Translated from the Sanskrit and Tibetan by Vesna A. Wallace and B. Alan Wallace. In the whole of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, there is no single treatise more deeply revered or widely practiced than this eighth-century work. Santideva inspires the reader to cultivate each of the six perfections that provide the basis for the Bodhisattva way of life---generosity, ethics, patience, zeal, meditative concentration, and wisdom. Bibliography.