The Path of Light - The Bodhi-Charyavatara of Santi-Deva: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Path of Light - The Bodhi-Charyavatara of Santi-Deva by Shantideva: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 2:34:19 running time and a link to listen.
The Path of Light - The Bodhi-Charyavatara of Santi-Deva, credited to Shantideva, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Path of Light - The Bodhi-Charyavatara of Santi-Deva by Shantideva. (Translated by Lionel David Barnett.) Read in English by Eric Metzler. 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. It has ten chapters dedicated to the development of bodhicitta (the mind of enlightenment) through the practice of the six perfections (Skt. Pāramitās). The text begins with a chapter describing the benefits of the wish to reach enlightenment. The sixth chapter on the Pāramitā of patience (Skt. Kṣānti, kshanti) is considered by many Buddhists to be the pinnacle of writing on this subject and is the source of numerous quotations attributed to Śāntideva. Tibetan scholars consider the ninth "Wisdom" chapter to be one of the most succinct expositions of the Madhyamaka view. The tenth chapter is used as one of the most popular Mahāyāna prayers. ( Wikipedia)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Path of Light - The Bodhi-Charyavatara of Santi-Deva
- Author credits: Shantideva
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 2:34:19
Catalogue topics
- buddhism
- mahayana
- 8th-century indian text
Track guide
- 00 - Title Page and Editorial note — 2:19
- 01 - Introduction, Part 1 — 16:36
- 02 - Introduction, Part 2 — 30:31
- 03 - Chapter 1, The Praise of the Thought of Enlightenment — 5:49
- 04 - Chapter 2, The Confession of Sin — 7:04
- 05 - Chapter 3, Taking the Thought of Enlightenment — 5:49
- 06 - Chapter 4, Heedfulness in the Thought of Enlightenment — 7:55
- 07 - Chapter 5, Watchfulness — 9:37
- 08 - Chapter 6, The Perfect Long-Suffering — 24:12
- 09 - Chapter 7, The Perfect Strength — 14:41
- 10 - Chapter 8, The Perfect Contemplation — 18:15
- 11 - Chapter 9, The Perfect Knowledge — 4:45
- 12 - Appendix (a translation of the Karikas) — 6:46
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