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Informationen zum Autor S. Mark Heim Klappentext S. Mark Heim is Samuel Abbot Professor of Theology at Andover Newton Seminary at Yale and a Visiting Professor at Yale Divinity School. He is the author and editor of several books, the most recent of which is Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross . Zusammenfassung The first systematic discussion of the bodhisattva path in Mahayana Buddhism from a Christian theological perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction : The Bodhisattva Path and the Christ Path 1 Comparative Theology as Christian Theology ¿ Some Historical Background ¿ Theology of Religious Pluralism ¿ Plan of This Book I Two Paths 1 Two Problems, Two Miracles 25 What to Study? ¿ Bridging Gaps ¿ The Miracle of the Bodhisattva ¿ The Miracle of the Great Exchange ¿ Matchless Wonders II Perfection of Wisdom and the Bodhisattva Path in ¿¿ntideva 2 The Bodhisattva Path 59 Undertaking the Way of Enlightenment: Text and Reader ¿ Cultivating Awakening Mind: Starting Where We Are 3 Extreme Wisdom, Groundless Compassion 82 Expanding and Dispelling the Self ¿ Perfection of Wisdom ¿ Back to the Bodhisattva ¿ Being Buddha III Christian Reflections 4 The Bodhisattva as Aspirant: Creatures and No-Self 127 Creatures and No-Self ¿ The Blessings of Emptiness ¿ Mimetic Self: Too Little or Too Much? ¿ No-Self and the Cross 5 The Bodhisattva as Buddha: Immanence and Emptiness 165 Buddha Nature ¿ Theosis, Divine Energies, and Bare Awareness ¿ Attainment and History ¿ Attainment and Self-Consciousness ¿ Practicing Bare Immanence ¿ Christ and the Bodhisattva 6 How Do Buddhas Help?: Bodhisattva as Benefactor and Christ as Savior 209 Many Faces of Compassion ¿ Three Ways That Bodhisattvas Help ¿ Deity and Benefactor Meditation ¿ Christian Reflections ¿ Benefactor Practices in Christian Perspective ¿ Bodhisattva and Christ I: Diversity and Person-Making ¿ Bodhisattva and Christ II: Why Christ Suffers and Bodhisattvas Don't Conclusion : Crucified Wisdom 261 Notes 271 Works Cited 309 Index 321 ...
