Stephen Batchelor on Shantideva

"All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others."

Shantideva

[DMarie-egtq]

I love Shantideva! Just learned of him. This talk was great. Entertaining and inspiring.

P.s. there is a Shantideva app! It will deliver a quote to you each day, or you can read the whole thing there.

[ROYMITCH]

Thank you for posting this wonderful talk.

[danielpincus]

Shantideva reaches down deep into you, and squeezes.

[MrCanigou]

Thank you for sharing this inspiring talk

[chrisnamaste]

The Dali Lama's favorite verse is at 21:00 minute mark.

[Guedingen]

Many thanks. Stephen can be sometimes infuriating in his inconsistencies but this is a gem.

[spiritualanarchist]

Brilliant words to bring Christianity nearer to Buddhism...;-)

[MrCanigou]

Inspired talk by St. Batchelor whom I should be careful of not becoming excessively attached to. However could someone please recommend a good translation of the Bodhicaryavatara he regularly quotes in this talk ?

[Shadow-dimw]

Shanti dev same as buddha were not historical people, hard to describe in English but closest way is that they are archetypes of consciousness

[mattbard]

who owns love ? come on fellas....listen freely

Beware! antecedence of delusion can creates further delusion and more disolution down the road. Until, and only until one has the understanding of the original Buddha's perspective of existence. That's the only then.!