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Shantideva
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ISBN: 9781590303887
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Shambhala Publications Inc
Edition: Revised edition
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Treasured by Buddhists of all traditions, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment, and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. This text has been studied, practiced, and expounded upon in an unbroken tradition for centuries, first in India, and later in Tibet. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines the path of the Bodhisattvas …
This classic text of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism has been widely acclaimed and respected for more than a thousand years. It is studied by all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism and is considered one of the great teaching texts of Mahayana Buddhism. An exposition of the path of a bodhisattva - a being who puts others before himself - this book describes the spiritual path of turning away from selfish concerns and vowing to work for the enlightenment of all beings. As such, it embodies a description of compassion raised to its highest level and lays out the methods through which such powerful loving kindness is achieved.
| ISBN | 1590303881 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9781590303887
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Shambhala Publications Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 354 | | Imprint | Shambhala Publications Inc | | Published in | Boston | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Shambhala Classics | | Publication date | 03 Nov 2006 | | Previous ISBN | 9781590300572 | | Translator | Padmakara Translation Group | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Writer of foreword | His Holiness the Dalai Lama | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 294.385 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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"Shantideva's work is required reading for an understanding of Tibetan Buddhism, and the clarity and crispness of this new translation make it an accessible way into the world."--Publishers Weekly "If I have any understanding of compassion and the practice of the bodhisattva path, it is entirely on the basis of this text that I possess it."-- H. H. the Dalai Lama  Be the first to write a customer review
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