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Title: The Path of Light - The Bodhi-Charyavatara of Santi-Deva
Author: Shantideva
Narrator: Eric Metzler
Length: 2 hrs 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 1/1/2016
Publisher: LibriVox
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
Shantideva is particularly renowned as the author of the Bodhicaryavatara (sometimes also called the Bodhisattvacaryavatara). An English translation of the Sanskrit version of the Bodhicaryavatara is available online, as well as in print in a variety of translations, sometimes glossed as "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way Of Life" or "Entering the Path of Enlightenment." It is a long poem describing the process of enlightenment from the first thought to full buddhahood and is still studied by Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhists today.
It has ten chapters dedicated to the development of bodhicitta (the mind of enlightenment) through the practice of the six perfections (Skt. Pramits). The text begins with a chapter describing the benefits of the wish to reach enlightenment. The sixth chapter on the Pramit of patience (Skt. Knti, kshanti) is considered by many Buddhists to be the pinnacle of writing on this subject and is the source of numerous quotations attributed to ntideva. Tibetan scholars consider the ninth "Wisdom" chapter to be one of the most succinct expositions of the Madhyamaka view. The tenth chapter is used as one of the most popular Mahyna prayers. ( Wikipedia)