Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas

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Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas
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This is a translation of the root text of Śāntideva's Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra, བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ།) presented with Tibetan text and English on facing pages which accompanies the second volume in the set, which is A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas by the great Sakya master Sazang Mati Panchen (b.1294 - d.1376) ས་བཟང་མ་ཏི་པཎ་ཆེན་བློ་གྲོས་རྒྱལ་མཚན།.
Citation
Gyaltsen, Lama Kalsang, and Ani Kunga Chodron, trans. Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas. By Shantideva. Walden, NY: Tsechen Kunchab Ling, 2006.
Table of contents
  • 1. Demonstration of the Benefit of Developing Enlightenment Thought1
  • 2. Confession of Sin17
  • 3. Complete Acceptance of Enlightenment Thought41
  • 4. How to Rely upon Heedfulness55
  • 5. How to Guard Alertness75
  • 6. Perfection ofPatience115
  • 7. Perfection of Diligence163
  • 8. Perfection of Meditation191
  • 9. Perfection ofWisdom257
  • 10. Dedication of Merit315
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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.