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The Bodhisattva Ideal, 4 (Hardcover)
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The Bodhisattva Ideal, 4 (Hardcover)
Series: The Complete Works of Sangharakshita, 9
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'The Bodhisattva ideal is a vast subject. It is the major
distinctive emphasis of the phase of the development of Buddhism
known as the Mahayana, which had its flowering for a period of
around 500 years (0-500CE), but is still practised today in many
different forms, from Tibetan Buddhism to Zen. To consider this
topic is to place one's hand on the very heart of Buddhism, and
feel the beating of that heart.' Thus Sangharakshita introduces his
theme. The first part of this volume describes the arising of the
bodhicitta and the bodhisattva's path to Enlightenment in a weaving
together of the sublime and the inspiringly practical, and the
second part is a commentary on Santideva's classic 8th-century
text, the Bodhicaryavatara, based on a seminar given in 1973, in
the very early days of Triratna, thus shaping the newly emerging
Buddhist movement. The seminar was titled The Endlessly Fascinating
Cry, echoing Santideva's fervent prayer: 'In order to grasp this
jewel of the mind, I offer ... the endlessly fascinating cry of
wild geese ...' The volume ends with 'The Bodhisattva Principle', a
talk given in 1983 to a conference of scientists and mystics in
which Sangharakshita presents a vision of the bodhisattva as an
embodiment of the key to the evolution of consciousness, individual
and collective. The subject of this book may be an ideal, but it
offers many ways to take the first real steps on this most
significant of all journeys, and much nourishment for the heart and
mind of the would-be bodhisattva.
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