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Chapter 33 LE The Bodhisattva Path S S´a¯ntideva’s Bodhicarya¯vata¯ra OF SA William Edelglass NO PRO OR TF D TE S´a¯ntideva (c. seventh/eighth century) taught at Na¯landa¯, the Buddhist uni- versity near present-day Patna, India, which, with 10, students and an EC eleven-story library, was for centuries one of the world’s principal institu- CT tions of higher www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 10 mins. Bodhicaryāvatāra: An Introduction to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. by Śāntideva. In the language of India: Bodhicaryāvatāra In the language of Tibet: བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ།, (changchub sempé chöpa la jukpa) In the English language: Introduction to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.  · The Bodhicaryāvatāra is an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist text from approximately the eighth century CE, whose author is referred to as Śāntideva. It is very popular among Tibetan Buddhists; the present Dalai Lama has referred to it as his favourite www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins.


The Bodhicaryāvatāra or "Way of the Bodhisattva" as it is often translated, is one of the most read texts in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.* This is hardly surprising, as its author Śāntideva managed the feat of encapsulating the vast expanses of Mahāyāna Buddhism in a single elegantly and often movingly written text. Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra - completed May The Bodhicaryāvatāra figures among the most celebrated works of Sanskrit Buddhist literature. Revered for its poetic beauty and profound purport, it is the Classic studied in all Tibetan Buddhist monastic institutions and throughout the world in many universities and Dharma centres. Keywords: Śāntideva, bodhisattva (aspirant to awakening), bodhicitta (thought of awakening), pāramitā (buddhist perfections), Madhyamaka Introduction The Bodhicaryāvatāra (BCA) is a relatively short Buddhist text dealing with the spiritual practice of the Bodhisattva (aspirant to awakening) with a special emphasis on the.


The Bodhicaryāvatāra Śāntideva’s Bodhicaryāvatāra figures among the most celebrated works of Sanskrit Buddhist literature. Revered for its poetic beauty and profound purport, it is the classic text studied in all Tibetan Buddhist monastic institutions and in many universities and Dharma centres throughout the world. www.doorway.ru: The Bodhicaryavatara (Oxford World's Classics): Santideva, Williams, Paul, Crosby, Kate, Skilton, Andrew: Books. Bodhicaryāvatāra is first and foremost a guide to the conduct and attitude necessary for following the bodhisattva path, the way of life committed to cultivating and acting on bodhicitta, the aspiration to attain awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings. It is structured largely by the rubric of the six perfections to be.

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