"One should eliminate yearning that arises for various idle conversations, which often take place, and for all kinds of entertainment."
Shantideva was an 8th-century CE Indian philosopher, Buddhist monk, poet, and scholar at the mahavihara of Nalanda He was an adherent of the Maadhyamaka philosophy of Naagaarjuna Abhayadatta Sri also lists Shantideva as one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas and is known as Bhusuku Pa (布苏固巴)
"The Spirit of Awakening is known to be of two kinds: the spirit of aspiring for Awakening, and the spirit of venturing toward awakening. Just as one perceives the difference between a person who yearns to travel and a traveler, so do the learned recognize the corresponding difference between these two."
"May the slander, harm And all forms of abuse That anyone should direct towards me Act as a cause of their enlightenment."
"Just as a blind man might find a jewel amongst heaps of rubbish, so this Spirit of Awakening has somehow arisen in me."
"Thus today in the presence of all awakened Ones I invite every living being to this festival Giving both immediate and lasting joy. May the gods and all others rejoice."
"Those who injure me are really impelled by my actions. For this they will go to the realms of hell. Surely it is they who are harmed by me?"
"His the knife, and mine the body the twofold cause of suffering. He has grasped the knife, I my body. At which is there anger?"