Shantideva: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Term 1)

Shantideva: The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Term 1)

Begin your exploration of the Bodhisattva path through one of Buddhism’s most treasured texts. In this first term, we enter The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva, moving through the text at a steady and reflective pace, allowing space for understanding and contemplation to unfold.

This offering is open to students who are new to the text as well as those with some prior familiarity who wish to engage with it in a structured and supportive setting.

Course Details

🗣️ With Venerable Khadro
📅 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 September & 6, 13 October
🕕 6:00 – 8:00pm
🏠 Hybrid

About This Course

The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhicharyavatara) is a profound guide to cultivating compassion, wisdom, and the awakened mind—bodhicitta. Across the first and second terms, the course will focus on Chapters 1–5, which lay the essential foundation for the Bodhisattva path.

In this first term, we begin engaging with these foundational chapters, exploring themes such as the generation of bodhicitta, its significance, ethical awareness, and the attitudes that support spiritual development. The emphasis is on building familiarity and confidence in working with the text, while allowing time for reflection and discussion.

Rather than rushing ahead, we take a measured approach—creating space for the teachings to be understood, questioned, and related to personal experience.

Through study, reflection, and discussion, students are supported in connecting the teachings with their own lives.

This course may include readings, guided reflections, and discussion-based exploration to support meaningful engagement with the text and its relevance to daily life.

Your Teacher

Venerable Khadro brings years of experience teaching Buddhist philosophy and meditation in the tradition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Her clear and practical approach makes profound Buddhist concepts accessible to modern students.

Nobody should be turned away from studying Dharma due to financial reasons. If the suggested course contribution feels too much for you, please let us know ([email protected]) and we’ll see how we can help.