Śāntideva
Altruism and Reality (Paul Williams)
Academic study
Altruism and Reality (Paul Williams)
Altruism and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
A philosophical study of the poem's arguments for altruism—especially the one denying an owner of suffering—and of its reading in the Tibetan tradition, including that of Tsongkhapa and his school, with its ethical consequences.
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Authorship note
Monograph by Paul Williams.
Editions and translations
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English
Śāntideva
Altruism and Reality
The Conscious LibraryAltruism and Reality
Curzon, 1998
Other works by Śāntideva
- Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) · 720
- The short Dunhuang recension of the Bodhicaryāvatāra · 790
- The Training Anthology (Śikṣāsamuccaya) · 720
- Verses of the Training Anthology · 720
- Compendium of Sūtras (lost)
- Caryāpada songs signed by Bhusuku
- Prajñākaramati's commentary on the Bodhicaryāvatāra · 1000
- A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night (Dalai Lama) · 1994
- The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech (Kunzang Pelden) · 2007
- No Time to Lose (Pema Chödrön) · 2005
Sources
- Williams, Paul. Altruism and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryāvatāra. Richmond (Surrey): Curzon, 1998.
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