A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
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A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
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Description
In the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, there is no single treatise more deeply revered or widely practiced than A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. Composed in the eighth century by the Indian Bodhisattva Santideva, it became an instant classic in the curricula of the Buddhist monastic universities of India, and its renown has grown ever since. Santideva presents methods to harmonize one's life with the Bodhisattva ideal and inspires the reader to cultivate the perfections of the Bodhisattva: generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditative concentration, and wisdom. (Source: Shambhala Publications)
Citation
Wallace, Vesna, and B. Alan Wallace, trans. A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life (Bodhicaryāvatāra). By Śāntideva. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1997.
Interconnections
1 Full translation of
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.
4 Reviews
Cathy Cantwell's review of A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, translated by Vesna Wallace and B. Alan Wallace. Published in The Tibet Journal 24, no. 2 (1999): 62–65.
J. W. de Jong's review of A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, translated by Vesna Wallace and B. Alan Wallace. Published in the Indo-Iranian Journal 42, no. 1 (1999): 75–78.
John Pettit's review of A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life translated by Vesna Wallace and B. Alan Wallace and The Way of the Bodhisattva, translated by the Padmakara Translation Group.
Luis Gómez discusses three translations of the Bodhicaryāvatāra: Crosby and Skilton (1996), the Padmakara Translation Group (1997), and Wallace and Wallace (1997).
