**For this evening course (both at our center and online) you need to register via our website:**https://www.maitreya.nl/nl/programma/engaging-in-the-bodhisattva-s-way-of-life/2026-04-29
Shantideva’s Bodhisattva Way of Life
This is one of Buddhism’s most cherished and transformative texts—a rare blend of wisdom, courage, radical compassion, and unapologetic honesty about what it means to serve others in a messy, complicated world. Across centuries, practitioners have returned to this text not only for insight, but for orientation:
· How do we keep our hearts open when life is difficult?
· How do we work for the benefit of others without burning out?
· How do we walk the Bodhisattva path with steadiness, spaciousness, and clarity?
The course
This ongoing evening course, taught by Ven. Amy Miller, offers a fresh, accessible commentary on Shantideva’s teachings, making them immediately relevant to modern practitioners—especially those who have taken the Bodhisattva vows or who dedicate their lives to helping others.
Shantideva’s genius lies in how directly he speaks to the real challenges of the path: frustration, fear, self-doubt, impatience, and discouragement. And his antidotes—joyful effort, ethical clarity, patience, compassion, and the profound view of emptiness—remain some of the most precise tools for anyone aspiring to live with purpose and serve others wisely.
Shantideva’s Bodhisattva Way of Life
This is one of Buddhism’s most cherished and transformative texts—a rare blend of wisdom, courage, radical compassion, and unapologetic honesty about what it means to serve others in a messy, complicated world. Across centuries, practitioners have returned to this text not only for insight, but for orientation:
· How do we keep our hearts open when life is difficult?
· How do we work for the benefit of others without burning out?
· How do we walk the Bodhisattva path with steadiness, spaciousness, and clarity?
The course
This ongoing evening course, taught by Ven. Amy Miller, offers a fresh, accessible commentary on Shantideva’s teachings, making them immediately relevant to modern practitioners—especially those who have taken the Bodhisattva vows or who dedicate their lives to helping others.
Shantideva’s genius lies in how directly he speaks to the real challenges of the path: frustration, fear, self-doubt, impatience, and discouragement. And his antidotes—joyful effort, ethical clarity, patience, compassion, and the profound view of emptiness—remain some of the most precise tools for anyone aspiring to live with purpose and serve others wisely.
