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Dūnhuáng §This version is extracted from the book [[Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)]], a translation of an edition of the text created from three Dūnhuáng manuscripts. A description and sample pages of these can be found on the [https://earlytibet.com/2014/02/04/the-original-bodhicaryavatara/ Early Tibet Blog]. Scans of the actual manuscripts themselves can be found at http://idp.bl.uk

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Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: [[Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)]]. Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7.

Tsadra Critical Edition §This text was created by comparing four versions of the text from Derge, Cone, Narthang, and Peking Tengyurs from BDRC scans, along with Dunhuang manuscripts IOL Tib J 628, 629, and 630. When Tibetan readings were problematic, the Sanskrit texts from GRETIL and LTB (Oslo) were consulted.

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सुपरीक्षितम् अप्रमेयधीभि-

र्बहुमूल्यं जगदेकसार्थवाहैः। गतिपत्तनविप्रवासशीलाः

सुदृढं गृह्णत बोधिचित्तरत्नम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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The immeasurably wise guides of the world's caravan have assessed its great value—hold on firmly to this jewel of the thought of awakening, you who travel through the marketplaces of human destinies.

Gomez 2017

How to Be a Bodhisattva: Introduction to the Practice of the Bodhisattva Path (The Bodhicaryāvatāra)

Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990). Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7.

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འགྲོ་བའི་དེད་དཔོན་གཅིག་པུ་ཚད་མེད་བློས། །

ལེགས་པར་ཡོངས་སུ་བརྟགས་ན་རིན་ཆེ་བས། ། འགྲོ་བའི་གནས་དང་བྲལ་བར་འདོད་པ་རྣམས། །

རིན་ཆེན་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་ལེགས་བརྟན་པར་གཟུང་། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

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Since the boundless wisdom of the only guide of beings

Perfectly examined and perceived its priceless worth, Those who wish to leave this state of wandering

Should hold well to this precious bodhichitta.[p.33]The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
Blankleder, Helena, and Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra. By Śāntideva. Rev. ed. Shambhala Classics. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

Padmakara 2006

The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)

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Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990). Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7. - Other translations

Si notre seul guide, dont l’intelligence est illimitée,

En a parfaitement reconnu la grande valeur, Vous qui voulez vous affranchir de toutes les destinées,

Tenez fermement le précieux joyau de l’esprit d’Éveil !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si tras examinarla minuciosamente con su sabiduría ilimitada

el único guía de los seres ha visto su valor inestimable; los que deseamos dejar este estado migratorio

debemos asirnos bien a esta preciosa bodichita.[p.55]La Práctica del Bodisatva
Hervás, María Jesús (Padmakara Translation Group, Spain), trans. La Práctica del Bodisatva: Una Traducción del Bodicharyavatara de Shantideva. Translated from the 2006 English translation of Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher. Novelda, Alicante, Spain: Ediciones Dharma, 2008.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

It is very precious since the sole captain of migrators

Investigated well with immeasurable awareness. Those that wish to be free from the place of migration

Should hold well onto the precious bodhicitta.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Since the limitless mind of the Sole Guide of Beings

Has upon thorough analysis seen its preciousness. Those wishing to befree of worldly existence

Shouldfirmly hold this precious enlightenment thought.

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas

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Dūnhuáng §This version is extracted from the book Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener), a translation of an edition of the text created from three Dūnhuáng manuscripts. A description and sample pages of these can be found on the Early Tibet Blog. Scans of the actual manuscripts themselves can be found at http://idp.bl.uk

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འགྲོ་བའི་དེད་དཔོན་གཅིག་པུ་ཚད་མེད་བློས། །

ལེགས་པར་ཡོངས་སུ་བརྟགས་ན་རིན་ཆེ་བས། ། འགྲོ་བའི་གནས་དང་འབྲལ་བར་འདོད་པ་རྣམས། །

རིན་ཆེན་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་ལེགས་བརྟན་པར་ཟུང༌། །

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Through immeasurable intellect,

Those who are the only guides of beings Having excellently and fully examined bodhichitta Saw it to be precious. Therefore, those who desire to be free from the realms of beings,

Should hold precious bodhichitta excellently and firmly.

Gawang & Wiener 2022

Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)

Tsadra Critical Edition §This text was created by comparing four versions of the text from Derge, Cone, Narthang, and Peking Tengyurs from BDRC scans, along with Dunhuang manuscripts IOL Tib J 628, 629, and 630. When Tibetan readings were problematic, the Sanskrit texts from GRETIL and LTB (Oslo) were consulted.

འགྲོ་བའི་དེད་དཔོན་གཅིག་པུ་ཚད་མེད་བློས། །

ལེགས་པར་ཡོངས་སུ་བརྟགས་ན་རིན་ཆེ་བས། ། འགྲོ་བའི་གནས་དང་བྲལ་བར་འདོད་པ་རྣམས། །

རིན་ཆེན་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་ལེགས་བརྟན་པར་གཟུང་། །

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