Landscapes of Betrayal, Landscapes of Joy: Curtisville in the Lives of Its Teenagers (Suny Series in Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology) ... Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology) by Herb Childress - 2000

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Content: This book explores an important concept within the Buddhist Mahayana tradition, 'bodhicitta.' This term appears frequently in Sanskrit literature relating to the spiritual practices of the bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism and has been variously translated as 'thought of enlightenment' or 'desire of enlightenment.' The author offers a contextual analysis of bodhicitta based on the presuppositions underlying the spiritual practice of the bodhisattva. Since the understanding that emerges involves how one ought to view the process of spiritual transformation, this work contributes to Buddhist psychology and soteriology in particular, and to comparative religions in general. This work surveys the various interpretation of the concept of 'bodhicitta,' analyzes its possible functions in the context of the spiritual path of the aspirant to enlightenment, and discusses an understanding of 'bodhicitta' in the context of the Santideva's "Bodhicaryavatara.192 pages, notes, bibliography, index,