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Questions on the Bodhicharyavatara

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Study Questions on the Bodhicharyavatara - Here you can test your knowledge of Shantideva's classic text, the Bodhicharyavatara.

General/Introduction

  • What does the title Bodhicharyavatara mean?
  • The first three verses of the text contain four important points. What are they?
  • Give the outline of the main body of the text according to the four-line bodhichitta prayer.
  • How do the ten chapters of the text relate to the six paramitas?

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

  • What are the four main topics of chapter 2? And how do they support the generation of Bodhichitta?
  • Why is it important to make offerings in this context?
  • To make the very best of offerings they should be made with the three purities. What are they?
  • How is it possible for us to offer things that we do not own?
  • What are the different types of offering made by Shantideva?
  • Why does refuge come at this point in the text?
  • What are the four powers of confession in the order presented in this text?
  • Why is it necessary to confess our faults swiftly?

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Source

RigpaWiki:Questions on the Bodhicharyavatara