Bodhisattvacharyavatara
by Andreas Kretschmar | 233,817 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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(3) Reciting the title in Sanskrit will plant the seeds of habitual tendencies in the minds of the readers. Once they have attained buddhahood in the future, they will be able to teach the dharma in Sanskrit themselves.