Synergies of Devotion, Compassion, and Wisdom in Śāntideva for Buddhists and Christians
This essay will focus on three kinds of practice that help structure Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (BCA): (1) practices of faith and devotion, (2) practices for cultivating compassion, and (3) practices for cultivating the nondual wisdom of emptiness. We will explore how these three types of pra...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Hawaii Press
2021
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Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 41, Pages: 169-175 |
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Comparative Theology
B Buddhist-Christian dialogue B Bodhisattva path B non-dual wisdom B Mahāyāna Buddhism B Compassion B Bodhicaryāvatāra B Śāntideva B Devotion |
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Summary: | This essay will focus on three kinds of practice that help structure Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (BCA): (1) practices of faith and devotion, (2) practices for cultivating compassion, and (3) practices for cultivating the nondual wisdom of emptiness. We will explore how these three types of practice, as explained in the BCA text, function synergistically to inform and empower each other on the path of a bodhisattva. I will draw on selected verses of the BCA to illustrate this point, and then relate it to recent writings on Śāntideva by Christian theologians Perry Schmidt-Leukel and Mark Heim. |
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ISSN: | 1527-9472 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Buddhist Christian studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2021.0017 |