The Way of the Bodhisattva Reader/Translation Package

$60.00

Only 3 left in stock (can be backordered)

With TLI’s Way of the Bodhisattva Reader/Translation Package, English-speaking students 

  • Can further their understanding of Classical Tibetan 
  • Can deepen their understanding of the BuddhaDharma 

These student-friendly translation workbooks were designed by Lama David Curtis for those who can read the Tibetan script and can use the Tibetan-English dictionary. Includes 3 translation workbooks:

 

The Way of the Bodhisattva Ch 1: "The Excellence of Bodhicitta" by Shantideva: Translation Workbook

Composed in the 8th century, this text becomes richer and richer with each reading--it combines those rare qualities of scholastic precision, spiritual depth, and poetical beauty.

Only 3 left in stock

The Way of the Bodhisattva Ch 3: Fully Adopting Bodhichitta - Translation Workbook

Chapter 3 directly addresses bodhicitta—this altruistic aspiration. The purpose of this workbook is to provide beginning reading students with a better idea of what is being said in Tibetan and to see how the Tibetan is structured. Delve into this most important Tibetan text.

Only 4 left in stock (can be backordered)

The Way of the Bodhisattva Translation Workbook: Verses from Ch 10, “The Dedication”

This Chapter 10 translation workbook includes:

  • 4 Verses of Tibetan per page, with English translation on facing page
  • Reading practice pages
  • Annotated Tibetan-English Glossary
  • Appendices: Abbreviations; Verb Classes; Table of Contents for the Tibetan text of the Divine Tree Grammar Poem.

Best value: TLI’s Way of the Bodhisattva Reader-Translator Package.

Only 3 left in stock (can be backordered)

Only 3 left in stock (can be backordered)

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Reading Tibetan Texts for Greater Understanding 

$75.00 (save $15 when you order all three translation workbooks together)

Treasured by Buddhists of all traditions, The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) by Shantideva is an inspiring guide to cultivating the altruistic mind of enlightenment and to generating the life-affirming qualities of love, compassion, generosity, and patience. 

This text has been studied, practiced, and expounded upon for centuries, first in India, and later in Tibet. 

 You should read it [The Way of the Bodhisattva] again and again, chapter by chapter. When you go home, don’t lose this text; keep it with you; read it every day.”– The Fourteenth Dalai Lama teaching Shantideva’s text in Sarnath in 2013

Additional information

Weight 40.4 oz
Dimensions 8.75 × 11.5 × 1.1 in
Brand

Tibetan Language Institute

The Way of the Bodhisattva Ch 1: "The Excellence of Bodhicitta" by Shantideva: Translation Workbook

Weight 9.8 oz
Dimensions 8.75 × 11.5 × .5 in
Brand

Tibetan Language Institute

The Way of the Bodhisattva Ch 3: Fully Adopting Bodhichitta - Translation Workbook

Weight 9.8 oz
Dimensions 8.75 × 11.5 × .5 in
Brand

Tibetan Language Institute

The Way of the Bodhisattva Translation Workbook: Verses from Ch 10, “The Dedication”

Weight 12.4 oz
Dimensions 8.75 × 11.5 × .5 in
Brand

Tibetan Language Institute

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