A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way Of Life

The Bodhicaryavatara, sometimes glossed as A Guide of to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, is a famous Buddhist text written by Shantideva, around year 700. It has ten chapters dedicated to the development of an enlightened mind through the so called six perfections. The book also describes the benefits of the wish to reach enlightenment. A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way Of Life - Chapter summary. Chapter one: the benefits of the wish to reach full enlightenment for others Including:

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Shantideva (sometimes Santideva) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar at Nalanda University and an adherent of the Madhyamika philosophy. Contrary to Tibetan biographies written about him, Shantideva became a king in southeastern Bangladesh, which has been shown through archaeological discoveries which record him as the first king of the Deva dynasty, a line of Buddhist rulers of the Samatata territory who considered the Bodhi ...

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