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Bodhisattva Ideal
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Sangharakshita
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-14 - Publisher: Windhorse Publications

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How can we be happy and at the same time responsive to the suffering of others? It can be done: this is the message of the Bodhisattva ideal. For one wishing to
The Bodhisattva Ideal
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Karel Werner
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-01 - Publisher: Buddhist Publication Society

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This book brings together six essays on the origin and history of the bodhisattva ideal and the emergence of the Mahāyana. The essays approach the subject from
Faces of Compassion
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Taigen Dan Leighton
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-15 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Faces of Compassion introduces us to enlightened beings, the bodhisattvas of Buddhist lore. They're not otherworldly gods with superhuman qualities but shining
The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal
Language: en
Pages: 177
Authors: Anālayo
Categories: Bodhisattva (The concept)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher:

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In this book, Bhikkhu Anālayo investigates the genesis of the bodhisattva ideal, one of the most important concepts in the history of Buddhist thought. He brin
Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Śāntideva
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Tharpa Publications US

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Reading the verses slowly, while contemplating their meaning, has a profoundly liberating effect on the mind. The poem invokes special positive states of mind,