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The Bodhicaryāvatāra (The Path of Light)
Shantideva · Buddhism · c. 700 CE
Translated by L. D. Barnett (1909)
9 chapters
Shantideva's beloved Mahayana classic on the awakening of bodhi-mind — the courageous resolve to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings — and the six perfections by which that resolve is matured into Buddhahood.
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Contents
- 1Chapter I: Praise of the Thought of Enlightenment
- 2Chapter II: Confession of Sin
- 3Chapter III: Full Acceptance of the Thought of Enlightenment
- 4Chapter IV: Earnestness in the Thought of Enlightenment
- 5Chapter V: The Guarding of the Thought
- 6Chapter VI: The Perfection of Forbearance
- 7Chapter VII: The Perfection of Strength
- 8Chapter VIII: The Perfection of Meditation
- 9Chapter IX: The Perfection of Wisdom
