Review of Chapter Six: Verses 36-40
120 Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds
Venerable Thubten Jigme 
Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey 
Jan 7, 2023 Part of an ongoing series of teachings based on Shantideva’s classic text, Bodhisattvacharyavatara, often translated as Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds. Venerable Thubten Chodron also refers to the outline of the commentary by Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen and the commentary by the Abbot Dragpa Gyaltsen.
- The three types of fortitude
- Verse 35: People harm themselves in the pursuit of happiness
- Verse 36: People injure themselves through unmeritorious deeds
- Verse 37: The influence of disturbing conceptions causes us to harm ourselves and others
- Verse 38: Avoiding anger for those who try to harm us
- Verse 39: If anger is in their nature, it’s incorrect to be angry with them
120 Review of Chapter Six: Verses 36-40 (download)
Venerable Thubten Jigme
Venerable Jigme met Venerable Chodron in 1998 at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center. She took refuge in 1999 and attended Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle. She moved to the Abbey in 2008 and took sramanerika and sikasamana vows with Venerable Chodron as her preceptor in March 2009. She received bhikshuni ordination at Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan in 2011. Before moving to Sravasti Abbey, Venerable Jigme (then Dianne Pratt) worked as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in private practice in Seattle. In her career as a nurse, she worked in hospitals, clinics and educational settings. At the Abbey, Ven. Jigme is the Guest Master, manages the prison outreach program and oversees the video program.
