The Bodhisattva and the Space Age: The Great Idea in Our Time

Adapted from its original format published here for the first time Roger Weirs The Bodhisattva and the Space Age: The Great Idea in Our Time which blends the ancient Buddhist writings with a modern cosmic understanding guiding the learner on a journey through time and space.In The Bodhisattva and the Space Age youll explore: The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (Shraddhotpada Mahayana Sutra) - Learn the eight reasons for the creation of the revolutionary text and the shift in Buddhist consciousness from a personal liberation to a universal liberation through the introduction of the goddess Kuan Yin the bodhisattva of compassion.The Teaching of Vimalakirti (Vimalakirtinirdesa Sutra) - Discover one of the most famous of the Mahayana Sutras which tells the story of Yuima (also known as Vimalakirti) a layman whose wisdom surprised and amazed even some of the most famous Buddhas and bodhisattvas in history.The Accumulation of Precious Qualities (Prajna Paramita Ratna Guna Samcaya Gatha) - The paradise of the Amitabha Buddha is not one of just singing and mindlessness but one of study and great erudition because the bodhisattva ideal includes omniscience-one must know it all-every bit of it in all of its ramifications for all beings to learn.The Space Age - The modern scientific worldview reveals that there are infinite galaxies in all directions around ours and from a Buddhist perspective they are peopled with infinite beings in need of liberation from the cycle of samsara.