ABSTRACT

Brings together Paul Williams' previously published papers on the Indian and Tibetan interpretations of selected verses from the eighth and ninth chapters of the Bodhicaryavatara.

chapter |28 pages

On Prakṛtinirvāṇa/Prakṛtinirvṛta in the Bodhicaryāvatāra

A Study in the Indo-Tibetan Commentarial Tradition

chapter |23 pages

On Altruism and Rebirth

Philosophical Comments on Bodkicaryāvatāra 8:97–8

chapter |12 pages

An Argument for Cittamātra

Reflections on Bodhicaryāvatāra 9:28 (Tib. 27) cd

chapter |40 pages

Identifying the Object of Negation

Bodhicaryāvatāra 9:140 (Tib. 139) in Context 1

chapter |73 pages

The Absence of Self and the Removal of Pain

How Śāntideva Destroyed the Bodhisattva Path