Padmakara Translation Group

For the Benefit of All Beings

A Commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva

• by
• H.H. the Dalai Lama

The fourteenth Dalai Lama, a living embodiment of the bodhisattva ideal, presents here detailed practical guidance based on sections of The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva, the best-known text of Mahayana Buddhism. The Dalai Lama explains this classic and…  Read More

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The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech

A Detailed Commentary on Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva

• by
• Kunzang Pelden

The Bodhicharyavatara, or Way of the Bodhisattva, composed by the eighth-century Indian master Shantideva, has occupied an important place in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition almost from its inception. One of the great classics of Mahayana Buddhism, it describes the path…  Read More

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A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom

Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices

• by
• Dudjom Rinpoche,
• Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje

The foundations of Vajrayana practice are laid out with eloquence and precision here by one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of our age. His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s commentary on the preliminary practices (ngöndro) is informed by his profound realization…  Read More

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The Way of the Bodhisattva

• by
• Shantideva

Treasured by Buddhists of all traditions, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. This text has been studied, practiced,…  Read More

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The Way of the Bodhisattva

Revised Edition

• by
• Shantideva

Treasured by Buddhists of all traditions, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) is a guide to cultivating the mind of enlightenment, and to generating the qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. This text has been studied, practiced, and expounded…  Read More

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