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Shantideva Online - homepage of the Shantideva Society and the Bodhicaryavatara Historical Project, an academic resource of the Mahabodhi Sunyata Seminario de Espana in Tarragona, Spain, with a complete translation of the Bodhicaryavatara.

  • Avaivartika - the Homepage of the Avaivartika Order, a non-sectarian Buddhist contribution to the United Nations International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. Website is related to Shantideva Online and focuses on the Bodhisattvayana, hosting an online course in the practice of virtue (Paramitas).
  • Bodhisattva Ideal in Buddhism - by the Ven. Dr. W. Rahula, from: "Gems of Buddhist Wisdom", Buddhist Missionary Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1996.
  • The Bodhisattva Ideal In Theravada Buddhist Theory And Practice - by Jeffrey Samuels, first published in Philosophy East and West, Volume 47, Number 3, July 1997, P.399-415
  • Did Shantideva Destroy the Bodhisattva Path? - by Jon Wetlesen, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Oslo, Norway. A critique and examination of Paul Williams's book, Altruism and Reality: Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryavatara.
  • The Practice of Bodhisattva Dharma - by Dharma Master Tai-Hsu, recommending the practice of goodness and generosity, observing the Five precepts and the Ten Virtues, and diligently performing the Six paramitas and the Four All-Embracing Virtues (Sutra Translation Committee of the United States and Canada, Series #4).

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