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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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अत्यप्रमत्तस्तिष्ठामि प्रपातेष्वितरेष्वपि। किमु योजनसाहस्रे प्रपाते दीर्घकालिके॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

58

I am careful when I stand on the edge of a cliff. How could I be less careful, then, as I walk along this precipice of rebirth, extending for thousands of miles, along which one walks for so long.

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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གཡང་* གཡངས in the source text. ས་ཐ་མལ་ཆུང་ངུ་ལའང་། །

བག་ཡོད་གནས་པར་བྱ་དགོས་ན། ། དཔག་ཚད་སྟོང་དུ་ལྟུང་བ་ཡི། །

ཡུན་རིང་གཡང་སར་སྨོས་ཅི་དགོས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

57

Along a small and ordinary cliff

If I must pick my way with special care, What need to speak of that long-lasting chasm

Plunging to the depths a thousand leagues?

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 petit ravin ordinaire

Commande la prudence, Que dire d’un abîme où l’on plonge

Interminablement sur des milliers de lieues ?[p.55]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Cualquier precipicio, por pequeño que sea,

requiere que actuemos con sumo cuidado. ¿Qué decir de este abismo en el que se cae

miles de kilómetros por tanto tiempo?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If one needs to be conscientious

Regarding ordinary small abysses, What need is there to mention

The abyss that goes down a thousand bagtse?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If one must be heedful

Near even small, ordinary cliffs. What need to mention the thousand-yojana cliff

From which one falls for a very long time?

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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གཡང་ས་ཐ་མལ་ཆུ་ངུ་ལའང་། །

བག་ཡོད་གནས་པར་བྱ་དགོས་ན། ། དཔག་ཚད་སྟོང་དུ་ལྷུང་བ་ཡི། །

ཡུན་རིང་གཡང་སར་སྨོས་ཅི་དགོས། །

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If I need to be careful when

Encountering a small, ordinary cliff, It goes without saying that it is necessary to be careful To avoid falling thousands of miles When encountering the precipice [the lower realms]

That endures over a long period of time.

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.

གཡང་ས་ཐ་མལ་ཆུང་ངུ་ལའང་། །

བག་ཡོད་གནས་པར་བྱ་དགོས་ན། ། དཔག་ཚད་སྟོང་དུ་ལྷུང་བ་ཡི། །

ཡུན་རིང་གཡང་སར་སྨོས་ཅི་དགོས། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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