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Title: A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life: (Bodhicaryavatara) by Santideva, Vesna A. Wallace, B. Alan Wallace ISBN: 1-55939-061-1 Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best translation of the Bodhicaryavatara
Comment: This translation of the Bodhicaryavatara certainly consitutes the highest quality English translation. The coupling of the Sanskrit and the Tibetan versions provides a definitive accuracy in the meaning of the text. The Sanskrit version alone is cryptic from time to time so that relying on the Tibetan version is very helpful, through its closeness to the western way of expressing things.
Although i feel this translation is the best English one, this version should not be used as a first version of the Bodhicaryavatara by newcomers. The translation from Crosby and Skilton is better suited for people not used to the context and the meaning of this text...thanks to its many excellent comments.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not for twelve year old readers...
Comment: Probably the most inspirational book I have ever read. If you have made your way through any of the Dalai Lama's books, especially "Transforming the Mind," you will notice that he quotes Shantideva constantly. It's great to be able to go back and refer to this book for further insight.
Compassion is a path that takes constant work in order to walk steadily upon it. Even then, it's a pretty rough road to travel in the beginning. It is my hope that books such as these will open some minds to that path, and also to the plight of the Tibetan people. Wiping this culture from the face of the earth would be a great detriment to all of humanity.
Rating: 5
Summary: My humble opinion of an excellent book.
Comment: I have no understanding the of Tibetan or Sanskirt languages, so it is good to have Buddhist ideas put into English which is easy to comprehend. The translators have translated the Sanskirt as the main verse, but they have also included translations of the Tibetan verse, in the footnotes when the two read differently. They have also explained various names and terms so that new or non Buddhist will have a better understanding of this SPIRITUAL CLASSIC. I hope that you find this book to be as spiritually uplifting as I have found it to be. May this book encourage all who read it, or hear teachings from it to strive to have the Awakening Mind.
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Title: A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night : A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Dalai Lama ISBN: 0877739714 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 22 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Bodhicaryavatara by Santideva, Kate Crosby, Andrew Skilton ISBN: 0192837206 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Way of the Bodhisattva : A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva ISBN: 1590300572 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika by Nagarjuna, Jay L. Garfield ISBN: 0195093364 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Buddhism With an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind-Training by B. Alan Wallace ISBN: 1559392002 Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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