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Shantideva (sometimes Śāntideva) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar and adherent of the Prasangika Madhyamaka philosophy, renowned as the author of the Bodhicaryavatara
Also known as: Santideva, Śāntideva
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Just as a blind man might find a jewel amongst heaps of rubbish, so this Spirit of Awakening has somehow arisen in me.
A person whose mind is distracted lives between the fangs of mental afflictions.
One should eliminate yearning that arises for various idle conversations, which often take place, and for all kinds of entertainment.
The prime of one’s life passes away in making a living. What can an old person do with sensual gratification?
May all those languishing in hell come now to perfect joy.
Where could I find enough leather to cover the whole earth? But by the leather of one pair of sandals the earth will be covered.
How can you desire flesh, which by nature is devoid of consciousness? The mind you desire cannot be seen or touched; and that which can be is not conscious. Why do you embrace it in vain?
If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?
As long as diseases afflict living beings
In the ocean-like virtue of the Bodhimind
The Bodhimind is a great radiant sun
Consider wealth as an unending misfortune because of the troubles of acquiring, protecting and losing it. Those whose minds are attached to wealth on account of their distracted state have no opportunity for liberation from the suffering of mundane existence.
Where would there be leather enough to cover the entire world? With just the leather of my sandals, it is as if the whole world were covered. Likewise, I am unable to restrain external phenomena, but I shall restrain my own mind. What need is there to restrain anything else?
If an object does exist on the strength of consciousness, how does one arrive at the existence of consciousness? If the existence of consciousness is established on the strength of the existence of the object of which it is conscious, how does one arrive at the existence of the object? If they exist on the strength of each other's existence, neither of the two can exist.
The mind within the senses does not dwell, It has no place in outer things, like form, And in between, the mind does not abide;
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