Path of Light - The Bodhi-Charyavatara of Santi-Deva

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Other religions, Asian Antiquity

Authors: Shantideva In Year : 1909

Book Language: English

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Title Page and Editorial note
Introduction, Part 1
Introduction, Part 2
Chapter 1, The Praise of the Thought of Enlightenment
Chapter 2, The Confession of Sin
Chapter 3, Taking the Thought of Enlightenment
Chapter 4, Heedfulness in the Thought of Enlightenment
Chapter 5, Watchfulness
Chapter 6, The Perfect Long-Suffering
Chapter 7, The Perfect Strength
Chapter 8, The Perfect Contemplation
Chapter 9, The Perfect Knowledge
Appendix (a translation of the Karikas)

Shantideva is particularly renowned as the author of the Bodhicaryavatara (sometimes also called the Bodhisattvacaryavatara). An English translation of the Sanskrit version of the Bodhicaryavatara is available online, as well as in print in a variety of translations, sometimes glossed as "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way Of Life" or "Entering the Path of Enlightenment." It is a long poem describing the process of enlightenment from the first thought to full buddhahood and is still studied by Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhists today.

It has ten chapters dedicated to the development of bodhicitta (the mind of enlightenment) through the practice of the six perfections (Skt. Pāramitās). The text begins with a chapter describing the benefits of the wish to reach enlightenment. The sixth chapter on the Pāramitā of patience (Skt. Kṣānti, kshanti) is considered by many Buddhists to be the pinnacle of writing on this subject and is the source of numerous quotations attributed to Śāntideva. Tibetan scholars consider the ninth "Wisdom" chapter to be one of the most succinct expositions of the Madhyamaka view. The tenth chapter is used as one of the most popular Mahāyāna prayers. ( Wikipedia)