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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(4) The Sanskrit title, which Tibetans find very difficult to read and to pronounce, reminds the reader of the immense kindness of the translators, who underwent great difficulties by traveling to India, learning Sanskrit, and translating treatises into Tibetan. The reader becomes aware that if the entire text were left untranslated, one would neither be able to understand or to explain the text at all.