New Publications: The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva

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བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྡེ་སྣོད།
The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva
Bodhisatva­piṭaka

In The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva, the Buddha describes in detail the views and practices that are to be followed by the bodhisatva, the ideal Mahāyāna practitioner. Through his interactions with human and nonhuman interlocutors, and through stories of various past buddhas, we are led step by step through the topics of renunciation, the mind of awakening, the four immeasurables, and the six perfections. Among the many accounts of past buddhas included in the sūtra, we find the story of the prophecy made by the Buddha Dīpaṅkara to the brahmin Megha about his future attainment of awakening as the Buddha Śākyamuni.

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The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva

 

 

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