Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva. The Mahayana text on the cultivation of bodhicitta.
Śāntideva's 8th-century classic in ten chapters of verse — the most beloved Mahayana practice text on cultivating bodhicitta and walking the path of the bodhisattva.
The aspiration to attain complete buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings — the defining commitment of the Mahayana path, and the seed from which the bodhisattva's entire activity grows.
The Great Vehicle — the movement that reframed the Buddhist goal from individual liberation as an arahant to the universal awakening of all beings as a bodhisattva, and reframed the metaphysical ground from analysis of dharmas to the emptiness (sunyata) of all phenomena.
Six perfections that the bodhisattva cultivates across countless lifetimes: generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyous effort, meditative concentration, and wisdom. The structural curriculum of the Mahayana.
The Great Monastic University.
A recitation and reading of the Bodhicaryavatara — Shantideva's eighth-century classic on the path of the bodhisattva. Episode one of the chapter cycle, in Nepali and Tibetan.
The second episode of the Bodhicaryavatara series. The chapter on confession of error, recited in the traditional manner.
