Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, Shantideva, Wallace

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Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
By: Shantideva, Wallace V & T, tr.

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Author: Shantideva
Translator: Wallace V & T
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1559390611 / 9781559390613

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In the whole 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's presentation of the methods to harmonize one's own way of life with the Bodhisattva's ideal begins with a praise of the spirit of awakening, the Bodhisattva's altruistic aspiration to achieve enlightenment for the sake of all beings. In the chapters that follow, Santideva inspires the reader to cultivate each og he six perfections that provide the basis for the Boddhisattva way of life- generosity, ethics, patience , zeal , meditative concentration and wisdom.
A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of life, Santideva, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, $14.95

Contents: A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life (Bodhicaryavatara)

Preface 7

Introduction 11

Chapter I: The Benefit of the Spirit of Awakening 17

Chapter II: The Confession of Sin 23

Chapter III: Adopting the Spirit of Awakening 33

Chapter IV: Attending to the Spirit of Awakening 39

Chapter V: Guarding Introspection 47

Chapter VI: The Perfection of Patience 61

Chapter VII: The Perfection of Zeal 77

Chapter VIII: The Perfection of Meditation 89

Chapter IX: The Perfection of Wisdom 115

Chapter X: Dedication 137

Bibliography 145

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This authoritative translation by Vesna A. Wallace and B. Alan Wallace is the first English rendering of the original Sanskrit that also takes into account the canonical Tibetan translation.

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