: Tsongkhapa’s Use of the Bodhicaryāvatāra 10. The Middle Way of the Bodhisattva 11. Seeing Sentient Beings: Śāntideva’s Moral Phenomenology 12. Śāntideva’s Ethics of Impartial Compassion 13. Śāntideva and the Moral Psychology of Fear 14. Innate Human Connectivity and Śāntideva’s Cultivation of Compassion Appendix 1: A Guide to Guide Translations: Advice for Students and Instructors Appendix 2: Index of Guide Verses Cited Bibliography Contributors Index
