We are a small group currently studying Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara together with help and guidance of three commentaries. Our main source as we proceed is Ringu Tulku Rinpoche's commentary, which is based on Khenpo Kunpal's famous commentary . In addition we are going through A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night by HH Dalai Lama and also have No Time to Lose by Pema Chodron as our third commentary source. These are all amazingly helpful texts, and each one gives us a little bit different tools for our learning and illuminates various different points of the root text, which is the famous and much studied Mahayana Buddhist classic by Shantideva. Bodhicharyavatara means a guide to the conduct of a bodhisattva , and this text lays down the bodhisattva path and way of life. A bodhisattva is someone who aspires to always work for all sentient beings, until every one of them is totally enlightened. Furthermore, a bodhisattva not only aspires that, but he or she
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