Shantideva's Guide to Awakening

A Commentary on the Bodhicharyavatara

Yeshe Tobden, Fiorella Rizzi, Manu Bazzano, Sarita Doveton

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781614294306
• eBook ISBN:
  9781614294559
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Buddhism

The most comprehensive modern commentary on Shantideva’s master work.

One of the great classics of Buddhist literature, the Bodhicharyavatara, or Way of the Bodhisattva, is required reading for understanding Tibetan Buddhism. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, Shantideva, the seventh-century Buddhist master, outlines the path of the bodhisattvas—those who renounce the peace of their own liberation, vowing instead to attain enlightenment for the sake of all others. The Dalai Lama once remarked that his own understanding of the bodhisattva path is based entirely upon this text.

Expounded by an accomplished scholar and deeply realized meditator, Shantideva's Guide to Awakening is a resource for a lifetime of study. Chapter by chapter and verse by verse, Geshe Yeshe Tobden maps the Bodhicharyavatara in clear and insightful language, helping us to deepen our understanding of its teachings and apply them to our lives.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Editor’s Preface
• Annotated Table of Contents
• Introduction
• 1. The Benefits of the Awakening Mind
• 2. The Disclosure of Evil
• 3. Full Acceptance of the Awakening Mind
• 4. Conscientiousness
• 5. Discriminating Alertness
• 6. Patience
• 7. Enthusiastic Effort
• 8. Concentration
• 9. Wisdom
• 10. Dedication
• Geshe Yeshe Tobden’s Dedication
• Appendix: Key Points of the Ninth Chapter
• Glossary
• Copyright