Meaningful to Behold by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche is a highly acclaimed commentary to the great Indian Buddhist Master Shantideva’s famous spiritual poem, Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life – one of the best loved and most important Mahayana Buddhist texts, which reveals with poetic beauty and deep spiritual insight how to enter, make progress on, and complete the Buddhist path to enlightenment.
“Bodhisattvas” are friends of the world, who have such strong compassion that they are able to transform all their daily activities into ways of benefiting others. Many people have the compassionate wish to benefit others, but few understand how to accomplish this successfully in the midst of modern daily life. With Venerable Geshe-la’s commentary, the practicality and profundity contained within Shantideva’s Guide is revealed in full and made applicable for practitioners of modern times.
Meaningful to Behold provides a detailed roadmap of the entire Mahayana Path, from generating the altruistic motivation of bodhichitta through to attaining complete enlightenment. This text gives particular emphasis on how to engage in the Bodhisattva’s practice of the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration, and wisdom – devoting a full chapter to each.
The study of Part 2 of this text will commence on 23 Aug 2025, which will cover a study of Chapters 5–8. Chapter 5 provides a detailed outline of how to practise the perfection of moral discipline. Chapters 6–8 outline the practices of the perfections of patience, effort and concentration respectively. (Note that Meaningful to Behold will be studied in 3 parts, and you are welcome to join the programme at any stage even if you didn’t have the opportunity to study the earlier chapters of the book.)
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Foundation Programme
- Deepen your understanding and practice of Kadampa Buddhism.
- Following systematic study of a whole book through weekly teachings, meditation and regular group discussions.
- Gain confidence in meditation and learn how to apply Buddha’s teaching in our daily life.
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