The Path of Light

The Path of Light or Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist text written aroun 700 AD in Sanskrit verse by Shantideva, a Buddhist monk at Nālandā Monastic University in India. It has ten chapters dedicated to the development of bodhicitta (the mind of enlightenment) through the practice of the six perfections (Pāramitās).

The Praise of the Thought of Enlightenment

The Confession of Sin

Taking the Thought of Enlightenment

Heedfulness in the Thought of Enlightenment

Watchfulness

The Perfect Long-Suffering

The Perfect Strength

The Perfect Contemplation

The Perfect Knowledge