How to Be Caring: An Ancient Guide to a Compassionate Life (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) - Hardcover

Shantideva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 069127407X ISBN 13: 9780691274072

Verlag: Princeton Univers. Press, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

A vivid new translation of selections from an inspiring guide to self-transformation through kindness by an eighth-century Buddhist monk

Written by the medieval Indian Buddhist monk Shantideva, The Bodhicaryavatara is one of the most beloved and frequently taught works in Buddhism and a favorite of the Dalai Lama. An inspiring and powerful poem that uses a gripping, first-person, confessional voice, it is the most systematic work of ethical thought in the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist tradition. And its invaluable insights, exhortations, and encouragements about how we can relieve suffering by becoming more caring and compassionate are universal. In How to Be Caring, philosopher and Buddhist scholar Jay Garfield presents a lively new translation of selected verses from Shantideva’s text that capture its powerful lessons for all of us. The result is the clearest, most concise, and most accessible introduction to this masterful Buddhist guidebook about how we can change the world by changing ourselves.

Focusing on the life of a bodhisattva, a person committed to attaining awakening for the benefit of all beings, Shantideva argues that the first step to reducing suffering and making the world better is to conquer our own psychopathologies. Urging us to remember that we won’t live forever and therefore need to think about what is most important, the work seeks to inspire us and teach us how to be more generous, thoughtful, polite, patient, committed, and self-aware. Featuring an introduction and the original Tibetan text on facing pages, this dazzling volume is filled with wisdom that still speaks directly to readers today.

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Shantideva Selected, translated, and introduced by Jay L. Garfield

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Princeton Univers. Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 069127407X
• ISBN 13: 9780691274072
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 149
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