Śāntideva

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Śāntideva was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and philosopher renowned for his influential Mahāyāna text "Bodhicaryāvatāra," which outlines the path of the bodhisattva through compassion and wisdom.

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Label Occurrences
Śāntideva canonical 4
Shantideva 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk ⓘ
Buddhist philosopher ⓘ
Indian philosopher ⓘ
author ⓘ
poet ⓘ
associatedWith Nālandā Mahāvihāra ⓘ
BodhicaryāvatāraFocus cultivation of bodhicitta ⓘ
practice of the six perfections ⓘ
union of compassion and wisdom ⓘ
BodhicaryāvatāraInfluence core text in Tibetan monastic curriculum ⓘ
widely studied in East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
BodhicaryāvatāraStructure ten chapters ⓘ
century 8th century ⓘ
ethicalView exchange of self and others ⓘ
radical altruism ⓘ
influenced Atiśa ⓘ
linked to: Atisha

Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Tsongkhapa ⓘ
linked to: Je Tsongkhapa

modern Buddhist ethics ⓘ
Śāntarakṣita ⓘ
knownFor Bodhicaryāvatāra ⓘ
Śikṣāsamuccaya ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
mainWork Bodhicaryāvatāra ⓘ
Śikṣāsamuccaya ⓘ
metaphysicalView Madhyamaka emptiness of persons and phenomena ⓘ
philosophicalConcept altruism ⓘ
bodhicitta ⓘ
bodhisattva path ⓘ
compassion ⓘ
emptiness ⓘ
patient endurance ⓘ
pāramitās ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Madhyamaka ⓘ
region India ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
role commentator ⓘ
monk ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
textGenre didactic poetry ⓘ
ethical treatise ⓘ
philosophical commentary ⓘ
tradition Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
ŚikṣāsamuccayaFocus bodhisattva conduct ⓘ
ŚikṣāsamuccayaType compendium of Mahāyāna sūtras ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nagarjuna → influenced → Śāntideva ⓘ
Madhyamaka → developedBy → Śāntideva ⓘ
Indian Buddhism → hasPhilosopher → Shantideva ⓘ
linked to: Śāntideva
Tibetan Tengyur → includesWorksBy → Śāntideva ⓘ
Bodhisattvacaryavatara → author → Shantideva ⓘ
linked to: Śāntideva
Bodhisattvacaryavatara → composedBy → Shantideva ⓘ
linked to: Śāntideva