The Path of Light

by Śāntideva, Lionel David Barnett (translator)

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 September 13, 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.