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A multimedia resource hub for scripture, scholarship, and teachings on Bodhicitta ("bodhichitta") and Śāntideva's ("Shantideva") life and works, the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra and the Śikṣāsamuccaya.
A multimedia resource hub for scripture, scholarship, and teachings on Bodhicitta ("bodhichitta") and Śāntideva's ("Shantideva") life and works, the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra and the Śikṣāsamuccaya.
Bodhicitta - The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. Skt बोधिचित्त Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས། Ch 菩提心
Bodhi - Enlightenment or awakening. In Tibetan it is translated as "purified" (byang) and "perfected" (chub), which corresponds to Siddhartha Gautama's achievement of purifying all obscurations and perfecting or attaining all qualities associated with a buddha. Skt बोधि Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་ Ch 菩提;悟;覺
Śāntideva (ཞི་བ་ལྷ་). Śikṣāsamuccaya [शिक्षासमुच्चय]. bslab pa kun las btus pa [བསླབ་པ་ཀུན་ལས་བཏུས་པ།]. [The Compendium of Training]. Tengyur, RKTST 3281 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=3281&typ=2.
The purpose of this website is to provide a resource hub for trustworthy information for learning about and teaching Bodhicitta ("bodhichitta") and Śāntideva's ("Shantideva's") related texts. Unique content will be shared here and the site will act as a broker for other projects and authors that have already created quality materials, which we will curate for a wide range of audiences.