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Moral Theory in Santideva's Siksasamuccaya, Cultivating the Fruits of Virtue
By: Barbara R. Clayton

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Author: Barbara R. Clayton
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780415346962
Publication Date: 2005

Product Code: 13099

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This book analyzes the moral theory of the seventh-century Indian Mahayana master, Shantideva. Santideva is the author of the well-known religious poem, the Bodhicaryavatara (Entering the Path of Enlightenment) as well as the significant - but relatively overlooked Siksasamuccaya (Compendium of Teachings). Both of these works describe the nature and path of the bodhisattva,Ithe altruistic spiritual ideal especially exalted in the Mahayana literature.
With particular focus on the Siksasamuccaya, this book offers a response to the question: How would Santideva’s ethics be understood in terms of Western moral theory? An exegetical account of the bodhisattva path as outline in the Siksasamuccaya is provided by textual analysis and original translations. Santideva;s ethical presuppositions and moral reasoning are illuninated by analyzying his key moral terms and comparing then to other Buddhist principles.
By focusing on a neglected Buddhist Sanskirt text by a major Mahayaha figure, Barbara R. CLayton helps to redress a significant imbalance in the scholarship on Buddist ethiscs, which has -up to now- focused primarily on the ethics of the Pali literature and as interpreted in the Theravada tradition. This book makes a vial contribution to our understanding of Mahayana ethics.

Moral Theory in Santideva's Siksasamuccaya, Cultivating the Fruits of Virtue, Barbara R. Clayton, RoutledgeCurzon, Hardcover, 2006, 165 Pages, $80.00

Barbara R. Clayton recieved her PhD in Religious Studies from McGill University. She is currentl Assistant Professor for Eastern Religious at Mount Allison Univeristy.

Acknowledgements xi

Abbreviations xiii

Conventions xiv

Objectives 1

Method 6

Santideva's dates and doctrinal affiliation 31

Santideva's life 33

Santideva's works 36

The text of the Siksasamuccaya 38

Structure of the Siksasamuccaya 39

Protection 42

Purification 51

Cultivation 58

Kusala 67

Sila 72

Punya 76

Punya and its problematic "application" 80

Santideva's marality 90

Just one moral theory 101

What kind of moral theory? 112

Is Buddhist morality homogeneous? 113

Appendix I: verses of the Siksasamuccaya 119

Appendix II: titles of works quoted in the Siksasamuccaya 127

Notes 130

Bibliography 150

Index 157

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