How to Be Caring
An Ancient Guide to a Compassionate Life
$31.91
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2026
Summary
A vivid new translation of selections from an inspiring guide to self-transformation through kindness by an eighth-century Buddhist monk
Written by the medieval Indian Buddhist monk Shantideva, The Bodhicaryavatara is one of the most beloved and frequently taught works in Buddhism and a favourite of the Dalai Lama. An inspiring and powerful poem that uses a gripping, first-person, confessional voice, it is the most systematic work of ethical thought in the In…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691274072 |
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| ISBN-10: | 069127407X |
| Author: | Shantideva, Jay L. Garfield |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 197mm x 123mm |
| Series: | Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers |
About The Author
Shantideva
Shantideva was an eighth-century Buddhist monk who taught at Nalanda University, which was in the present-day state of Bihar in Eastern India. According to legend, he recited How to Lead an Awakened Life to a huge assembly of students and scholars at the school, then rose into the air, flew from the lecture hall, and vanished into space, never to be seen again but leaving behind in his room a copy of the text.
Jay L. Garfield is the Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and professor of philosophy and Buddhist studies at Smith College and a visiting professor of Buddhist philosophy at Harvard Divinity School. His books include How to Lose Yourself: An Ancient Guide to Letting Go (Princeton), Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self (Princeton), and Buddhist Ethics: A Philosophical Exploration.
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