Bodhicittavivāraṇa
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Bodhicittavivāraṇa (T. byang chub sems kyi ‘grel ba བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་ཀྱི་འགྲེལ་པ་), or "Commentary on Bodhichitta," an Indian treatise (shastra) written by Nagarjuna which belongs to his Collection of Advice.
The main subjects of this text are bodhicitta and the wisdom that understands emptiness (shunyata).
Tibetan text
There are actually two texts attributed to Nagarjuna and bearing this title in the Tengyur, one in the sutra section and one in the tantra section.
Commentaries
Tibetan
- Dagpo Gomchen Ngawang Drakpa, རྣམ་ཤེས་ནོར་བུ་ཕྲེང་བ་, rnam shes nor bu phreng ba
Translations
- Thupten Jinpa, A Commentary on the Awakening Mind, 2006, revised 2007. PDF version
- Christian Lindtner, "Bodhicittavivāraṇa", in Master of Wisdom, Writings of the Buddhist Master Nagarjuna, Dharma Publishing, 1986, pp. 32-71 Archive version
- Padmakara Translation Group, "Bodhicittavivāraṇa", translated into French and English (according to the commentary written by Dagpo Gomchen Ngawang Drakpa) and published on the occasion of the teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nantes, 15—20 August 2008. (Availability unknown)
Videos
Search for videos:
- Search YouTube for: Bodhicittavivāraṇa Buddhism
Selected videos:
- The Dalai Lama Teaching on Nagarjuna's Bodhichittavivarana
- Description: The Dalai Lama Teaching on Nagarjuna's Bodhichittavivarana - October 2009, Manhattan Center, New York City
External links
Commentary on Bodhichitta, Rigpa Shedra Wiki- Commentary on the Awakening Mind - First Day, teaching by the 14th Dalai Lama
