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The Way Of The Bodhisattva (or Bodhicharyavatara, Literally An Entry Into The Activities Of Enlightenment) Is One Of The Great Classics Of Mahayana Buddhism. Presented In The Form Of A Personal Meditation In Verse, It Outlines The Path Of The Bodhisattvas - Those Beings Who, Turning Aside From The Sufferings Of The World Of Samsara, Nevertheless Renounce The Peace Of Individual Salvation And Vow To Work For The Deliverance Of All Beings, And To Attain Enlightenment For. Their Sake. Originally Written In India In Sanskrit, The Text First Appeared In Tibetan Translation Soon After Its Composition In The Eighth Century. The Fact That It Has Been Expounded, Studied, And Practiced In Tibet In An Unbroken Tradition Lends The Tibetan Version Of This Classic A Particular Authority. The Present Translation Has Therefore Been Rendered From The Tibetan, Following A Commentary By The Nyingma Master Kunzang Pelden, Renowned For Its Thoroughness, Clarity, And Accessibility. Shantideva Begins With A Celebration Of The Mind Of Enlightenment, Explaining In Detail How This Is Cultivated. There Are Chapters Devoted To The Transcendent Perfections Of Patience, Heroic Perseverance, Meditation, And Wisd

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Author

Shāntideva

Publisher

Shambhala ; Distributed in the U.S. by Random House

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590300572

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Buddhism, Fiction, Self Help

Rating

4.32 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14