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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 1.24

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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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तेषाम् एव च सत्त्वानां स्वार्थेऽप्येष मनोरथः। नोत्पन्नपूर्वः स्वप्नेऽपि परार्थे संभवः कुतः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

24

What is more, none of these, not even in dreams, have ever desired, even for themselves, something like this. How could it be possible then that they would desire it for others?

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་དེ་དག་ཉིད་ལ་སྔོན། །

རང་གི་དོན་དུ་འདི་འདྲའི་སེམས། །[p.7]Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)
Slob dpon zhi ba lha and Mkhan po kun dpal. Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa. Khreng tu'u: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1990. རྨི་ལམ་དུ་ཡང་མ་རྨིས་ན། །

གཞན་གྱི་དོན་དུ་ག་ལ་སྐྱེ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

24

For in the past they never,

Even in their dreams, Wished something like this even for themselves.

How could they do so for another’s sake?

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

Aucun d’eux jamais ne forma,

Fût-ce en rêve, Pareil désir pour lui-même :

Comment le ferait-il pour autrui ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Nunca antes ninguno de ellos

ni aun en sueños tuvo una aspiración similar ni siquiera para ellos.

¿Cómo podían tenerla para el bien de los demás?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Sentient beings have not generated

Previously such a mind for their own purpose, Not even in their dreams;

How would they generate it for others?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

For those beings who

Have never before even dreamed Such a thought as this for their own purpose,

How could it possibly arise for the purpose of others?

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་དེ་དག་ཉིད་ལའང་སྔོན། །

རང་གི་དོན་དུའང་འདི་འདྲའི་སེམས། ། རྨི་ལམ་དུ་ཡང་མ་རྨིས་ན། །

གཞན་གྱི་དོན་དུ་ག་ལ་སྐྱེ། །

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If these beings, up to now,

Have not even dreamt about a mind like this For their own benefit,

How could they give rise to it for the benefit of others?

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་དེ་དག་ཉིད་ལ་སྔོན། །

རང་གི་དོན་དུ་འདི་འདྲའི་སེམས། ། རྨི་ལམ་དུ་ཡང་མ་རྨིས་ན། །

གཞན་གྱི་དོན་དུ་ག་ལ་སྐྱེ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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