{"id":2294,"date":"2010-10-08T14:51:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T13:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2021-11-08T16:11:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:11:38","slug":"the-bodhicharyavatara-chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/teachings\/news\/the-bodhicharyavatara-chapter-1","title":{"rendered":"The Bodhicharyavatara chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Excellence of Bodhicitta
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

HOMAGE TO ALL BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS.<\/em><\/p>\n

To those who go in bliss, and the dharmakaya they possess, and all their heirs,
\nTo all those worthy of respect, I reverently bow.
\nAccording to the scriptures, I shall now briefly describe
\nThe practice of the Bodhisattva discipline.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here I shall say nothing that has not been said before,
\nAnd in the art of prosody I have no skill.
\nI therefore have no thought that this might be of benefit to others;
\nI wrote it only to habituate my mind.<\/em><\/p>\n

My faith will thus be strengthened for a little while,
\nThat I might grow accustomed to this virtuous way.
\nBut others who now chance upon my words
\nMay profit also, equal to myself in fortune.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

With these verses the Bodhicharyavatara begins.<\/p>\n

Rinpoche will soon start his teachings for the Online Shedra on the first chapter of the Bodhicharavatara.<\/p>\n

We can now start reading the first chapter of the root text, which is in English translation The Way of the Bodhisattva<\/strong>, and the first chapter of the commentary transcript <\/a>by Rinpoche.<\/p>\n

If you don’t have the root text available yet, here is a Google book<\/a> with the first three chapters. Most of the stanzas are also included in Rinpoche’s commentary.<\/p>\n

You can download the study text here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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