Editing Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra (section)

==Structure==
''Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra'' has ten chapters dedicated to the development of [[bodhicitta]] (the mind of enlightenment) through the practice of the [[paramitas|six perfections]] (''Skt.'' Pāramitās). The text begins with a chapter describing the benefits of the wish to reach enlightenment.<ref>{{citation |author=Pema Chödrön |author-link=Pema Chödrön |title=No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva |others=commentary on Shantideva's ''Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life'' |location=Boston |publisher=Shambhala |year=2005 |page=[https://archive.org/details/notimetolosetime0000chdr/page/ xiii] |isbn=1-59030-135-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/notimetolosetime0000chdr/page/ }}</ref>  The sixth chapter, on the perfection of patient endurance (''Skt.'' [[Kshanti|{{IAST|kṣānti}}]]), strongly criticizes anger and has been the subject of recent commentaries by [[Robert Thurman]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/angersevendeadly00thur|title=Anger : the seven deadly sins|last=Thurman|first=Robert A.F.|date=2005|publisher=New York Public Library|isbn=0195169751|location=New York, N.Y.|oclc=55518464}}</ref> and the [[14th Dalai Lama|fourteenth Dalai Lama]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/healingangerpowe00bsta|title=Healing anger : the power of patience from a Buddhist perspective|last=Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV|date=1997|publisher=Snow Lion Publications|others=Thupten Jinpa., Śāntideva, active 7th century.|isbn=1559390735|edition=1st|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|oclc=36138376}}</ref> Tibetan scholars consider the ninth chapter, "Wisdom", to be one of the most succinct expositions of the [[Madhyamaka]] view.<ref>{{citation |author=Pema Chödrön |author-link=Pema Chödrön |title=No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva |others=commentary on Shantideva's ''Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life'' |location=Boston |publisher=Shambhala |year=2005 |page=[https://archive.org/details/notimetolosetime0000chdr/page/ xv-xvi] |isbn=1-59030-135-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/notimetolosetime0000chdr/page/ }}</ref> The tenth chapter is used as one of the most popular Mahāyāna prayers.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}