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Speaker

Year

Das Bodhicaryavatara von Shantideva

'Als einziges Heilmittel für die Leiden der Welt, als aller Erfüllung und jeden Glückes Quelle möge …

Jayachitta

1995

01.

Das Bodhicaryavatara von Shantideva (55:20)

Love and Desire

This is the last in a great three-part series on 'The Alchemy of Love', Padmavajra's exploration of the transformative …

Padmavajra

2005

	01.	The arising of the Bodhichitta - the alchemy of transformation; Shantideva's verses - Bodhichitta planted in practice (5:04)
	02.	The danger of coming to conclusions about attainment; the Great Surprise of Shantideva - the parable of the blind man and the jewel; the Bodhicharyavatara and lineage (3:09)
	04.	Celibacy and the importance of supportive conditions; craving in meditation; Shantideva's methods of dealing with desire - inappropriateness of reflecting on loathsomeness (2:36)
	06.	Shantideva's meditations on loving kindness; dangers of the no self doctrine - the importance of cherishing life (3:16)
	11.	Imagination and the myth of the bodhisattva - Shantideva's vision of the bodhisattva descending into hell as an expression of the bodhichitta; reading from the last section of the Bodhicharyavatara (4:45)

Death and Desire

This is the second in a great three-part series on 'The Alchemy of Love', Padmavajra's exploration of the transformative …

Padmavajra

2004

	01.	Shantideva's legendary laziness; his nickname - 'Lazy Bum' (3:33)
	02.	Attempt to humiliate Shantideva - presentation of the Bodhicharyavatara; praising the Bodhisattva (5:02)
	03.	Shantideva's practice; Manjughosha - Shantideva's vanishing; reappearing as a yogin; living the teaching amongst the people- not underestimating people (4:29)

Initiation into the Alchemy of Love

This is the first in a great three-part series on 'The Alchemy of Love', Padmavajra's exploration of the transformative …

Padmavajra

2004

01.

Reading from the Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva; bowing to the Buddha; novelty and over-familiarity; a surge of inspiration (7:05)

The Awakening of the Bodhi Heart

How do you become a Bodhisattva? Upon the Awakening of the Bodhi Heart (Bodhichitt-otpada). This lecture defines the Bodhichitta, …

Sangharakshita

1969

10.

Shantideva’s ‘Supreme Worship’: (2:46)

Energy At Its Most Abundant

Here's a previously unreleased talk by Parami on 'virya' - 'energy in pursuit of the good'. It was given …

Parami

2002

04.

Quote from Shantideva on virya; kinds of energy; vigour; sloth; being disillusioned with cyclic existence; forgetting about conditions; remembering; death (8:33)

The Perfection of Wisdom and Dedication - Bodhicaryavatara Chapter 9 & 10

In his final talk exploring Bodhicaryavatara, Padmavajra introduces us to Shantideva's exposition of …

Padmavajra

2020

A Bodhisattva's Mindfulness - Bodhicaryavatara Chapter 5

'One should speak confident, measured words, clear in meaning, delighting the mind, pleasing to the ear, soft and slow, …

Padmavajra

2020

Some Thoughts on the Bodhicaryavatara

The Bodhicaryavatara is an 8th century text written by Shantideva, a Buddhist monk from the monastic 'university' …

Dhammadinna

2008

Vigilance with Regard to the Bodhicitta - Bodhicaryavatara Chapter 4

"The defilements do not dwell in objects, nor in the collection of the senses, nor in the space in between. There is …

Padmavajra

2020

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