Charles Goodman is a Buddhist scholar, philosopher, translator, and meditation teacher. He is an Associate Professor at Binghamton University. His academic interests include ethical theory, Buddhist philosophy, metaphysics, and applied ethics. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and is the author of Consequences of Compassion: An Interpretation and Defense of Buddhist Ethics.

• List of AbbreviationsThe Training Anthology in its Cultural and Religious ContextsThe Philosophy of the Training AnthologyNotes on the TranslationRoot Verses of the Training Anthology 1. The Perfection of Generosity2. Upholding the Holy Dharma3. Protecting the Dharma Teacher and so on4. Giving Up What is Harmful5. Giving Up What is Harmful through the Perfection of Moral Discipline6. Protecting the Body7. Protecting Possessions and Goodness8. Clearing Away Vile Actions9. The Perfection of Patient Endurance10. The Perfection of Perseverance11. Praise of the Wilderness12. Preparing the Mind13. The Applications of Mindfulness14. Purifying the Body15. Purifying Possessions and Goodness16. The Ritual of Good Conduct17. Benefits of Reverential Actions18. Recollection of the Three Jewels19. Enhancing Goodness Appendix A: Training Anthology Ch. 18, B. 344-347, Tibetan VersionAppendix B: Partial List of Translation ChoicesAppendix C: Texts Quoted in the Training Anthology NotesWorks CitedIndex

Charles Goodman has taken on the important task of rendering this valuable text into readable twenty-first-century English - not an easy task, given the often abstract and passive prose in the texts composite Buddhist and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit. That in itself would be a major contribution, but Goodman's effort goes considerably further ... This work easily surpasses Bendall and Rouse as the definitive English translation of the Śik