Root text link, with final portion missing

Friends, here is the link for a translation of the Bodhicaryavatara, or Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, by Master Shantideva.  The translator is Stephen Batchelor.  The text can also be purchased (in full) on Amazon.  This is the translation which His Holiness the Dalai Lama uses when he teaches this sacred text.

I will bring copies of the missing verses to our dharma class sessions.

http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/A%20-%20Tibetan%20Buddhism/Authors/Shantideva/A%20Guide%20to%20the%20Bodhisattva's%20Way%20of%20Life%20-%20%20Stephen%20Bachelor%20tra/A%20Guide%20to%20the%20Bodhisattva's%20Way%20of%20Life.pdf

Chapter 8, Worksheet 1

Hi dharma friends, here's the worksheet we'll use to analyze the obstacles to meditation

"Sky Burial" video, to describe the impermanence of the body

Dear dharma friends,

This powerful video reminds us of the fragility of the body and the uncertainty of the time of our death. It may be useful in our discussion of Chapter 8.

http://vimeo.com/58678621

also:

http://www.theartandritualofdeath.com

Lecture on Compassion as presented in Chapter 8, Bodhisattvacaryavatara, Master Shantideva

Dear dharma friends,

Please enjoy this lecture.  Let's share our reflections in dharma class.
Our next meetings are: Weds Jan 8, Weds Jan 15, and Fri Jan 17, 2014.  Peace.

The Perfection of Giving: Documentary

http://theperfectionofgiving.com

Lecture on Patience

Chapter 6: Patience
Lecture on anger and learning to "love our enemies" by Robert Thurman and Sharon Salzburg
http://www.onbeing.org/program/embracing-our-enemies

The universal bridge

It is the supreme medicine

That quells the world's disease.

It is the tree that shelters all beings

Wandering and tired on the path of conditioned existence.

It is the universal bridge

That leads to freedom from unhappy states of birth,

It is the dawning moon of the mind

That dispells the torment of disturbing conceptions.

It is the great sun that finally removes

The misty ignorance of the world,

It is the quintessential butter

From the churning of the milk of Dharma.

For all those guests traveling on the path of conditioned existence

Who wish to experience the bounties of happiness,

This will satisfy them with joy

And actually place them in supreme bliss.

Today in the presence of all the Protectors

I invite the world to be guests 

At (a festival of) temporary and ultimate delight.

May...all be joyful

(A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, ch. 3, v. 30-34, trans.  Stephen Batchelor)