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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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तं चावलोकितं नाथं कृपाव्याकुलचारिणम्। विरौम्यार्तरवं भीतः स मां रक्षतु पापिनम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

51

Terrified, I call with anguished voice upon the protector Avalokita whose actions are all moved by pity. Let him protect this sinner!

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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ཐུགས་རྗེའི་སྤྱོད་པ་མ་འཁྲུལ་བ། །

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་མགོན་དེ་ལ་ཡང་། ། ཉམ་ཐག་ང་རོས་འོ་དོད་འབོད། །

སྡིག་ལྡན་བདག་ལ་བསྐྱབ་ཏུ་གསོལ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

50

To him whose deeds of mercy never fail,

My lord Avalokita, I cry out from depths of misery.

“Protect me now an evildoer!”

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

Vous dont la compassion œuvre sans méprise,

Ô protecteur Avalokita, mes cris De désespoir vous appellent :

Protégez l’être malfaisant que je suis !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

A Avalokitesvara el protector

que sin errores actúa compasivamente lanzo este profundo lamento:

¡Protégeme a mí que soy un pecador!

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Also the protector Avaloketeshvara,

Whose actions are non-deceptive due to compassion, I implore in anguish:

Rescue me, the sinner.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Also, to the protector Arya Avalokiteshvara

Who acts with undeluded compassion, I call with feeble, mournful cry,

O please protect me, the sinful one!

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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ཐུགས་རྗེས་སྤྱོད་པ་མ་འཁྲུལ་པ། །

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་མགོན་དེ་ལ་ཡང༌། ། ཉམ་ཐག་ང་རོས་འོ་དོད་འབོད། །

སྡིག་ལྡན་བདག་ལ་བསྐྱབ་དུ་གསོལ། །[p.41]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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Moreover, to protector Avalokiteshvara,

Whose compassionate activity is unmistaken, I cry out in despair,

“I am endowed with unwholesome deeds — grant me refuge.”[p.42]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.

ཐུགས་རྗེས་སྤྱོད་པ་མ་འཁྲུལ་བ། །

སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་མགོན་དེ་ལ་ཡང་། ། ཉམ་ཐག་ང་རོས་འོ་དོད་འབོད། །

སྡིག་ལྡན་བདག་ལ་བསྐྱབ་ཏུ་གསོལ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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