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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.

Sanskrit §No information about the source used.

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दुःखम् एवाभिधावन्ति दुःखनिःसरणाशया। सुखेच्छयैव संमोहात् स्वसुखं घ्नन्ति शत्रुवत्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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Because they seek to escape suffering, ordinary sentient beings run to meet that same suffering; even when they seek happiness, their delusion is such that they destroy their own happiness, as if they were their own enemies.

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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སྡུག་བསྔལ་འདོར་འདོད་སེམས་ཡོད་ཀྱང་། །

སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཉིད་ལ་མངོན་པར་རྒྱུག ། བདེ་བ་འདོད་ཀྱང་གཏི་མུག་པས། །

རང་གི་བདེ་བ་དགྲ་ལྟར་འཇོམས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

28

For beings long to free themselves from misery,

But misery itself they follow and pursue. They long for joy, but in their ignorance

Destroy it, as they would their foe.

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

Tout en voulant lui échapper,

Nous nous jetons dans la souffrance ; Nous aspirons au bonheur mais, par ignorance,

Le détruisons comme s’il était notre ennemi.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Desean escapar del sufrimiento, pero de hecho

los seres se precipitan hacia él. Aspiran a la felicidad pero, en su ignorancia,

la destruyen como si fuera su enemigo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Though having the wish to destroy suffering

They run directly to suffering alone; Though desiring happiness, due to ignorance

They destroy their happiness like an enemy.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Having an intention that desires to discard suffering.

Still they run directly toward suffering. They desire to gain happiness, yet due to ignorance,

Like an enemy they destroy their own happiness.

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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སྡུག་བསྔལ་འདོར་འདོད་སེམས་ཡོད་ཀྱང༌། །

སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཉིད་ལ་མངོན་བར་རྒྱུག ། བདེ་བ་འདོད་ཀྱང་གཏི་མུག་པས། །

རང་གི་བདེ་བ་དགྲ་ལྟར་འཇོམས། །[p.15]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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Even though wishing to abandon suffering,

We run directly toward suffering itself. Even though desiring happiness, Owing to ignorance,

We destroy our happiness as we would an enemy.[p.16]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.

སྡུག་བསྔལ་འདོར་འདོད་སེམས་ཡོད་ཀྱང་། །

སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཉིད་ལ་མངོན་པར་རྒྱུག ། བདེ་བ་འདོད་ཀྱང་གཏི་མུག་པས། །

རང་གི་བདེ་བ་དགྲ་ལྟར་འཇོམས། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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