Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryavatara
by Paul Williams

This volume brings together Paul Williams`s previously published papers on the Indian and Tibetan interpretations of selected verses from the eighth and ninth chapters of the Bodhicaryavatara. In addition there is a much longer version of the paper `Identifying the Object of Negation` and nearly half the book consists of a wholly new essay, "The Absence of self and the Removal of Pain`, subtitled `How Santideva Destroyed the Bodhisattva Path. Dr. Paul William is Reader in Indo-Tibetan Studies and Codirector of the centre for Buddhist Studies, University of Bristol. "Paul Williams has made an admirable attempt...notes are a valuable part of the book...a valuable contribution to the vast field of Buddhist Studies." HSI LAI JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC BUDDHISM