Shantideva

Shantideva (sometimes Santideva) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar at Nalanda University and an adherent of the Prasangika Madhyamaka philosophy.

The Avaivartika Order of Chinese Madhyamika lineage maintains that there were two individuals from the same family who were given the name "Shantideva": the founder of the Avaivartika Sangha in the 6th century and a later Shantideva who studied at Nalanda in the 8th century. Citations of archaeological discoveries supporting this thesis may be accessed through Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, a respected online resource maintained by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, or through the Shantideva Society, which was founded by the Chan Ssu Lun regent of Avaivartika Order.

Shantideva is particularly renowned as the author of the Bodhicaryavatara (sometimes also called the Bodhisattvacaryavatara). An English translation of the Sanskrit version of the Bodhicaryavatara is available online, as well as in print in a variety of translations, sometimes glossed as A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way Of Life or Entering the Path of Enlightenment. It is a long poem describing the process of enlightenment from the first thought to full buddhahood and is still studied by Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhists today. A commentary by Pema Chodron was published in 2005 as "No Time To Lose". A short introduction and commentary to the Patience Chapter of the Bodhicaryavatara by The Dalai Lama called "A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night" was printed in 1994, and a longer commnentary on the same chapter in "Healing Anger." 1997 His commentaries on the Wisdom chapter can be found in "Practicing Wisdom" 2004.

References

Shantideva. The Way of the Bodhisattva. Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. Boston: Shambala, 1997. ISBN 1-57062-253-1.

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