Shantideva · Theology
Bodhicitta - the resolve to attain awakening for the sake of all beings - as the seed of the whole bodhisattva path: why the Bodhicharyavatara opens by praising it, how aspiration differs from engagement, and what the bodhisattva vow does.
You learned that bodhicitta is the mind set on awakening for the sake of all beings, that Shantideva divides it into aspiring bodhicitta and engaging (venturing) bodhicitta - like wishing to travel and actually setting out - and that the bodhisattva vow stabilises this rare resolve, which is why the Bodhicharyavatara…
Leads to Nagarjuna.
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