Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life: Chapter 7; Enthusiasm

by Gelek Rimpoche

SHANTIDEVA’S GUIDE TO THE BODHI SATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE - CHAPTER SEVEN A COMPREHENSIVE COMMENTARYChapter Seven of the Bodhisattvacharyavatara elucidates the benefits of enthusiasm, which makes it possible to achieve the fulfillment of spiritual practice.The Bodhisattvacharyavatara is among the most beloved and inspiring works in the Mahayana tradition. Gelek Rimpoche’s oral explanations of each verse provide us with the key to unlock this hidden treasure that reveals how Bodhisattvas deal with their lives, and how we can learn to do the same.

357 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 14, 2008

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.