{"product_id":"the-bodhisattva-ideal-selected-key-texts-9780861714506","title":"The Bodhisattva Ideal: Selected Key Texts","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe power and promise of enlightened altruism, a life lived for the benefit of all beings, is on full display in this collection of Buddhist works on the heroic way of the bodhisattva.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most revolutionary aspects of Mahayana Buddhism is what many contemporary writers on Buddhism call the \"bodhisattva ideal.\" This refers to a spiritual outlook and way of life rooted in a resolute vow and dedicated to the welfare of all sentient beings. This volume features authoritative Tibetan presentations of the ideal based on key Indian Buddhist treatises, especially Nagarjuna's \u003ci\u003ePrecious Garland\u003c\/i\u003e, Shantideva's \u003ci\u003eGuide to the Bodhisattva Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCompendium of Training\u003c\/i\u003e, Maitreya's \u003ci\u003eOrnament of Mahayana Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e, and Asanga's \u003ci\u003eBodhisattva Ground\u003c\/i\u003e. Together, the nine Tibetan texts translated here embrace the complete spectrum of the bodhisattva ideal as understood, taught, and practiced in Tibetan Buddhism. From first generating the faith of admiration toward the compassionate teacher, the Buddha, by recollecting his altruistic deeds in former births (\u003ci\u003ejatakas\u003c\/i\u003e) to generating the awakening mind (\u003ci\u003ebodhicitta\u003c\/i\u003e) followed by the solemn act of taking the bodhisattva vow, from cultivating oneself through everyday mindfulness rooted in an altruistic outlook to the specifics of living life according to the bodhisattva's moral precepts, and from the initial stages of training in the six perfections to the full flowering of the union of awakening mind with the wisdom seeing things as they are, this volume offers a comprehensive roadmap to making the bodhisattva ideal an animating reality in the practitioner's own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume includes celebrated commentaries, including Thokmé Sangpo on \u003ci\u003eGuide to the Bodhisattva Way\u003c\/i\u003e, Tsongkhapa on the \u003ci\u003eCompendium of Training\u003c\/i\u003e, Gyaltsab on the \u003ci\u003ePrecious Garland\u003c\/i\u003e (fully translated here), and Chankgya Rolpai Dorje on the bodhisattva precepts. It also contains a lucid structural comparison of \u003ci\u003eOrnament of Mahayana Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBodhisattva Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, along with inspiring verses on the Buddha's past births, mind training, and the altruistic aspiration. Finally, it contains a fresh translation of Thokme Sangpo's famous \u003ci\u003eThirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattva\u003c\/i\u003e and Dza Paltrul's verse distillation of the bodhisattva vows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThupten Jinpa was educated in the Tibetan monastic system, where he received the highest degree of \u003ci\u003egeshe lharam\u003c\/i\u003e at Shartse College of Ganden Monastery. Jinpa also holds a BA in philosophy and a PhD in religious studies, both from the University of Cambridge, England. Since 1985, he has been the principal translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, accompanying him on tours throughout the world and translating and editing many books. Jinpa's own works include \u003ci\u003eSelf, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, several volumes of translations in \u003ci\u003eThe Library of Tibetan Classics\u003c\/i\u003e, and the modern biography \u003ci\u003eTsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently the president and the editor-in-chief of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, based in Montreal, and he also chairs the Mind and Life Institute and the Compassion Institute. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJulia Stenzel is an assistant professor at Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Centre for Buddhist Studies of Kathmandu University, Nepal. She received her PhD from McGill University, Montreal. Her research focuses on cross-cultural transformation processes of Buddhist contemplative traditions and their relevance in today's world. Julia examined compassion meditations in Indian and Tibetan contexts and their secular application in contemporary secular settings. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Sciencization of Compassion\u003c\/i\u003e (Springer, 2020) and \u003ci\u003eBuddhist Monasteries of the Thai Forest Tradition in Ontario\u003c\/i\u003e (Wilfried Laurier Press, 2015).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wisdom Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197388747026,"sku":"9780861714506","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_419d3175-b7c7-4299-904c-df1e62ccdf91.jpg?v=1776166281","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bodhisattva-ideal-selected-key-texts-9780861714506","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}