Śāntideva's Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra (Bodhicaryāvatāra for short) is a masterwork of world literature and an example of wisdom and compassion in action, lighting the way to Buddhahood for the sake of all beings. Written down in ancient India in the Sanskrit language, it became popular in Tibetan translation and made its way into modern languages in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It remains one of the favorite books of many leading Buddhist students, teachers, and writers today.
Seven Points of Mind Training
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Seven Points of Mind Training
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བློ་སྦྱོང་དོན་བདུན་མ།
blo sbyong don bdun ma
Seven Points of Mind Training
On this page you will find everything about Chekawa Yeshe Dorje's famous text, Seven Points of Mind Training. The information below explores the text's various titles and versions, its complex authorship and historical context, its profound influence on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, its central role in systematizing the cultivation of bodhicitta, and essential resources for further study and practice.
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The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
This is the second, revised edition of the Bodhicaryāvatāra from the Padmakara Translation Group. This updated version contains some significant word changes throughout.
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Bodhicaryāvatāra
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.
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