The Path of Light

by Śāntideva

The Path of Light or Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist text written aroun 700 AD in Sanskrit verse by Shantideva, a Buddhist monk at Nālandā Monastic University in India. It has ten chapters dedicated to the development of bodhicitta (the mind of enlightenment) through the practice of the six perfections (Pāramitās).
The Praise of the Thought of Enlightenment
The Confession of Sin
Taking the Thought of Enlightenment
Heedfulness in the Thought of Enlightenment
Watchfulness
The Perfect Long-Suffering
The Perfect Strength
The Perfect Contemplation
The Perfect Knowledge

50 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 30, 2023

About the author

Śāntideva was an North Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist monk associate with Nālandā monastery, who flourished somewhere between 685 and 763 CE. His two extant works are widely considered to be classics of explication of the philosophy and practice of the Buddhist "Great Vehicle" path.