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Article: The Concept of Bodhicitta in Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara.(Book Review)
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- Philosophy East and West
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- January 1, 2004
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By Francis Brassard. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. Pp. ix + 193.
Santideva (eighth century C.E.) occupies a prominent position in the Indo-Tibetan pantheon of scholar-saints. This prominence is due primarily to the reception of his Bodhicaryavatara (The way of the bodhisattva). Citing traditional sources, the great fourteenth-century Tibetan historian Buton puts the number of Indian commentaries on the Bodhicaryavatara at one hundred. (1) In addition, every major school of Tibetan Buddhism produced its own commentarial literature. These commentaries, especially the material devoted to the penultimate chapter on the perfection of wisdom ...
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