num_pages: 192
description: A Bodhisattva is a friend of the world who, motivated by compassion, seeks enlightenment to benefit all living beings. In this welcome guide to compassionate living, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso explains in detail how to take and keep the Bodhisattva vows, how to purify negative minds, and how to practice the Bodhisattva's actions of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom. With this handbook as our companion, we can enter the Bodhisattva's way of life and progress along the path to full enlightenment.
language: English
title: The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others
titlecomplete: The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others
genres: Buddhism, Spirituality, Religion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 106
publisher: Tharpa Publications