A New Translation and Contemporary Guide
The modern translation of this essential Mahayana Buddhist text emphasizes both the meaning and musicality of Shantideva's original verses, making its profound insights more accessible to contemporary readers. It serves as a guide to understanding the depths of Buddhist philosophy and practice, inviting exploration of its teachings.
Treasured by Buddhists of all traditions, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment, and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. This text has been studied, practiced, and expounded upon in an unbroken tradition for centuries, first in India, and later in Tibet. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines the path of the Bodhisattvas—those who renounce the peace of individual enlightenment and vow to work for the liberation of all beings and to attain buddhahood for their sake. This version, translated from the Tibetan, is a revision by the translators of the 1997 edition. Included are a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a new translator's preface, a thorough introduction, a note on the translation, and three appendices of commentary by the Nyingma master Kunzang Pelden.
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Dieses berühmte und allseits beliebte Gedicht für das tägliche Lebenhat Generationen von Buddhisten und Nichtbuddhisten inspiriert, seit es der große buddhistische Meister Shantideva im achten Jahrhundert verfasste. Diese neue Übersetzung, unter Anleitung des Ehrwürdigen Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche erstellt, vermittelt die große Klarheit und poetische Schönheit des Originals und bewahrt dabei seine ganze Kraft und spirituelle Einsicht. Um seine volle Wirksamkeit zu erfahren und um die Tiefgründigkeit dieses wunderbaren Gedichts zu erkennen, empfehlen wir Geshe Kelsang Gyatso´s ausführlichen Kommentar Sinnvoll zu betrachten zu lesen.