{"product_id":"the-bodhisattva-ideal-selected-key-texts-9780861714506","title":"The Bodhisattva Ideal: Selected Key Texts","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe power and promise of enlightened altruism, a life lived for the benefit of all beings, is on full display in this collection of Buddhist works on the heroic way of the bodhisattva.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most revolutionary aspects of Mahayana Buddhism is what many contemporary writers on Buddhism call the \"bodhisattva ideal.\" This refers to a spiritual outlook and way of life rooted in a resolute vow and dedicated to the welfare of all sentient beings. This volume features authoritative Tibetan presentations of the ideal based on key Indian Buddhist treatises, especially Nagarjuna's \u003ci\u003ePrecious Garland\u003c\/i\u003e, Shantideva's \u003ci\u003eGuide to the Bodhisattva Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCompendium of Training\u003c\/i\u003e, Maitreya's \u003ci\u003eOrnament of Mahayana Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e, and Asanga's \u003ci\u003eBodhisattva Ground\u003c\/i\u003e. Together, the nine Tibetan texts translated here embrace the complete spectrum of the bodhisattva ideal as understood, taught, and practiced in Tibetan Buddhism. From first generating the faith of admiration toward the compassionate teacher, the Buddha, by recollecting his altruistic deeds in former births (\u003ci\u003ejatakas\u003c\/i\u003e) to generating the awakening mind (\u003ci\u003ebodhicitta\u003c\/i\u003e) followed by the solemn act of taking the bodhisattva vow, from cultivating oneself through everyday mindfulness rooted in an altruistic outlook to the specifics of living life according to the bodhisattva's moral precepts, and from the initial stages of training in the six perfections to the full flowering of the union of awakening mind with the wisdom seeing things as they are, this volume offers a comprehensive roadmap to making the bodhisattva ideal an animating reality in the practitioner's own life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume includes celebrated commentaries, including Thokmé Sangpo on \u003ci\u003eGuide to the Bodhisattva Way\u003c\/i\u003e, Tsongkhapa on the \u003ci\u003eCompendium of Training\u003c\/i\u003e, Gyaltsab on the \u003ci\u003ePrecious Garland\u003c\/i\u003e (fully translated here), and Chankgya Rolpai Dorje on the bodhisattva precepts. It also contains a lucid structural comparison of \u003ci\u003eOrnament of Mahayana Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBodhisattva Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, along with inspiring verses on the Buddha's past births, mind training, and the altruistic aspiration. Finally, it contains a fresh translation of Thokme Sangpo's famous \u003ci\u003eThirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattva\u003c\/i\u003e and Dza Paltrul's verse distillation of the bodhisattva vows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780861714506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 3.00d","brand":"Thupten Jinpa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52284322349237,"sku":"9780861714506","price":67.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_58d69787-a506-4c71-874a-65d9b3810f48.jpg?v=1771990645","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-bodhisattva-ideal-selected-key-texts-9780861714506","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}