This is a study and translation of the Mahayana Sutra, Bodhisattvagocara, which contains one of the only Buddhist teachings extant on what might be called a "Buddhist theory of national defense." It contains a dialogue between Sakyamuni Buddha and the Nirgrantha sage, Satyaka, who is revealed at the end to be a bodhisattva of high attainment. The text has been seminal in the ethical reflections of generations of Indian and Tibetan Buddhists, though it was not well known in East Asia.

Range of the Bodhisattva: A Mahayana Sutra: The Teachings of the Nirgrantha Satyaka (Arya-bodhisattva-gocara),Paul Hackett, Lozang Jamspal (Translator), Wisdom Publications, Hardcover, 308 Pages, $49.95

Lozang Jamspal has the Rigs chen degree from Tashi Lhunpo Monastic University in Tibet; the Acharya degree in Sanskrit from Sanskrit University Varanasi; and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He is presently lecturer in Buddhist Sanskrit and classical Tibetan in the Department of Religion at Columbia University.

	Contents: The Range of the Bodhisattva, A Mahayana Sutra
	Series Editor's Preface`	ix
	Author"s Preface	xi
	Introduction	xv
	Translation
I.	Inception	3
II.	The Perfections	15
III.	Skillful Means	27
IV.	The Single Vehicle	33
V.	Approaching the King	41
VI.	Policy of State	47
VII.	The Banquet	65
VIII.	Judgment of Flaws and Perfections	69
IX.	The Tathagata's Virtues	79
X.	The Audience with the Tathagata	101
XI.	The Ultimate Truth	105
XII.	The Prophecy and Elucidation	111
	Appendices
I.	Topical Outline of the Discourse of Truth Teller	127
II.	Classifications of the Buddha's Teachings	131
III.	Etymology of the Terms Gautama and Sakya	141
IV.	Nirgranthas in the Time of the Buddha	143
V.	Glossaries	149
	English-Tibetan-Sanskrit
	Tibetan-Sanskrit-English
	Sanskrit-Tibetan-English
	Notes to the Introduction, Translation, and Appendices	183
	Bibliography	223
	Index	239