Francis Brassard is Assistant Professor of Religion at Berry College, Georgia.

List of Abbreviations

ix

Introduction

1

(6)

Bodhicitta and the spiritual path of the Bodhisattva

7

(22)

Methodological considerations

7

(3)

Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara

10

(8)

The text

11

(4)

Santideva

15

(2)

Prajnakaramati

17

(1)

Review of literature

18

(11)

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

18

(4)

Sangharakshita

22

(7)

Bodhicitta as a desire for enlightenment

29

(24)

The idea of desire

30

(4)

Criticism of bodhicitta as an act of will

34

(16)

Citta (mind)

34

(5)

Citta-utpada (arising of the mind)

39

(2)

The two types of bodhicitta

41

(5)

The ethical aspect of bodhicitta

46

(4)

Conclusion

50

(3)

Bodhicitta as an object of concentration

53

(18)

Arguments in favor of bodhicitta as an object of concentration

55

(9)

Derivatives of the Sanskrit verbal roots &squr;grah (to take) and &squr;dhr (to hold)

55

(3)

The practice of meditation

58

(5)

Implications related to the idea of bodhicitta as an object of concentration

63

(1)

Criticism of bodhicitta as an object of concentration

64

(7)

Bodhicitta as cultivation of awareness

71

(34)

The nature of religious language

73

(14)

The functional aspect of religious language

73

(4)

The metaphysical aspect of religious language

77

(3)

The ethical aspect of religious language

80

(7)

The cultivation of awareness

87

(11)

Examples of the cultivation of awareness

90

(3)

The feeling of detachment

93

(4)

The breaking up of distinctions

97

(1)

The practice of devotion

98

(4)

Saddha/sraddha

99

(3)

Conclusion

102

(3)

The aspect of renunciation

105

(14)

The klesas (mental afflictions) and the cultivation of awareness

109

(2)

Ksantiparamita (the Perfection of patience)

111

(2)

The workings of the mind

113

(6)

The aspect of conversion

119

(14)

Viryaparamita (the Perfection of endeavor)

123

(10)

The aspect of contemplation

133

(18)

Conclusion

147

(4)

Notes

151

(26)

Bibliography

177

(10)

Index

187

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