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penelope2202's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
rhythimashinde's review against another edition
4.0
Boddhisatva in itself would not tell you how to meditate, but it will give you the foundational thinking about Buddhism. This specific edition is a very recent one and thus most of the learnings are adaptable. Especially the chapter of Carefulness, Introspection and Patience are very practical. How it helped me personally was that I can practice meditation (using different apps, videos) with much more ease now. In fact, I can meditate very well with music because I am very clear on why I was doing it. I think this is the best thing about this book that it actually doesn't just ask you to practice thinking positive and compassion, but it lays down why you should do so. Some of the chapters are very spiritual, and maybe with time I will be able to follow them, but all-in-all it was a very positive read.
A complete summary is here: https://rhythimashindeblogs.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/bodhisattva/
A complete summary is here: https://rhythimashindeblogs.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/bodhisattva/
mikuthemuso's review against another edition
2.0
It's a cute message. I liked the blessings for all living beings contained in the beginning and the end of the text. But overall however I found the text to be lacking in intellectual rigour. It seems to be pseudo-intellectual. Proposing the doctrine of emptiness without any proof, with empty rhetoric and piled with intellectual masturbation to support its unfounded dogma. I have an issue with this as it is completely unaware of modern day psychology of the self. Buddhist doctrine as a whole I have a problem with as in general it is nihilistic and it encourages pacifism, passivity, stockholm syndrome, masochism, derealisation, and dissociation from the body and bodily sensations and this Mahayana branch although nice and spreading compassion is unrealistic in not taking into awareness the neuroscience of the brain and trauma and how trauma affects the brain, it also does not take into account sociology which explores how society affects the people that live in there.
bradley_jf's review against another edition
3.0
I read through this more quickly than I should have. I think it's a book that I'll have to read through a few times and after studying other material to really understand it well.
dilan11's review against another edition
5.0
As it says in the introduction, "Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life was composed by bodhisattva Shantideva, a great Buddhist master who lived in the 8th century A.D.. This holy scripture is a very practical guide that teaches us how to enter, make progress on, and complete the Buddhist path to enlightenment."
There are so many wonderful translations of this magnificent poem and this version certainly ranks as one of the best.
The book itself is beautiful too, printed on heavy glossy paper with ink drawings separating each section.
There are so many wonderful translations of this magnificent poem and this version certainly ranks as one of the best.
The book itself is beautiful too, printed on heavy glossy paper with ink drawings separating each section.
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