Biography

Shantideva (Sk: Śāntideva; Zh: 寂天; Tib: ཞི་བ་ལྷ། (Shyiwa Lha, Wylie: zhi ba lha); Mn: Шантидэва гэгээн) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar at Nalanda University and an adherent of the Madhyamaka philosophy of Nagarjuna.
The Chan Ssu Lun of the Chinese Madhyamika school identifies two different individuals given the name "Shantideva": the founder of the Avaivartika Sangha in the 6th century, and a later Shantideva who studied at Nalanda in the 8th century who appears to be the source of the Tibetan biographies. Archaeological discoveries support this thesis. Two Tibetan sources of the life of Shantideva are the historians Butön and Jetsun Tāranātha. Recent scholarship has brought to light a short Sanscrit life of Shantideva in a 14th century Nepalise manuscript. An accessible account that follows the Butön closely can be found in Kunzang Pelden, The Nectar of Manjushri's speech.

Shantideva was born as a Brahmin in the southern country of Saurastra (in modern Gujarat), the son of the King Kalyanavarman and he went by the name Shantivarman.

Books by Śāntideva

How to Be Caring
How to Be Caring
2025
Marche À la Lumière = Bodhicar
Marche À la Lumière = Bodhicaryavatara
2023
Bodhisattvacaryavatara
Bodhisattvacaryavatara
2022
Bodhicaryavatara - Aydinlanma Yoluna Giris; Sanskrit
Bodhicaryavatara - Aydinlanma Yoluna Giris; Sanskrit
2021
Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva
Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva
2021
Posal ŭi haeng e tŭrŏ kada
Posal ŭi haeng e tŭrŏ kada
2021
Bodhicaryavatara with Commenta
Bodhicaryavatara with Commentary
2019
Camino Del Bodhisattva
Camino Del Bodhisattva
2018
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
2018
Marche Vers L'Éveil
Marche Vers L'Éveil
2018
Ip posalhaengnon
Ip posalhaengnon
2015
La Marcha hacia la Luz
La Marcha hacia la Luz
2015
Bodhisattvan Harjoituksi
Bodhisattvan Harjoituksi
2013
Camino de Vida Del Bodisatva
Camino de Vida Del Bodisatva
2013
Smon Lam Dang Bkra Shis Phyogs
Smon Lam Dang Bkra Shis Phyogs Bsdus Bzhugs So
2013
Fan Han dui kan Ru pu ti xing
Fan Han dui kan Ru pu ti xing lun
2011
The Bodhicaryavatara : A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
The Bodhicaryavatara : A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
2011
Anleitungen auf dem Weg zur Glückseligkeit - Bodhicaryavatara
Anleitungen auf dem Weg zur Glückseligkeit - Bodhicaryavatara
2010
Indian Texts Series - Siksha-S
Indian Texts Series - Siksha-Samuccaya - a Compendium of Buddhist Doctrine
2009
Bodhicharyvatra
Bodhicharyvatra
2008
La práctica del bodisatva
La práctica del bodisatva
2008
Byaṅ chub sems dpaʼi spyod pa
Byaṅ chub sems dpaʼi spyod pa la ʼjug pa daṅ deʼi ʼbru 'grel dbu maʼi lam gyi sgron ma źes bya ba bźugs so
2007
The Way of the Bodhisattva (Book and Audio-CD Set)
The Way of the Bodhisattva (Book and Audio-CD Set)
2007
Acarya Santideva ka Bodhicarya
Acarya Santideva ka Bodhicaryavatara
2006
Der Weg des Lebens zur Erleuchtung
Der Weg des Lebens zur Erleuchtung
2005
Ru pu sa xing lun
Ru pu sa xing lun
2000
The Way of the Bodhisattva
The Way of the Bodhisattva
1999
A guide to the Bodhisattva way of life =
A guide to the Bodhisattva way of life =
1997
Guide to the Bodhisattva Way o
Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
1997
La marche vers l'éveil
La marche vers l'éveil
1997
Vivre en héros pour l'éveil
Vivre en héros pour l'éveil
1997
The Mongolian Tanǰur version of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
The Mongolian Tanǰur version of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
1996
Introduction to the Bodhisattv
Introduction to the Bodhisattva Life
1992
Śāntidēva's Bodhicharyāvatāra
Śāntidēva's Bodhicharyāvatāra
1990
Bodhicaryāvatāra ; Bhoṭa-pa
Bodhicaryāvatāra ; Bhoṭa-pāṭha, Hindī anuvāda, evaṃ vyākhyā
1989
The third chapter of Chos-kyi
The third chapter of Chos-kyi ʾod-zer's translation of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
1988
Śikṣā-samuccaya
Śikṣā-samuccaya
1981
Byaṅ chub sems paʼi spyod pa l
Byaṅ chub sems paʼi spyod pa la ʼjug pa las byaṅ chub kyi sems yoṅs su gzuṅ ba
1968
Ācārya Śāntideva Pādayan gē Bo
Ācārya Śāntideva Pādayan gē Bodhicaryāvatāraya
1966
Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccay
Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccaya-kārikās
1965
Satori e no michi
Satori e no michi
1965
Dpe cha dbar [i.e. dpar] gsar
Dpe cha dbar [i.e. dpar] gsar ʼdebs pa dge
1963
Siksamuccaya
Siksamuccaya
1961
Śīksāmuccaya of Śāntideva
Śīksāmuccaya of Śāntideva
1961
Bodhicaryāvatāra
Bodhicaryāvatāra
1960
Śikṣā-samuccayaḥ
Śikṣā-samuccayaḥ
1960
The path of light
The path of light
1959
Bodhicaryāvatāra c̜āntideva
Bodhicaryāvatāra c̜āntideva
1929
Siksha-samuccaya
Siksha-samuccaya
1922
La marche à la lumière =
La marche à la lumière =
1920
La marche à la lumière = Bodhi
La marche à la lumière = Bodhicaryāvatāra
1920
Bodhicaryvatra
Bodhicaryvatra
1907
Prajñākaramati's commentary to
Prajñākaramati's commentary to the Bodhicaryāvatāra of C̜āntideva
1901
Çikshasamuccaya
Çikshasamuccaya
1897
Śikṣāsamuccaya
Śikṣāsamuccaya
1897