Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds (2020–23)

Teachings on Shantideva’s Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds.

Root Text

A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life translated by Stephen Batchelor and published by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives is available as an ebook on Google Play here.

Resolute and stable

Covering Verses 5.54-5.60 on how to be resolute in the Dharma practice, cultivate mental stability, respect, and politeness, and abandon attachment to the body

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The filth of the body

Covers Verses 5.60-5.70, discussing how to cultivate a sense of the body's lack of cleanliness, reduce our attachment to it and use it to create…

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Acting appropriately

Covering Verses 71 - 75 of Chapter 5, discussing practical advice about how to do daily activities in a way that is pleasing and beneficial…

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Rejoicing in others’ qualities

Covering Verses 74-79 of Chapter 5, discussing the transformative practice of rejoicing in others' qualities, and speaking and acting in ways that others enjoy

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Joyfully engaging in virtue

Discussing ways to think, speak and act in order to joyfully create virtue in the commentary to Verses 79 - 84 of Chapter 5

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Giving our body and the Dharma

Discussing how to skillfully give our body and the Dharma for the benefit of ourselves and others in the commentary to Verses 84-90 of Chapter…

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Practical advice on manners

Covering Verses 91-100 of Chapter 5, discussing advice on manners, namely actions such as spitting, eating, using the bathroom, and giving directions

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Putting the dharma into practice

Covering Chapter 5 Verses 100-109, discussing the advice to dedicate our merits for the welfare of all sentient beings and to put the teachings into…

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The defects of anger

Discussing the various defects and disadvantages of anger, covering Verses 1 - 6 of Chapter 6

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Working with anger

Teaching on the disadvantages of anger, giving commentary to Verses 1-6 of Chapter 6 "Patience"

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Unhappiness fuels anger

Covering Verses 7-10 of Chapter 6, describing the evolution of how anger enters the mind, based on mental unhappiness

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The benefits of difficulties

Covering Verses 8-14 of Chapter 6, discussing the benefits of meditating on duhkha (suffering) and the benefits of going through difficulties

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