Santideva and the Dynamics of Tradition : Doctrinal, Social, and Interreligious Contexts / edited by Stephen Harris; Perry Schmidt-Leukel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Stephen, editor.

Schmidt-Leukel, Perry, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Śāntideva, active 7th century.

Śāntideva.

Mahayana Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This collection analyses the dynamic role of tradition in understanding the thought and impact of the 8th century Mahayana Buddhist thinker Santideva. Organised into three interconnected sections, it highlights Santideva’s Guide to the way of life of a Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara) as a product of and major contributor to the 7th and 8th-century Mahayana Buddhist intellectual tradition. Across a series of cross-cultural case studies, a team of philosophers and scholars of religion demonstrate how the Guide, a religious and philosophical classic, is being taken up into contemporary academic conversations. They analyze key Buddhist concepts developed by Santideva, including effort, compassion, wisdom and the spirit of awakening (bodhicitta), explicating the role they play in his thought and the impact they made on the tradition. Covering his attitude towards woman, they discuss his use of sarcasm revealing his conception of human beings and examine social hierarchy as reflected in his writings and traditional biography. Unique in the attention it gives to social dynamics, this is the first collection to incorporate interreligious dialogue into its framing of the Guide. This interdisciplinary approach showcases the benefits of employing multiple methodologies in the study of Santideva’s thought. A valuable addition to cross-cultural philosophy, Buddhist ethics, interreligious dialogue and Mahayana Buddhism.

Contents:

Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction Stephen E. Harris, Perry Schmidt-Leukel I. Doctrinal Dynamics 1. Candraki¯rti’s prajn~a¯, S´a¯ntideva’s phrone¯sis: Alternative Models of Ma¯dhyamika Wisdom Amber D. Carpenter 2. Suffering and Liberation on Santideva’s Bodhisattva Path Stephen E. Harris 3. The Wind in the Sails: Virya in the Bodhicaryavatara Jay L. Garfield, Emily McRae 4. Immanence and Transcendence: Ethical Grounds in Prasa?gika and the Great Perfection Douglas Duckworth II. Social Dynamics 5. Santideva’s Idea of the Yogic and Non-Yogic Worlds: Its Implications and Possible Antecedents Dorji Wangchuk 6. Mockery, Sarcasm, and Irony in the Bodhicaryavatara Perry Schmidt-Leukel 7. A Feminist Buddhist Perspective on Santideva’s Bodhicaryavatara Carola Roloff (Bhik?u?i Jampa Tsedroen) 8. Hierarchy Versus Charism: Santideva’s Hagiography as an Exemplar of the Tension in Buddhism Between Ecclesiastical Status and Spiritual Attainment Andrew Skilton III. Interreligious Dynamics 9. Santideva’s Twofold bodhicitta in Light of Comparative Spirituality Francis Brassard 10. Sa?kara and Santideva on Consciousness and Ultimate Reality: A Field Guide to Identify the Buddhist Advaitin Fabian Völker 11 Learning To Be Empty: Santideva’s Wisdom on Creaturely No Self S. Mark Heim 12. Compassionate Ethics and Contemplative Dynamics: Some Observations on Santideva’s Bodhicaryavatara and Zayn al-?Abidin’s Makarim al-akhlaq Reza Shah Kazemi Index

ISBN:

9781350532366

OCLC:

1552792094