Śāntideva

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Shantideva (Sk: Śāntideva; Zh: 寂天; Tib: ཞི་བ་ལྷ། (Shyiwa Lha, Wylie: zhi ba lha); Mn: Шантидэва гэгээн) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar at Nalanda University and an adherent of the Madhyamaka philosophy of Nagarjuna. The Chan Ssu Lun of the Chinese Madhyamika school identifies two different individuals given the name "Shantideva": the founder of the Avaivartika Sangha in the 6th century, and a later Shantideva who studied at Nalanda in the 8th century who appears to be the source of the Tibetan biographies. Archaeological discoveries support this thesis. Two Tibetan sources of the life of Shantideva are the historians Butön and Jetsun Tāranātha. Recent scholarship has brought to light a short Sanscrit life of Shantideva in a 14th century Nepalise manuscript. An accessible account that follows the Butön closely can be found in Kunzang Pelden, The Nectar of Manjushri's speech. Shantideva was born as a Brahmin in the southern country of Saurastra (in modern Gujarat), the son of the King Kalyanavarman and he went by the name Shantivarman.

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Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva
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Bodhicaryavatara - Aydinlanma Yoluna Giris; Sanskrit
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Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
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La Marcha hacia la Luz
Representative edition published 2015
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The Bodhicaryavatara : A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
Representative edition published 2011
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Anleitungen auf dem Weg zur Glückseligkeit - Bodhicaryavatara
Representative edition published 2010
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Bodhicharyvatra
Representative edition published 2008
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La práctica del bodisatva
Representative edition published 2008
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La práctica del bodisatva
Representative edition published 2008
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The Way of the Bodhisattva (Book and Audio-CD Set)
Representative edition published 2007
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Bodhicaryāvatāra
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Der Weg des Lebens zur Erleuchtung
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The Bodhisattva Vow
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Bodhicaryāvatāra
Representative edition published 2005
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Bodhicaryavatāra
Representative edition published 2003
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The Bodhicaryavatara
Representative edition published 2003
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Ru pu sa xing lun
Representative edition published 2000
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Bodhicaryavatara
Representative edition published 1998
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A guide to the Bodhisattva way of life =
Representative edition published 1997
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La marche vers l'éveil
Representative edition published 1997
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Vivre en héros pour l'éveil
Representative edition published 1997
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The Mongolian Tanǰur version of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
Representative edition published 1996
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Śāntidēva's Bodhicharyāvatāra
Representative edition published 1990
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Siksha-Samuccaya
Representative edition published 1922
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