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What is bodhicitta and why should we learn about it? Discover the basics of bodhicitta.

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Delve deeper into the study of bodhicitta's theory, practice, and traditions by reading the core texts.

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Bodhicitta

Mind of Awakening

Wisdom and Compassion as a Way of Life

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What is bodhicitta and why should we learn about it? Discover the basics of bodhicitta.

Explore

Explore bodhicitta's associated stories, key concepts, texts, and people to gain understanding and engage in practice.

Study

Delve deeper into the study of bodhicitta's theory, practice, and traditions by reading the core texts.

Practice

Learn how to put bodhicitta into practice in order to bring the highest good – perfect enlightenment – to all sentient beings.

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Śāntideva

Begin your exploration with a study of Shantideva's life and works. Considered essential reading for Buddhists, they have influenced contemporary presentations of the concept profoundly even today.

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Reading Room

Pull up a chair and start reading here. This is the portal to the main texts presented on this website, along with our multi-lingual presentations and special comparative versions.

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The Verses

Explore the Bodhicaryāvatāra like never before, with a full unpacking, verse-by-verse, of Śāntideva's masterpiece in multiple languages, with many commentaries available.

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བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་སེམས་དང་ཞི་བ་ལྷའི་བརྩམས་ཆོས་སྐོར་གྱི་ཞིབ་ཕྲའི་བགྲོ་གླེང་དང་ཞིབ་འཇུག། TIB DESCRIPTION HERE?

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A curated library of books, articles, dissertations, sūtras, commentaries, Tibetan and Sanskrit publications, and multimedia resources on the topic of Bodhicitta and Śāntideva's works.

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Bibliography

The most complete bibliography of academic and related references on bodhicitta. Special emphasis has been given to works on Śāntideva's life and his texts.

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Navigate a historical presentation of the commentaries of the Bodhicaryāvatāra, by meeting their respective authors spanning almost two millennia.

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Get help navigating the many layers of content on this website: from introductions to basic buddhist concepts to advanced textual explorations of Śāntideva's works.

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