The Bodhicaryavatara (Oxford World's Classics)
by Santideva | Religion & Spirituality | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0199540438 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0199540438 Global Overview for this book
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The Bodhicaryavatara takes as its subkect the profound desire to become a Buddha and save all beings from suffering. Ther perosn who enacts such a desire is a Bodhisattva. Santideva not only sets out what the Bodhisattva must do and become, he also invokes the intense feelings of aspiration which underlie such a commitment, using language which has inspired Buddhists from his time to the present.
Important as a manual of training among Mahayana Buddhists, especially in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Bodhicaryavatara is still used by modern Buddhist teachers.
The Bodhicaryavatara takes as its subkect the profound desire to become a Buddha and save all beings from suffering. Ther perosn who enacts such a desire is a Bodhisattva. Santideva not only sets out what the Bodhisattva must do and become, he also invokes the intense feelings of aspiration which underlie such a commitment, using language which has inspired Buddhists from his time to the present.
Important as a manual of training among Mahayana Buddhists, especially in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Bodhicaryavatara is still used by modern Buddhist teachers.
