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Shantideva (Sanskrit: Śāntideva; Chinese: 寂天; Tibetan: ཞི་བ་ལྷ།, THL: Zhiwa Lha; Mongolian: Шантидэва гэгээн; Vietnamese: Tịch Thiên) was an 8th-century CE Indian philosopher, Buddhist monk, poet, and scholar at the mahavihara of Nalanda.
Sep 19, 2016 · Śāntideva (late 7 th to mid-8 th century CE) was a Buddhist monk, philosopher, and poet whose reflections on the overall structure of Buddhist moral commitments reach a level of generality and theoretical power that is hard to find elsewhere in Indian thought.
Shantideva (Skt. Śāntideva; T. zhi ba lha ཞི་བ་ལྷ་) was a 8th-century Indian monk and scholar at the monastic university of Nalanda. He is best known as the author of the Bodhicaryavatara (The Way of the Bodhisattva), a classic guide to the Mahayana path that presents progressive stages to the development of compassion and wisdom ( bodhicitta ).
The Life of Shantideva. The 14th Dalai Lama 03:21. Shantideva was born in the eighth century as the son of the king of a land in the Bengal region of East India. When he was about to ascend to the throne, he had a dream of Manjushri, who said, “The throne is not for you.”.
Śāntideva (literally “god of peace”) was the name given to an Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist philosopher-monk, known as the author of two texts, the Bodhicaryāvatāra and the Śikṣāsamuccaya. These works both express the ideal of the bodhisattva — the ideal person of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
A guide to the books, audio, and video resources available for studying Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva, or Bodhicaryavatara.
Śāntideva Series. © Tertön Sogyal Trust. Painted by Salga. Patrul Rinpoche was renowned for his mastery of, and fondness for, Śāntideva's classic guide to the way of the bodhisattvas, and this is his practical manual for applying its wisdom and meditating on its key themes.
by Śāntideva. In the language of India: Bodhicaryāvatāra. In the language of Tibet: བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ། (changchub sempé chöpa la jukpa) In the English language: Introduction to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. Homage to the buddhas and bodhisattvas! Chapter 1 — The Benefits of Bodhicitta.
[ [Shantideva] (Skt. Śāntideva; Tib. ཞི་བ་ལྷ་, Shiwa Lha; Wyl. zhi ba lha) (c.685-763) — a great master, scholar, and bodhisattva, who was the author of the Bodhicharyavatara. He also wrote the Shikshasamucchaya and the Sutrasamucchaya. Under the name of Bhusuku he is listed among the eighty-four mahasiddhas . A Biography of Shantideva.
Shantideva (Skt. Śāntideva; Tib. ཞི་བ་ལྷ་, Shiwa Lha; Wyl. zhi ba lha) (c.685-763) — a great master, scholar, and bodhisattva, who was the author of the Bodhicharyavatara. He also wrote the Shikshasamucchaya and the Sutrasamucchaya. Under the name of Bhusuku he is listed among the eighty-four mahasiddhas . Contents. 1 A Biography of Shantideva.
