Bodhicaryāvatāra (Minaev)

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Bodhicaryāvatāra (Minaev)
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Source Texts of the BCA (Sanskrit)


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This is the first edition of the Sanskrit text made by a Western scholar, Ivan Pavlovich Minaev. It was published in Zapiski 1889.
Citation
Minaev, Ivan, ed. "Bodhicaryāvatāra." Zapiski Vostočnago Otdělenīja Imperatorskago Russkago Archeologičeskago Obščestva (Transactions of the Oriental Section of the Royal Russian Archeological Society) 4 (1889): 153–228. http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil_elib/San889__Santideva_Bodhicaryavatara_ed_Minaev.pdf.
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Classical WorksAbout this item
An "Introduction to Bodhisattva Practice," the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra is a poem about the path of a bodhisattva, in ten chapters, written by the Indian Buddhist Śāntideva (fl. c. 685–763). One of the masterpieces of world literature, it is a core text of Mahāyāna Buddhism and continues to be taught, studied, and commented upon in many languages and by many traditions around the world. The main subject of the text is bodhicitta, the altruistic aspiration for enlightenment, and the path and practices of the bodhisattva, the six perfections (pāramitās). The text forms the basis of many contemporary discussions of Buddhist ethics and philosophy.