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 ...

Concerning the word carya, ‘conduct’ [spyod pa], the great master Longchenpa said that the bodhisattvas must study and train in all fields of knowledge [shes bya’i gnas], such as the five sciences [rig gnas lnga] as well as in the sublime dharma [dam pa’i chos]. They must especially train in the six transcendental perfections.

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