"Бодхичарья-аватара. The way of Бодхисаттвы" was written with a buddhist saint Шантидэвой in the VIII century and became the most authoritative text of buddhism of Mahayana (in one of two basic directions of buddhism). However and for people, not hearing the confession a buddhism, even the ordinary reading of this work, not speaking about a study, will profit very, as it is fully imbued by very tall morality, saint altruism and wisdom.