RT Article
T1 Synergies of Devotion, Compassion, and Wisdom in Śāntideva for Buddhists and Christians
JF Buddhist Christian studies
VO 41
SP 169
OP 175
A1 Makransky, John
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1796729019
AB This essay will focus on three kinds of practice that help structure Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (BCA): (1) practices of faith and devotion, (2) practices for cultivating compassion, and (3) practices for cultivating the nondual wisdom of emptiness. We will explore how these three types of practice, as explained in the BCA text, function synergistically to inform and empower each other on the path of a bodhisattva. I will draw on selected verses of the BCA to illustrate this point, and then relate it to recent writings on Śāntideva by Christian theologians Perry Schmidt-Leukel and Mark Heim.
K1 Bodhicaryāvatāra
K1 Bodhisattva path
K1 Buddhist-Christian dialogue
K1 Mahāyāna Buddhism
K1 Comparative Theology
K1 Compassion
K1 Devotion
K1 non-dual wisdom
K1 Śāntideva
DO 10.1353/bcs.2021.0017