How to Be Caring: An Ancient Guide to a Compassionate Life - Hardcover
by Shantideva
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Availability:In StockContributor:Shantideva, Jay L. Garfield (Editor), Jay L. Garfield (Translator)Series:Ancient Wisdom for Modern ReadersPublish date:9/30/2025Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691274072ISBN-10:069127407XUPC:9780691274072Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Buddhist, History & Surveys, Ethics & Moral PhilosophyBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:6.77 x 4.65 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCK5W7AB18
How to Be Caring: An Ancient Guide to a Compassionate Life
A vivid new translation of selections from an inspiring guide to self-transformation through kindness by an eighth-century Buddhist monk
Written by the medieval Indian Buddhist monk Shantideva, The Bodhicaryavatara is one of the most beloved and frequently taught works in Buddhism and a favorite of the Dalai Lama. An inspiring and powerful poem that uses a gripping, first-person, confessional...Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691274072ISBN-10:069127407XUPC:9780691274072Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Buddhist, History & Surveys, Ethics & Moral PhilosophyBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:6.77 x 4.65 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCK5W7AB18
Shantideva was an eighth-century Buddhist monk who taught at Nalanda University, which was in the present-day state of Bihar in Eastern India. According to legend, he recited How to Lead an Awakened Life to a huge assembly of students and scholars at the school, then rose into the air, flew from the lecture hall, and vanished into space, never to be seen again but leaving behind in his room a...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Shantideva, Jay L. Garfield (Editor), Jay L. Garfield (Translator)
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