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Right at the beginning of the chapter Shantideva dedicates all of the virtue that he has amassed through composition of this text. | Right at the beginning of the chapter Shantideva dedicates all of the virtue that he has amassed through composition of this text. | ||
The text is without exception a manual which shows us how to engage in the path of the Bodhisattvas, and therefore he dedicates all of the merit from composition that every single living being be able to start out on their journey to full enlightenment. | The text is without exception a manual which shows us how to engage in the path of the Bodhisattvas, and therefore he dedicates all of the merit from composition that every single living being be able to start out on their journey to full enlightenment. | ||