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| The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra | ||
| 作者 | Brassard, Francis (著) |
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| 出版日期 | 2000.04 |
| 頁次 | 203 |
| 出版者 | State University of New York Press (SUNY Press) |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.sunypress.edu./index.html |
| 出版地 | Albany, NY, US [奧爾巴尼, 紐約州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Bodhicitta; Buddhist Spiritual life |
| 摘要 | This book explores an important concept within the Buddhist Mahāyāna tradition, bodhicitta. This term appears frequently in Sanskrit literature relating to the spiritual practices of the bodhisattva in Mahāyāna 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 Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra. |
| 目次 | List of Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 Chapter one: Bodhicitta and the spiritual path of the Bodhisattva 7 1. Methodological considerations 7 2. Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra 10 i. The text 11 ii. Śāntideva 15 iii. Prajñākaramati 17 3. Review of literature 18 i. Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki 18 ii. Sangharakshita 22 Chapter two: Bodhicitta as a desire for enlightenment 29 1. The idea of desire 30 2. Criticism of bodhicitta as an act of will 34 i. Citta (mind) 34 ii. Citta-utpāda (arising of the mind) 39 iii. The two types of bodhicitta 41 iv. The ethical aspect of bodhicitta 46 3. Conclusion 50 Chapter three: Bodhicitta as an object of concentration 53 1. Arguments in favor of bodhicitta as an object of concentration 55 i. Derivatives of the Sankrit verbal roots √grah (to take) and √dhṛ (to hold) 55 ii. The practice of meditation 58 iii. Implications related to the idea of bodhicitta as an object of concentration 63 Chapter four: Bodhicitta as cultivation of awareness 71 1. The nature of religious language 73 i. The functional aspect of religious language 73 ii. The metaphysical aspect of religious language 77 iii. The ethical aspect of religious language 80 2. The cultivation of awareness 87 i. Examples of the cultivation of awareness 90 ii. The feeling of detachment 93 iii. The breaking up of distinctions 97 3. The practice of devotion 98 i. Saddhā/śraddhā 99 4. Conclusion 102 Chapter five: The aspect of renunciation 105 i. The kleśas (mental afflictions) and the cultivation of awareness 109 ii. Kṣāntipāramitā (the Perfection of patience) 111 iii. The workings of the mind 113 Chapter six: The aspect of conversion 119 i. Vīryapāramitā (the Perfection of endeavor) 123 Chapter seven: The aspect of contemplation 133 Conclusion 147 Notes 151 Bibliography 177 Index 187 |
| ISBN | 9780791445761 (pbc); 9780791445754 (hbc) |
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| 點閱次數 | 225 |
| 建檔日期 | 1999.08.16 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.05.21 |
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