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A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night (Dalai Lama)
A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night
A complete commentary on the poem by its most influential contemporary reader. The Dalai Lama also published commentaries on the patience chapter (Healing Anger, 1997) and on the wisdom chapter (Practicing Wisdom, 2004).
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Authorship note
Teachings by the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on the Bodhicaryāvatāra given in France in the early 1990s, translated by the Padmakara Translation Group.
Editions and translations
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English
Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way
Wisdom Publications, 2004
Translation: Thupten Jinpa
ISBN 0861711823
Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective
Snow Lion, 1997
Translation: Thupten Jinpa
ISBN 1559390735
A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night
Shambhala, 1994
Translation: Padmakara Translation Group
ISBN 0877739714
Other works by Śāntideva
- Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) · 720
- The short Dunhuang recension of the Bodhicaryāvatāra · 790
- The Training Anthology (Śikṣāsamuccaya) · 720
- Verses of the Training Anthology · 720
- Compendium of Sūtras (lost)
- Caryāpada songs signed by Bhusuku
- Prajñākaramati's commentary on the Bodhicaryāvatāra · 1000
- The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech (Kunzang Pelden) · 2007
- No Time to Lose (Pema Chödrön) · 2005
- Altruism and Reality (Paul Williams) · 1998
Sources
- Dalái Lama XIV (Tenzin Gyatso). A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night: A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. Trad. Padmakara Translation Group. Boston: Shambhala, 1994. ISBN 0877739714.
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