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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Prajñākaramati [shes rab ’byung gnas] taught that simply holding bodhicitta in one’s mind without actually engaging with one’s body and speech in the bodhisattva conduct [spyod pas ma zin pa] is bodhicitta of aspiration; actually engaging in the bodhisattva conduct [spyod pas zin pa] with body and speech is bodhicitta of application. Many Western Buddhists seem to hold this view.