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• catalog abstract ""This book explores an important concept within the Buddhist Mahayana tradition, bodhicitta. This term appears frequently in Sanskrit literature relating to the spiritual practices of the bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism and has been variously translated as "thought of enlightenment" or "desire of enlightenment." Francis Brassard offers a contextual analysis of bodhicitta based on the presuppositions underlying the spiritual practice of the bodhisattva. Since the understanding that emerges involves how one ought to view the process of spiritual transformation, this work contributes to Buddhist psychology and soteriology in particular, and to comparative religions in general. The book surveys the various interpretations of the concept of bodhicitta, analyzes its possible functions in the context of the spiritual path of the aspirant to enlightenment, and discusses an understanding of bodhicitta in the context of the Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara."--Jacket.".
• catalog accessRights "Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.".
• catalog contributor b11675061.
• catalog created "c2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "c2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
• catalog description ""This book explores an important concept within the Buddhist Mahayana tradition, bodhicitta. This term appears frequently in Sanskrit literature relating to the spiritual practices of the bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism and has been variously translated as "thought of enlightenment" or "desire of enlightenment." Francis Brassard offers a contextual analysis of bodhicitta based on the presuppositions underlying the spiritual practice of the bodhisattva. Since the understanding that emerges involves how one ought to view the process of spiritual transformation, this work contributes to Buddhist psychology and soteriology in particular, and to comparative religions in general. The book surveys the various interpretations of the concept of bodhicitta, analyzes its possible functions in the context of the spiritual path of the aspirant to enlightenment, and discusses an understanding of bodhicitta in the context of the Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Bodhicitta and the spiritual path of the Bodhisattva -- Methodological considerations -- Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara -- The text -- Santideva -- Prajnakaramati -- Review of literature -- Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki -- Sangharakshita -- Bodhicitta as a desire for enlightenment -- The idea of desire -- Criticism of bodhicitta as an act of will -- Citta (mind) -- Citta-utpada (arising of the mind) -- The two types of bodhicitta -- The ethical aspect of bodhicitta -- Bodhicitta as an object of concentration -- Arguments in favor of bodhicitta as an object of concentration -- Derivatives of the Sanskrit verbal roots [characters not reproducible]grah (to take) and [characters not reproducible]dhr (to hold) -- The practice of meditation -- Implications related to the idea of bodhicitta as an object of concentration -- Criticism of bodhicitta as an object of concentration -- Bodhicitta as cultivation of awareness -- The nature of religious language -- The functional aspect of religious language -- The metaphysical aspect of religious language -- The ethical aspect of religious language -- The cultivation of awareness -- Examples of the cultivation of awareness -- The feeling of detachment -- The breaking up of distinctions -- The practice of devotion -- Saddha/sraddha -- The aspect of renunciation -- The klesas (mental afflictions) and the cultivation of awareness -- Ksantiparamita (the Perfection of patience) -- The workings of the mind -- The aspect of conversion -- Viryaparamita (the Perfection of endeavor) -- The aspect of contemplation.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "ix, 193 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0791445755 (hc. : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0791445763 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "McGill studies in the history of religions".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "c2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press,".
• catalog rights "Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.".
• catalog subject "294.3/422 21".
• catalog subject "BQ4398.5 .B65 2000".
• catalog subject "Bodhicitta (Buddhism)".
• catalog subject "Spiritual life Buddhism.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Bodhicitta and the spiritual path of the Bodhisattva -- Methodological considerations -- Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara -- The text -- Santideva -- Prajnakaramati -- Review of literature -- Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki -- Sangharakshita -- Bodhicitta as a desire for enlightenment -- The idea of desire -- Criticism of bodhicitta as an act of will -- Citta (mind) -- Citta-utpada (arising of the mind) -- The two types of bodhicitta -- The ethical aspect of bodhicitta -- Bodhicitta as an object of concentration -- Arguments in favor of bodhicitta as an object of concentration -- Derivatives of the Sanskrit verbal roots [characters not reproducible]grah (to take) and [characters not reproducible]dhr (to hold) -- The practice of meditation -- Implications related to the idea of bodhicitta as an object of concentration -- Criticism of bodhicitta as an object of concentration -- Bodhicitta as cultivation of awareness -- The nature of religious language -- The functional aspect of religious language -- The metaphysical aspect of religious language -- The ethical aspect of religious language -- The cultivation of awareness -- Examples of the cultivation of awareness -- The feeling of detachment -- The breaking up of distinctions -- The practice of devotion -- Saddha/sraddha -- The aspect of renunciation -- The klesas (mental afflictions) and the cultivation of awareness -- Ksantiparamita (the Perfection of patience) -- The workings of the mind -- The aspect of conversion -- Viryaparamita (the Perfection of endeavor) -- The aspect of contemplation.".
• catalog title "The concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhícaryāvatāra / Francis Brassard.".
• catalog type "text".