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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

Sanskrit §No information about the source used.

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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कस्य मातुः पितुर्वापि हिताशंसेयम् ईदृशी। देवतानाम् ऋषीणां वा ब्रह्मणां वा भविष्यति॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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Who has a father or a mother with a wish for the well-being of his son that would be comparable to this desire of the bodhisattva? Could there be such a desire among gods, rishis,4Sages. or brahmins?

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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ཕ་འམ་ཡང་ན་མ་ཡང་རུང་། །

སུ་ལ་འདི་འདྲའི་ཕན་སེམས་ཡོད། ། ལྷ་དང་དྲང་སྲོང་རྣམས་ཀྱང་རུང་། །

ཚངས་པ་ལ་ཡང་འདི་ཡོད་དམ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

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Could our father or our mother

Ever have so generous a wish? Do the very gods, the ṛiṣhis,33According to ancient Indian tradition, the ṛiṣhis were sages who perceived the sound of the Vedas and transmitted them to the world. They form a class by themselves between gods and humans. even Brahmā34Brahmā, the creator of the universe according to the Vedas.

Harbor such benevolence as this?

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

Nos pères, et même nos mères,

Ont-ils jamais eu pareille bienveillance ? Les dieux, les rishis, Brahmâ lui-même

En sont-ils capables ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

¿Qué padre o qué madre posee

un deseo de beneficiar similar? ¿Acaso los dioses, los risis27Según la tradición india antigua, los risis eran sabios que percibían el sonido de los Vedas y los transmitían al mundo. Forman una clase entre los dioses y los hombres.

o Brahma28Brahma es el creador del universo según los Vedas. lo tienen quizá?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Regardless of whether it is father or mother,

Who has such intent to benefit? Regardless of whether god, sage,

Or Brahmas, do they possess it?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Even fathers and mothers,

Who else has such a beneficial thought? Do even gods and sages?

Does even Brahma have it?

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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ཕ་འམ་ཡང་ན་མ་ཡང་རུང༌། །

སུ་ལ་འདྲ་ཡི་ཕན་སེམས་ཡོད། ། ལྷ་དང་དྲང་སྲོང་རྣམས་ཀྱང་རུང༌། །

ཚངས་པ་ལ་ཡང་འདི་ཡོད་དམ། །[p.13]Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)
Gawang, Khenpo, and Gerry Wiener, trans. Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas by Shantideva - Dunhuang Edition. Memphis, TN: Jeweled Lotus Publishing, 2022.

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Who possesses a beneficial mind like this?

Does your father or mother? Do the gods or rishis?

Also, what about Brahma?[p.14]Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)
Gawang, Khenpo, and Gerry Wiener, trans. Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas by Shantideva - Dunhuang Edition. Memphis, TN: Jeweled Lotus Publishing, 2022.

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.

ཕ་འམ་ཡང་ན་མ་ཡང་རུང་། །

སུ་ལ་འདི་འདྲའི་ཕན་སེམས་ཡོད། ། ལྷ་དང་དྲང་སྲོང་རྣམས་ཀྱང་རུང་། །

ཚངས་པ་ལ་ཡང་འདི་ཡོད་དམ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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