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Wisdom Overview
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In chapter 9, Śāntideva more explicitly discusses the subject of the wisdom of emptiness. Without a correct understanding and direct realization of emptiness, the practice of true compassion that is the activity of bodhisattvas is impossible. Śāntideva therefore spends a considerable amount of time in this chapter discussing the cultivation and experience of wisdom, expounding upon topics such as the two truths, the selflessness of the person and the selflessness of phenomena, and the function of the realization of emptiness.
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Houlton, Simon. "Wisdom Overview." Śāntideva: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative, September 13, 2024. https://bodhicitta.tsadra.org/index.php/Chapter_Nine_-_Wisdom.
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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.
