Editing Shantideva (section)

===''Bodhicaryavatara''===
Shantideva is particularly renowned as the author of the ''[[Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra]]''. A variety of English translations exist, sometimes glossed as "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life" or "Entering the Path of Enlightenment."<ref>{{cite book | title=The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara | translator=the Padmakara Translation Group | publisher=Shambhala Publications | date=2003 | isbn=1-59030-057-2}}</ref> It is a long poem describing the process of enlightenment from the first thought to full [[buddhahood]] and is still studied by [[Mahayana]] and [[Vajrayana]] Buddhists today.

An introduction to and commentary on the ''Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra'' by the [[14th Dalai Lama]] called ''A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night'' was printed in 1994. A commentary on the Patience chapter was provided by the Dalai Lama in ''Healing Anger'' (1997), and his commentaries on the Wisdom chapter are in ''Practicing Wisdom'' (2004). [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Khenpo_Kunzang_Palden Kunzang Palden] has written a commentary based on that given by [[Patrul Rinpoche]], translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. Patrul was a wandering monk of great scholarship who dedicated his life to propagating the ''Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra''.<ref>{{citation |author=Kunzang Palden |title=The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech. A Detailed Commentary on Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva |publisher=Shambala Publications |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-59030-439-6}}</ref>