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Chatterjee, Ashok Kumar, ed. "Mādhyamika: Bodhicaryāvatāra." In Readings on Yogācāra Buddhism, 74–83. Varanasi: Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy, Banaras Hindu University, 1971.
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Collection of extracts illustrating the principles of Buddhist philosophy of the Yogācāra (Vijñānavāda) school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
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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.