First in a series of three talks given in Bellingham on Shantideva’s “A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life,” Stephen Batchelor edition. This talk is the same as the first of the 10 Shantideva talks listed in the Study Guide: Compassion. http://edz-audio.s3.amazonaws.com/ShantidevaBellingham/01_Shantideva1_Bellingham_2007-03-02.mp3