Reliable scholarly text with various digital access options. 4. Academia.edu and ResearchGate
: A bilingual Sanskrit and Tibetan edition from the Asiatic Society. This version is prized for its accuracy and its inclusion of verses missing in earlier manuscripts. Download from Archive.org Parmananda Sharma Edition (1997)
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Overcoming anger, the greatest destroyer of virtue.
The Bodhicaryavatara (The Way of the Bodhisattva) is a masterpiece of Buddhist literature written by the 8th-century Indian master Shantideva [1]. For scholars, practitioners, and linguists, studying this text in its original Sanskrit provides profound insights into Mahayana philosophy [1].
Overcoming anger, the greatest destroyer of spiritual merit.
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