Becoming Bodhisattvas: a Guidebook for Compassionate Action

<b>Best-selling American Buddhist nun Pema Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n presents a friendly and encouraging guide to spiritual practice for all those who want to take up the path of the bodhisattva&#8212;one who aspires to live life with courage, generosity, patience, fearlessness, and compassion.</b><br><i>The Way of the Bodhisattva</i> has long been treasured as an indispensable guide to enlightened living, offering a window into the greatest potential within us all. Written in the eighth century by the scholar and saint Shantideva, it presents a comprehensive view of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition's highest ideal&#8212;to commit oneself to the life of a bodhisattva warrior, a person who is wholeheartedly dedicated to the freedom and common good of all beings. And it has inspired many of the tradition's greatest teachers, providing a remarkable source of insight on the means by which we may heal ourselves and our troubled world. These essential teachings present the core of the Buddhist...