The Original Bodhicaryāvatāra
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The Original Bodhicaryāvatāra
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- A Comparative of Sanskrit, Tibetan and Mongolian on Prajñāpāramitā Chapter of Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (2) (The Commemoration Number Published on the Occasion of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Ryojun Fuyo)
- A Descriptive Catalogue and Restoration of the Tibetan Language Text of Bodhicaryavatara from Dunhuang Documents
- A Study of Akṣayamati (Śāntideva)'s Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra as Found in the Tibetan Manuscripts From Tun-huang
- A Study of the Dūn-huáng Recension of the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
- A Study of the Wisdom Chapter (Prajñāpāramitā Pariccheda) of the Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā of Prajñākaramati
- Action and Its Result in the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Akṣayamati's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra as Found in the Tibetan Manuscripts from Dūn-huáng
- An Argument for Cittamātra: Reflections on Bodhicaryāvatāra 9:28 (Tib. 27) cd
- An Index to the Bodhicaryāvatāra Pañjikā, Chapter IX
- An Inquiry into the Relationship between the Śikṣāsamuccaya and the Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra
- Atiśa's Introduction to the Two Truths, and Its Sources
- Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra als Lehrschrift und Vorhaben: Zum Thema Ritual, Religion, Philosophie und Mystik im Buddhismus
- Bodhicaryāvatāra 9:2 as a Focus for Tibetan Interpretations of the Two Truths in the Prāsangika Mādhyamika
- Bodhicaryāvatāra and Bodhicaryāvatāra-Pañjikā (Malalasekera)
- Bodhicaryāvatāra and Tibetan Mind Training (Lojong)
- Bodhicaryāvatāra no kihon seikaku: Ichininshō no imi suru mono
- Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva (Bhattacharya)
- Bodhicharyavatara (Rigpa Shedra Wiki)
- Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Exposition de la pratique des bodhisattvas
- Bu ston and the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāravyākhyāna (-pañjikā)
- Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa 'jug pa (2007, mtsho sngon)
- Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang)
- Catalogue of the Tibetan Manuscripts from Tun-huang in the India Office Library
- Characteristics of the Buddhist Mongolian Texts: The Lineage of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Commentaries on Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (Ejima 1966)
- Critique of Self in the Early and Later Versions of the Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra
- Die "Vollkommenheiten" im BCA und seinen tibetischen Kommentaren
- Die Lehre von Satyadvaya in 'Ju Mi phams Nor bu ke ta ka
- Die lHan kar ma
- Drops of Nectar: Khenpo Kunpal's Commentary on Shantideva's Entering the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas
- Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna's Commentary on the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Emptiness and Moral Perfection
- Enlightened Vagabond
- Epitome of the Bodhicaryāvatāra with Its Pañjikā, Chap. IX
- General Introduction: Śāntideva and His World
- Gser gling pa's Bodhisattvacaryāvatārapiṇḍārtha and Its Thought
- Identifying the Object of Negation: On Bodhicaryāvatāra 9:140 (Tib. 139)
- Introduction to Gzhan gyis brtsad pa'i lan mdor bsdus pa rigs lam rab gsal de nyid snang byed: An Answer to Blo-bzang-rab-gsal's Refutation of the Author's 'Sher le nor bu ke ta ka' and Its Defence, the Brgal lan nyin byed snang ba
- Jitāri, Śāntideva and Prabhākarakīrti
- Le commentaire de Mi-pham au chapitre IX du Bodhicaryāvatāra de Śāntideva: Échos modernes d'une controverse du XVème siècle
- Making and Remaking the Ultimate in Early Tibetan Readings of Śāntideva
- Mi pham and the Philosophical Controversies of the Nineteenth Century
- Nachlese zum Mongolischen Turfanfragment des Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Nichtselbst, Leerheit und Altruistische Ethik im Bodhicaryāvatāra (Lecture Transcript)
- Nichtselbst, Leerheit und Altruistische Ethik im Bodhicaryāvatāra (Official Publication)
- Notes on the Deśanā-ritual in the Bodhicaryāvatāra: Evidence of Its Revision
- Notes on the Interpretation of Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra V.104–106
- Nyubosatsugyō-ron kaisetsu saisho no Shyāntidēva rikai
- On Agama and Yukti in Bu ston's Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa'i 'grel pa
- On Akṣayamati's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
- On Philosophical View of the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
- On Prakṛtinirvāṇa-Prakṛtinirvṛta in the Bodhicaryāvatāra: A Study in the Indo-Tibetan Commentarial Tradition
- On the Role of Vairocanarakṣita in the Later Transmission Period: A Cross-section of the "Bodhisattva theory" Tradition
- On the Sanskrit Manuscript of the Śikṣāsamuccaya
- On the Textual Problems of Śāntideva's Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra: With Special Reference to Chapter 9 Entitled "Perfection of Wisdom (Prajñāpāramitā)"
- On Śāntideva's Position in the History of Mādhyamika Philosophy
- One Aspect of the Acceptance of the Bodhisattva-śīla in Tibet
- Polemics in Indo-Tibetan Scholasticism - A Late 19th-Century Debate Between 'Ju Mi pham and Dpa' ris Rab gsal
- Proof of the Authenticity of the Mahāyāna in Akṣayamati's Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra
- Readings of Śāntideva's Guide to Bodhisattva Practice
- Readings of Śāntideva's Guide to Bodhisattva Practice-Review by Harris
- Regional Characteristics of Mongolian Buddhism: A Study on the Basis of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Relocation of the Verses on "The Equality of Self and Others" in the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Remarks on Akṣayamati (Blo gros mi zad pa), Being the Author of the Earlier Version of the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
- Remarks on an Instance of Intertextuality in the Eleventh Chapter of the Śikṣāsamuccaya and the Phrase Tṛṇagulmauṣadhivanaspati in Buddhist Sūtra Literature
- Remarks on the Philosophical Standpoint of the Anonymous Commentary, Bodhisattvacaryāvatāravyākhyāna(-pañjikā)
- Remarks on the Tabo Manuscript of the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
- Some New Remarks on the Bodhicaryāvatāra Chapter V
- Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryāvatāra (2000)
- Suffering Made Sufferable: Śāntideva, Dzongkaba, and Modern Therapeutic Approaches to Suffering's Silver Lining
- Suvarṇadvīpa's "Commentaries" on the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Taming Śāntideva: Tsongkhapa's Use of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Tangut Texts of the Five Early Translations and the Texts on the Awakening of the Bodhicitta
- Textcritical Notes on Sanskrit Texts: I. Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra
- The Bodhicittotpādasamādanāvidhi by Jitari
- The Bodistw-a Čari-a Awatar-un Tayilbur of 1312 by Čosgi Odsir
- The Buddhist Roots of Secular Compassion Training: A Comparative Study of Compassion Cultivation in Indian and Tibetan Mahāyāna Sources with the Contemporary Secular Program of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT)
- The Case of 'Ju Mi pham (1846–1912) and Dpa' ris Rab gsal (1840–1912): A Study in Dgag lan Debate
- The Center of the Sunlit Sky
- The Circle of Compassion: An Interpretive Study of Karuṇā in Indian Buddhist Literature
- The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra (Diss)
- The Literature of the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy in India
- The Meaning of Sugata in the Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā
- The Middle Way of the Bodhisattva
- The Original Bodhicaryāvatāra
- The Reflexive Nature of Awareness (1998)
- The Tanjur Bodhicaryāvatāra Auxiliaries: A Few Collected Bibliographical Pointers
- The Transmission of the Bodhicaryāvatāra: The History, Diffusion, and Influence of a Mahāyāna Buddhist Text
- Two Kinds of Saṃvṛtis in the Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā IX 3-8
- Zu einer zentralen philosophischen Kontroverse mit den "orthodoxen" Philosophen
- Zum Bodhisattvacāryāvatārabhāṣya des Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna
- Śāntideva (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- Śāntideva and Bodhicaryāvatāra
- Śāntideva in the History of Mādhyamika Philosophy
- Śāntideva's Critique of 'I' or Self in the Early and Later Recensions of the Bodhi(sattva)caryāvatāra
- Śāntideva's Philosophy as Expressed in the Early Version of His Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra, Chapter 8
- Śāntidevas Bodhicaryāvatāra: Das Weiterwirken des Werkes dargestellt anhand der Überlieferungsgeschichte des Textes und seiner Kommentare
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Description
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. What is surprising is that the text as it has been passed down in the Tibetan tradition, and as it is read in translation today, is not the earliest version, and is quite different from it. We know this largely thanks to the excellent work of Akira Saito, which is undeservedly difficult to get hold of. During the 90s Saito worked on four Dunhuang manuscripts of the Bodhicaryāvatāra, showing how the early version that they contained differed quite radically from the familiar later version. Here I’ll summarize his conclusions and add some of my own thoughts.
Citation
Schaik, Sam van. "The Original Bodhicaryāvatāra." Early Tibet: Notes, Thoughts and Fragments of Research on the History of Tibet (blog), February 4, 2014. https://earlytibet.com/2014/02/04/the-original-bodhicaryavatara/.
Interconnections
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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.
