This is the companion volume to The Range of the Bodhisattva: Introduction and Translation, a critical Tibetan edition of the Mahāyāna Sūtra, the Bodhisattva-gocara, which presents one of the only Buddhist teachings extant on what might be called a “Buddhist theory of war.” The main body of the text takes the form of a dialogue between King Caṇḍapradyota and the Nirgrantha sage, Satyaka, who is later revealed by Shākyamuni Buddha to be a bodhisattva of high attainment. The author’s critical edition synthesizes the readings of five different recensions of the text to produce an edition of the sūtra that runs parallel to the published English translation.
BOOK INFORMATION
- Hardcover
- 218 pages, 6 x 9 inches
- ISBN 9781935011132
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lozang Jamspal holds a Rigs-chen degree from Tashi Lhunpo Monastic University in Tibet, an Acharya degree in Sanskrit from Sanskrit University, Varanasi, and a PhD from Columbia University. Formerly Lecturer in Buddhist Sanskrit and Classical Tibetan in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, he is currently a professor at the International Buddhist College in Thailand.
Other books by Lozang Jamspal:
The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahāyānasūtrālaṁkāra)
The Range of the Bodhisattva, a Mahāyana Sūtra (Ārya-bodhisattva-gocara)
