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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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एकेनापि यतः सर्वे जम्बुद्वीपगता नराः। नश्यन्ति येषां भैषज्यं सर्वदिक्षु न लभ्यते॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

56

For a single one of them would exterminate all the human beings on Jambudvipa,4In Buddhist cosmology, the southern continent (or “island,” dvipa) beings live. and in the whole universe there is no cure for any of them.

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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དེ་གཅིག་གིས་ཀྱང་འཛམ་གླིང་ན། །

གནས་པའི་མི་ཀུན་བརླག་བྱེད་ན། ། དེ་དག་གསོ་བའི་སྨན་གཞན་ནི། །

ཕྱོགས་རྣམས་ཀུན་ནས་མི་རྙེད་ན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

55

And if, by one of these alone,

The dwellers in the world are all thrown down, And if no other remedy exists,

No other healing elsewhere to be found

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

Si un seul de ces maux a le pouvoir d’anéantir

Tous les êtres humains qui peuplent la terre Sans qu’il soit possible de trouver nulle part

Un remède qui les guérisse,

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Y si solo una de ellas puede destruir

a todos los habitantes que pueblan la tierra sin que en ninguna parte pueda encontrarse

algún otro remedio que las cure,

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Even a single one of these destroys

All humans of Dzambuling. If one does not find a different medicine

In all the directions to cure it.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If even one of these

Could destroy all the people in the world, And the medicine to cure them

Is not to be found anywhere else, and

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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དེ་གཅིག་གིས་ཀྱང་འཛམ་གླིང་ན། །

གནས་པའི་མི་ཀུན་བརླག་བྱེད་ལ། ། དེ་དག་གསོ་བའི་སྨན་གཞན་ནི། །

ཕྱོགས་རྣམས་ཀུན་ནས་མི་རྙེད་ན། །[p.43]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 one of these kleshas can bring to ruin

Any individual living in this world. The medicine that relieves the kleshas Is the correct practice of the dharma.

Other than that, in all directions, one cannot find any other relief.[p.44]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.

དེ་གཅིག་གིས་ཀྱང་འཛམ་གླིང་ན། །

གནས་པའི་མི་ཀུན་བརླག་བྱེད་ལ། ། དེ་དག་གསོ་བའི་སྨན་གཞན་ནི། །

ཕྱོགས་རྣམས་ཀུན་ནས་མི་རྙེད་ན། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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