The Path of Light;

by Śāntideva (Creator), Lionel David Barnett (Creator)

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112 pages, Hardcover

Published August 29, 2016

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.