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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 2.45

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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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कातरैर्दृष्टिपातैश्च त्राणान्वेषी चतुर्दिशम्। को मे महाभयादस्मात्साधुस्त्राणं भविष्यति॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

46

My terrified eyes will look in vain in all directions for a means of escape. Which kind being will then become my savior from this terrifying danger?

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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སུ་ཞིག་འཇིགས་ཆེན་འདི་ལས་བདག །

ལེགས་པར་སྐྱོབ་པར་བྱེད་འགྱུར་ཞེས། ། བྲེད་ཤ་ཐོན་པའི་མིག་བགྲད་ནས། །

ཕྱོགས་བཞིར་སྐྱབས་དག་ཚོལ་བར་བྱེད། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

45

Who can give me safe protection

From this horror, from this frightful dread? And then I’ll search the four directions,

Seeking help, with panic-stricken eyes.

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

Qui m’offrira une protection efficace

Contre cette épouvante ? Les yeux agrandis par l’effroi, je fouillerai

Les quatre horizons en quête d’un refuge,[p.53]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

De ese horror espeluznante

¿quién puede realmente protegerme? Y en las cuatro direcciones buscaré ayuda

con los ojos desorbitados de miedo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

‘Who can perfectly rescue me from

These great horrors’ I exclaim. With fear showing in my wide open eyes

I look into the four directions for help.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Crying, “Who can properly protect me

From this great terror? ” Eyes wide with fear,

I search for a refuge in all four directions.[p.91]A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas
Gyaltsen, Lama Kalsang, and Ani Kunga Chodron, trans. A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas Written by Sazang Mati Panchen: Known as An Extremely Clear Illumination of the Meaning of the Text. Walden, NY: Tsechen Kunchab Ling, 2019. First edition published by The Yeshe Dorje Foundation in 2006.

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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སུ་ཞིག་འཇིགས་ཆེན་འདི་ལས་བདག །

ལེགས་པར་སྐྱོབ་པར་བྱེད་འགྱུར་ཞེས། ། བྲེད་ཤ་འཐོན་པ་མིག་དགྲད་ནས། །

ཕྱོགས་བཞི་སྐྱབས་དག་ཚོལ་བར་བྱེད། །[p.39]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 can provide me authentic refuge from such great fear?”

With a look of terror, My eyes gaping wide,

I will search for refuge in the four directions. [p.40]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.

སུ་ཞིག་འཇིགས་ཆེན་འདི་ལས་བདག །

ལེགས་པར་སྐྱོབ་པར་བྱེད་འགྱུར་ཞེས། ། བྲེད་ཤ་ཐོན་པའི་མིག་བགྲད་ནས། །

ཕྱོགས་བཞིར་སྐྱབས་དག་ཚོལ་བར་བྱེད། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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