The Way of Awakening: A Commentary on Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara - Softcover

Tobden, Geshe Yeshe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0861714946 ISBN 13: 9780861714940

Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S., 2005

Synopsis

One of the great classics of Buddhist literature, the Bodhicharyavatara, or Way of the Bodhisattva, is required reading for understanding Tibetan Buddhism. His Holiness the Dalai Lama considers it a seminal influence in his life and work and repeatedly stresses the benefits of its study. Presented in the form of a personal meditation in verse, it outlines the path of the bodhisattvas—those who renounce the peace of their own salvation, vowing instead to attain enlightenment for the sake of all others.

The Way of Awakening is without question the most comprehensive single commentary on this text available. Expounded by an accomplished scholar and deeply realized meditator, it is a resource for a lifetime of study. Chapter by chapter and verse by verse, it maps the Bodhicharyavatara, helping us to deepen our understanding of its teachings and apply them to our lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Geshe Yeshe Tobden was born in 1926 and became a monk at age twelve. After the Chinese invasion of his homeland in 1959, he was arrested and imprisoned, but escaped, and spent two years crossing the Tibetan Plateau on foot until reaching the border with India. He spent most of the last thirty years of his life in a one-room meditation hut above McLeod Ganj, the town in India where the Dalai Lama lives. Geshe Yeshe Tobden passed away in McLeod Ganj in 1999.

Synopsis:

Considered one of the great classics of Buddhist literature and is required reading for understanding Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama considers it a seminal influence in his life and work and repeatedly stresses the benefits of its study. It outlines the path of the bodhisattvas - those who renounce the peace of their salvation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0861714946
• ISBN 13: 9780861714940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448