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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 2.53

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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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अतीत्य युष्मद्वचनं सांप्रतं भयदर्शनात्। शरणं यामि वो भीतो भयं नाशयत द्रुतम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

54

I have transgressed against your precepts, and now, terrified by these dangers, I seek refuge in you. Hasten to destroy this threat!

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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སྔོན་ཆད་ཁྱེད་ཀྱི་བཀའ་ལས་འདས། །

ད་ནི་འཇིགས་པ་ཆེ་མཐོང་ནས། ། ཁྱེད་ལ་སྐྱབས་སུ་མཆི་ལགས་ཀྱིས། །

འཇིགས་པ་མྱུར་དུ་བསལ་དུ་གསོལ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

53

Formerly your words I have transgressed,

But having seen these terrors all around, I come to you for refuge praying:

Swiftly drive away my fear![p.45]The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
Blankleder, Helena, and Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra. By Śāntideva. Rev. ed. Shambhala Classics. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

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

J’ai autrefois transgressé vos instructions

Mais aujourd’hui, voyant l’ampleur du danger, Je prends refuge en vous et vous implore :

Libérez-moi de la peur sans tarder !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

En el pasado, transgredí vuestros consejos,

pero ahora al ver ese inmenso peligro busco en vosotros refugio y os ruego

que eliminéis rápidamente este miedo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Previously I transgressed your words

Now, having seen great horror, I take good refuge in you; by this

Quickly eliminate all dangers I request.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

I transgressed your teachings before.

Now, seeing this great terror, I seek refuge in you.

Please swiftly dispel my fear.[p.93]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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སྔོན་ཆད་ཁྱེད་ཀྱི་བཀའ་ལས་འདས། །

ད་ནི་འཇིགས་པ་ཆེ་མཐོང་ནས། ། ཁྱེད་ལ་སྐྱབས་སུ་མཆི་ལགས་ཀྱིས། །

འཇིགས་པ་མྱུར་དུ་བསལ་བར་གསོལ། །

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Earlier I transgressed your command.

But, now seeing great danger, I take refuge in you.

Please quickly eliminate danger.

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.

སྔོན་ཆད་ཁྱེད་ཀྱི་བཀའ་ལས་འདས། །

ད་ནི་འཇིགས་པ་ཆེ་མཐོང་ནས། ། ཁྱེད་ལ་སྐྱབས་སུ་མཆི་ལགས་ཀྱིས། །

འཇིགས་པ་མྱུར་དུ་བསལ་དུ་གསོལ། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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