Bodhisattvacharyavatara
by Andreas Kretschmar | 246,740 words
The English translation of the Bodhisattvacharyavatara (“entering the conduct of the bodhisattvas”), a Sanskrit text with Tibetan commentary. This book explains the bodhisattva concept and gives guidance to the Buddhist practitioner following the Mahāyāna path towards the attainment of enlightenment. The text was written in Sanskrit by Shantideva ...
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Again one might object,
“Since you have written this text for your own benefit [khyed rang gis khyed rang la phan phyir bris na], you should be content just to know it for yourself. You seem to have written this treatise for no reason.”