Entering the Path of Enlightenment: The Bodhicaryavatara of the Buddhist Poet Santideva - Hardcover

M.L. Matics

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8120806727 ISBN 13: 9788120806726

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, 1971

Synopsis

'Entering the Path of Enlightenment' contains the first complete English translation of the Sanskrit Bodhicarya-vatara of the Buddhist poet Santideva. In this beautiful and moving classic of Mahayana Buddhism, Santideva, a monk living in Nalanda in the early eighth century A.D., describes the Bodhisattva Vow, the promise of heroic beings to strive for Nirvana, but to postpone full entrance into the Realm of the Absolute until every other sentient creature also attains the bliss of Enlightenment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8120806727
• ISBN 13: 9788120806726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 100