Taking the Bodhisattva vow

by Rinpoche Bokar

Paperback, 1997

Publication

Imprint: San Francisco, Calif. : ClearPoint Press, c1997. Context: Originally published in French as Le vou de Bodhisattva. Vernigues, France : Claire Lumiere. Responsibility: Bokar Rinpoche, translated from the French by Christiane Buchet. OCLC Number: 42015705. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 59 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Features: Includes appendix, glossary, index.

Call number

Precepts / Bokar

Barcode

BK-04598

ISBN

0963037188 / 9780963037183

CSS Library Notes

Description: Mahayana Buddhism finds the incarnation of its ideal in the Bodhisattva as the one who devotes his or her life to attain Awakening in order to liberate all beings from suffering. The first step on the path of this altruistic ideal is to "take the Bodhisattva vow."

In this work, Bokar Rinpoche give us a clear presentation of the Bodhisattva vow, its nature, and its implications. We learn of aspiring and realizing Bodhicitta (mind of Awakening) and of the various stages of the Bodhisattvas and their activity. Bokar Rinpoche explains how to take the vow, the commitments, the precepts, and how to purify ourselves if we break the Bodhisattva vow.

Table of Contents: Presentation
Part one : the vow
Nature of the vow
The bodhisattva
The Buddha and bodhicitta
Ceremony
Part two : the precepts
The precepts of aspiring bodhicitta
Overview of the six paramitas
Appendices : the sutra of the three heaps
Tibetan text
The thirty-five Buddhas
Small glossary, Index

FY1999 /

Physical description

59 p.; 22 cm

Language

Original language

French

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