The Bodhicaryavatara consists of ten chapters, containing just over 900 verses (shlokas). The chapters progress logically from initial inspiration to ultimate realization:
For those seeking the original text and its commentaries, several highly regarded Sanskrit editions are available online:
In Sanskrit: duḥkhaṃ duḥkhatvāt pratiṣedhyam – suffering, because it is suffering, is to be prevented. This is a purely formal, non-egological principle. He then refutes the objection “but my suffering is mine” by noting that the body is a series of momentary aggregates ( skandha-santāna ) – no “owner” exists across moments. Therefore, the distinction between self and other is a conceptual fiction. bodhicaryavatara sanskrit pdf top
The earliest reference to the text is in a 9th-century Tibetan imperial library catalogue (the Ldan dkar ma ), which records the existence of the text in 600 verses, likely the shorter version. The first translation into Tibetan occurred during the Old Translation Period, based on a Kashmiri manuscript.
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Bodhicaryavatara (A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life), composed by the 8th-century Indian monk Shantideva
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