Myriads of scholarly sources have studied various aspects of being a bodhisattva; yet few of
them look into the practicability of the bodhisattva path in the modern era. The present …

Mahāyāna devotees assert that helping other people is the practice of the bodhisattva path.
This qualitative inquiry explores how Buddhists apply the bodhisattva spirit in modern …

Mental health has become a critical global issue over the last century, adversely impacting
individual happiness, social costs and human capital, all of which devastate national …

The primary purpose of both the BCA and the ŚS is to instruct the reader in developing the
virtuous qualities of the bodhisattva. These include the six perfections (pāramitās) of …

Among the most significant contributions the Indian Buddhist tradition makes to the study of
philosophy is its nuanced moral psychology of pathological emotions (kle ś as), which cause …

In the eighth chapter of the Bodhicaryāvatāra, the Buddhist philosopher Śāntideva has often
been interpreted as offering an argument that accepting the ultimate nonexistence of the self …

Bodhicaryāvatāra was composed by the Buddhist monk scholar Śāntideva at Nālandā
University in India sometime during the 8th Century CE. It stands as one the great classics of …

Apart from being a religious order, Buddhism is also a set of ideas and ideals and, above all,
a time tested way of life. This fact has been vividly exemplified and profusely illustrated …

Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents a friendly and encouraging
guide to spiritual practice for all those who want to take up the path of the bodhisattva--one …

Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön presents a friendly and encouraging
guide to spiritual practice for all those who want to take up the path of the bodhisattva--one …