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 ...
Text Section 257
Lord Atiśa and Longchenpa both held the same opinion about how to distinguish between the two types of bodhicitta. Committing to [dam bca’ ba] or focusing [dmigs pa] on the fruition, the level of buddhahood, is bodhicitta of aspiration, and committing to or focusing on the cause, the path, is bodhicitta of application. We, as students of the Old School [rnying ma pa], follow this interpretation of Atīśa and Longchenpa.
For details on the 22 similes [dpe] and the supporting factors [grogs] see text section 250.