About the Book: Mapping the Bodhicaryavatara
Mapping the Bodhicaryavatara is an interpretive study of the great Mahayana
ethical treatise focusing on Bodhisattvayana as it is variantly called.
TheBodhicaryavatara is a world classic, and the author, Santideva is a hallowed
name in Mahayana discourse, his views and ideas are regarded as of great
authority, and the text is incorporated in theTengyur, the Tibetan cannon of
apocryphal writings.ousness of a bodhisattva, the one who vows to dispel the
misery of the human kind, and for that noble purpose alone he wishes to attain
Buddhahood. His Holiness the Dalai Lamas discourses are replete with inspiration
drawn from Santidevas work.The present study