Suggested Reading List

English translations of the root text
A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life. A translation from the Sanskrit and Tibetan of Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara. B. Alan Wallace with Vesna A. Wallace, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1997.

Translation by Dr. Alex Berzin: http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/e-books/unpublished_manuscripts/bca_shantideva/translation/engaging_bodhisattva_06.html

The Bodhicaryavatara by Shantideva, translated by Kate Crosby & Andrew Skilton, Snow Lion Publications

A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, translated by Stephen Batchelor, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, ISBN 81-85102-59-7

English commentaries:
A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night, Dalai Lama, Shambhala Publications, ISBN 0-87773-971-4

The Way of Awakening, Geshe Yeshe Tobden, Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0-86171-494-6

Bodhisattvacharyavatara: Engaging In The Conduct Of The Bodhisattvas, Vol. 1 and 2 by Shantideva, with commentary by Sazang Mati Panchen, translated by Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen and Ani Kunga Chodron, Snow Lion Publications

Nederlands
De Kracht van Geduld, Dalai Lama, Maitreya Uitgeverij, ISBN 90-71886-13-1

Het Pad van de Bodhisattva Krijger, Acharya Shantideva, vertaling Hans van der Bogaert, Maitreya Uitgeverij, 2008, ISBN/EAN 978-90-71886-38-6