Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva

SHANTIDEVA (8th c.) was a scholar from the monastic university Nalanda, one of the most celebrated centers of learning in ancient India. He is renowned as the author of Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva, which legend says is a teaching that he delivered as he rose into the sky and vanished.

KHENPO DAVID KARMA CHOEPHEL is Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche's main English-language translator as well as the translator of many books on Tibetan Buddhism. He studied Buddhist philosophy at the Vajra Vidya Institute in Namo Buddha, Nepal, and Sarnath, India, and earned the title of Khenpo, essentially a PhD in the Tibetan system.

Shantideva s Way of the Bodhisattva gives clear and inspiring teachings on developing loving-kindness, compassion, and bodhichitta. Not only is studying it important for students of the Mahayana, it can also help anyone develop a good heart and become a better person. I am sure that this new translation and short guide by Khenpo David Karma Choephel will bring great benefit to many people. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

Shantideva s Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva is one of the most celebrated treatises from the golden age of Indian Buddhism. It sets forth all of the key trainings of the Mahayana path, and its beautiful verses have inspired great masters and dharma practitioners throughout centuries. I am delighted that, under the guidance of the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Khenpo David Karma Choephel has offered a fresh translation of this transformative set of instructions. The wisdom and compassion of Shantideva s work is as timely as ever for our world, and I am certain that many will find pure fuel for their journey in these pages. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, author of Mind Beyond Death and Emotional Rescue

This most accurate and amazingly readable translation of the Way of Bodhisattva by Khenpo David Karma Choephel shows his complete mastery of both the target and source languages as well as his deep knowledge and genuine experience. This book will be used for generations. Ringu Tulku