based on Parmanda Sharma's 1997 work, organized by chapter for easy reference. GRETIL Digital Version digital Sanskrit edition

: For serious study, download the GRETIL text + the Archive.org scan of La Vallée Poussin (to verify manuscript readings).

The (also known as the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra ), or "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life," is a seminal 8th-century Mahayana Buddhist text composed by the Indian monk Shantideva . Written in Sanskrit verse, it outlines the path to enlightenment (bodhi) through the cultivation of bodhicitta —the altruistic aspiration to achieve Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Top Sanskrit PDF Resources