Practice: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:22, 16 October 2024

Practice

Introduction

As Śāntideva’s writings focus on and give importance to practice, it is crucial to understand and experience Śāntideva’s writings through practical engagement. One can only fully appreciate Śāntideva’s teachings and their value and purpose as a whole by putting his teachings into practice. In the following passages we provide the most common procedures for the practical application of Śāntideva’s teachings with bodhicitta at their heart.

More text.

Explore the Themes

The Practices of the Bodhisattva

Explore the practices of the bodhisattva expounded by Śāntideva.

Click to expand

Generating Bodhicitta

Preliminary Practices

The Bodhisattva Vow

Protecting Bodhicitta

Cultivating Discipline

Cultivating Patience

Perfecting Bodhicitta

Cultivating Diligence

Cultivating Concentration

Cultivating Wisdom

Dedication of Merit

Patrul Rinpoche's Tradition

Discover and practice a living spiritual tradition rooted in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra.

Click to expand

A Short Account of Patrul Rinpoche's Life

Patrul Rinpoche's Way of Teaching the Bodhicaryāvatāra

Lineage Prayer

Practice Instructions

Patrul Rinpoche and the Dissemination of the Bodhicaryāvatāra

Rdza Dpal sprul's Teaching at the Śrī Siṃha Shedra in East Tibet

Two commentaries by Patrul Rinpoche's Disciples

The Training of the Bodhisattva

Explore the training of the Bodhisattva path as laid out by Śāntideva in the Śikṣāsamuccaya.

Click to expand

Śāntideva's Approach to the Bodhisattva Training

Training: Giving

Training: Protecting

Training: Purifying

Training: Increasing

GENERATING BODHICITTA / ENTERING THE PATH

Preparatory Stage Physical support (meditation on the precious human body, refer book, audio, etc.) Mental support (faith, compassion, think of benefit of Bodhicitta) The seven limbs of worship Brief instructions on Prostration, offering, confession, rejoicing, entreaties, dedication Mind Training – four immeasurables, sense of giving Actual Stage Taking refuge Taking Bodhisattva vow Concluding Stage Rejoicing oneself Asking others to rejoice

PROTECTING BODHICITTA / TRAINING ON THE PATH

Precepts (list root vows, dos and don’ts from SSC mainly) Four trainings from SSC Vigilance, mindfulness, introspection Tolerance and patience Reasons for respecting sentient beings

Bibliography

The complete list

Library

Browse resources

ENHANCING BODHICITTA / PROGRESSING ON THE PATH

Four forces and two powers Reflecting on karma / virtues, sins and their results Meditation – shamatha Cultivating Relative Bodhicitta Equality between self and others Exchange between self and others Seven Instructions on Cause and Effect Four Immeasurables Four modes of cultivation

Cultivating Ultimate Bodhicitta Mindfulness of body Mindfulness of sensation Mindfulness of mind Mindfulness of phenomena

More

More and more

More than more

Even more

So much more

At last

Śāntideva

Śāntideva lived in the first half of the eighth century in Northern India. Accounts of his life are very scarce. According to the Buddhist tradition, he was born the son of King Kalyāṇavarman of Saurāṣṭra. After having a vision of the deity of wisdom, Mañjuśrī, he gave up his right to the throne and became a monk at the great monastic university of Nalanda in present day Bihar. Śāntideva was in appearance a lazy practitioner who did not spend much time studying. As he was about to be expelled from Nalanda, he was asked to give a public teaching by some monks who wanted to ridicule him, as they asked him to teach an original composition. Śāntideva spontaneously expounded the Bodhicaryāvatāra, a poem of 913 verses, without any hesitation. As he reached the end of his recitation, he rose into the sky and disappeared. The Bodhicaryāvatāra is a detailed presentation of the path of the bodhisattvas in which all aspects of practice are explained in detail. Śāntideva composed a companion work on the topic of the bodhisattva's training, the Śikṣāsamuccaya, which is a compendium of Mahāyāna sūtras.

Figure

The Way of the Bodhisattva

Book

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (1992)

Book

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 		|offset=offset-md-4
 		|header=Introduction
-		|text=Talk about practice traditions (Gom luk) of Śāntideva’s Teachings
+		|text=As Śāntideva’s writings focus on and give importance to practice, it is crucial to understand and experience Śāntideva’s writings through practical engagement. One can only fully appreciate Śāntideva’s teachings and their value and purpose as a whole by putting his teachings into practice. In the following passages we provide the most common procedures for the practical application of Śāntideva’s teachings with bodhicitta at their heart.
-		Discuss historical developments in India (Dharmakīrti, Atiśa, et al.)
-		Discuss in Kadam tradition and others
-		Patrul Rinpoche – Nyima Changra - Khunu Rinpoche – Dalai Lama