Bodhisattva

== General references ==
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* Analayo, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110911101206/http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/fileadmin/pdf/publikationen/HamburgUP_HBS01_Analayo.pdf ''The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal''], Hamburg Buddhist Studies 1, Hamburg University Press 2010
* Dayal, Har (1970). ''The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature'', Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
* Gampopa; The Jewel Ornament of Liberation; Snow Lion Publications; {{ISBN|1-55939-092-1}}
* Gyatso, [[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso]], ''The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others'', [[Tharpa Publications]] (2nd. ed., 1995) {{ISBN|978-0-948006-50-0}}
* Kawamura, Leslie S. (ed) (1981) ''The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhism,'' Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. Canada. 
* Lampert, K.; Traditions of Compassion: From Religious Duty to Social Activism. Palgrave-Macmillan; {{ISBN|1-4039-8527-8}}
* Pagel, Ulrich (1992). ''The Bodhisattvapiṭaka: Its Doctrines, Practices and Their Position in Mahāyāna Literature.'' Institute of Buddhist Studies.
* [[Shantideva]]: ''Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life'': How to Enjoy a Life of Great Meaning and Altruism, a translation of Shantideva's ''Bodhisattvacharyavatara'' with Neil Elliott, Tharpa Publications (2002) {{ISBN|978-0-948006-88-3}}
* Werner, Karel; Samuels, Jeffrey; Bhikkhu Bodhi; Skilling, Peter; Bhikkhu Anālayo, McMahan, David (2013) ''[https://bps.lk/olib/bp/bp625s_The-Bodhisatva-Ideal.pdf The Bodhisattva Ideal: Essays on the Emergence of  Mahayana].'' Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 978-955-24-0396-5
* White, Kenneth R.; The Role of Bodhicitta in Buddhist Enlightenment: Including a Translation into English of Bodhicitta-sastra, Benkemmitsu-nikyoron, and Sammaya-kaijo; [[Lewiston, New York]]: [[Edwin Mellen Press]], 2005; {{ISBN|0-7734-5985-5}}
* Williams, Paul (2008). ''Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations'', Routledge.
* {{Google books|WpyiqKZISw0C&d|The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China, by Zhiru (Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism series no. 21), University of Hawaii Press, 2007}}; {{ISBN|978-0-8248-3045-8}}
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