This essay considers the eighth century Indian Buddhist monk, Śāntideva's strategy of using
the afflictive mental states (kleśas) for progress towards liberation in his Introduction to the …

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 …

The Saṃnyāsa Upanis. ads characterize the life of the saṃnyāsin (renunciate) as devoid of
earthly pleasures. A person who forsakes every earthly pleasure, however, seems to forsake …

Roy W. Perrett argues that the Hindu sage, like the western moral saint, seems precluded
from pursuing non-moral ends for their own sakes. If he is precluded from pursuing non …

Although the Bodhicaryāvatāra is one of the most influential works of Sanskrit Buddhist
literature, central to Tibetan Buddhist thought and widely translated into modern languages …