Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life: Chapter 4; Conscientiousness

by Gelek Rimpoche

Conscientiousness, taking care to make full use of this precious life by practicing Bodhimind, is the subject of Chapter Four of Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacharyavatara.The Bodhisattvacharyavatara is among the most beloved and inspiring works in the Mahayana tradition. Kyabje Gehlek Rinpoche’s oral explanations of each verse provide us with the key to unlock this hidden treasure, this practical manual of training and inspiration that reveals how Bodhisattvas deal with their lives, and how we can learn to do the same.

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 15, 2013

About the author

Kyabjé Gelek Rimpoche (Tibetan: དགེ་ལེགས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: Skyabs-rje Dge-legs Rin-po-che) is tulku (incarnate lama) of Drepung Monastic University, where he received the scholastic degree of Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree given within the Gelug tradition.

Gelek is a nephew of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He was tutored by many of the same masters as the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

In 1959, Gelek fled to India from Tibet and gave up monastic life. He is the founder and president of Jewel Heart, "a spiritual, cultural, and humanitarian organization that translates the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism into contemporary life." Beat-poet Allen Ginsberg was among the more prominent of Jewel Heart's members.