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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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शिरःशूलानि सत्त्वानां नाशयामीति चिन्तयन्। अप्रमेयेण पुण्येन गृह्यते स्म हिताशयः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

21

If a person, endowed with a good disposition, resolved to allay merely headaches among living beings, that person would gain immeasurable merit.

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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སེམས་ཅན་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ཀླད་ནད་ཙམ། །

བསལ་ལོ་སྙམ་དུ་བསམས་ན་ཡང་། ། ཕན་འདོགས་བསམ་པ་དང་ལྡན་ཏེ། །

བསོད་ནམས་དཔག་མེད་ལྡན་གྱུར་ན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

21

If with kindly generosity

One merely has the wish to soothe The aching heads of other beings,

Such merit knows no bounds.

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 la seule idée d’enlever,

Par bonté d’âme, Leur mal de tête à quelques êtres

Apporte d’insondables mérites,[p.41]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si aspirar a curar tan sólo

el dolor de cabeza de otros seres con una intención altruista

genera méritos incalculables,

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Even if one thinks: I shall

Alleviate just the headache of sentient beings, Since it has the intent to benefit

One becomes endowed with boundless merits.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If even the thought to dispel

The headaches of sentient beings Possesses a beneficial intention, and

Possesses immeasurable merit.

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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སེམས་ཅན་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ཀླད་ནད་ཙམ། །

བསལ་ལོ་སྙམ་དུ་བསམས་ན་ཡང༌། ། ཕན་འདོགས་བསམ་བ་དང་ལྡན་ཏེ། །

བསོད་ནམས་དཔག་མེད་ལྡན་གྱུར་ན། །

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If the thoughts to dispel

The mere headaches of sentient beings Are endowed with benefit

And immeasurable merit,

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.

སེམས་ཅན་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ཀླད་ནད་ཙམ། །

བསལ་ལོ་སྙམ་དུ་བསམས་ན་ཡང་། ། ཕན་འདོགས་བསམ་པ་དང་ལྡན་ཏེ། །

བསོད་ནམས་དཔག་མེད་ལྡན་གྱུར་ན། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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