Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way of Life (Bodhicaryavatara): Buddhist Chant of India

Musical rendition of the Bodhicaryavatara, original Sanskrit text by Santideva-The Bodhisattva Way of Life, Chapter 2; by Indian classical singer, Vidya Rao. The central text in the Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist philosophy developed at Nalanda University in India and now known to the world as Tibetan Buddhism.

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• Buddhism
• Mahayana
• Vipassana
• India
• Tibet
• Vajrayana
• Shantideva
• Bodhisattva
• Nalanda
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[TheOceana1]

Lyrics -

taccittaratnagrahaṇāya samyakpūjāṃ karomy eṣa tathāgatānām |

saddharmaratnasya ca nirmalasya buddhātmajānāṃ ca guṇodadhīnām ||1||

yāvanti puṣpāṇi phalāni caiva bhaiṣajyajātāni ca yāni santi |

ratnāni yāvanti ca santi loke jalāni ca svacchamanoramāṇi ||2||

mahīdharā ratnamayās tathānye vanapradeśāś ca vivekaramyāḥ |

latāḥ supuṣpābharaṇojjvalāś ca drumāś ca ye satphalanamraśākhāḥ ||3||

[Crescendo999]

@TheOceana1

Thanks for the Sanskrit transliteration and the meaning!

[lilaemilybaby]

incomparably beautiful! it brought tears of joy to my eyes.

[Crescendo999]

@lilaemilybaby

I feel the same way. I am glad it had the same effect on you. :)

[TheOceana1]

To win this jewel of the Thought I offer perfect worship to the Blessed Ones, to the stainless gem of the Good Law, and to the Sons of the Enlightened, oceans of virtues. ||1||

All flowers, fruits, and healing herbs, all gems and all waters clear and pleasent in the world,||2||

likewise mountains of jewels, forests sweet in their solitude, climbing plants bright with ornaments of flowers, trees whose branches bend with goodly fruit,||3||

[TheOceana1]

@TheOceana1

I take in spirit and offer as guerdon to the Supreme Saints and their Sons. Worthy of choicest gifts and great of compassion, may they mercifully accept this of me! ||6||

[reviveramesh]

@TheOceana1 - is there a translation of the 4-6 stanzas

[reviveramesh]

wondrously pleasant and thanks to whosoever for making this happen...

[simonsnell1974]

This is pure bliss.

[glasscynic]

how beautiful ! ...thankyou for sharing... :)

[TheOceana1]

fragrant incenses, trees of desire, and jewel-bearing trees in the worlds of the gods and their kin, lakes bedecked with lilies and wondrously pleasant with the cries of swans,||4||