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 ...

Indian scholars such as Abhaya [’jigs med], Jñanakīrti [ye shes grags pa] and others taught that the development of bodhicitta by those who have reached the path of accumulation [tshogs lam] is bodhicitta of aspiration and that bodhicitta of application applies to those who have reached the path of application [sbyor lam] and more. These teachings derive from the practical experience of these masters and are not mere philosophical hairsplitting.

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