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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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अद्यैव मरणं नैति न युक्ता मे सुखासिका। अवश्यमेति सा वेला न भविष्याम्यहं यदा॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

59

“Death will not come today”—I have no reason for feeling so smug. The time when I will cease to be most surely will come.

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་རིང་ཁོ་ན་མི་འཆི་ཞེས། །

བདེ་བར་འདུག་པ་རིགས་མ་ཡིན། ། བདག་ནི་མེད་པར་འགྱུར་བའི་དུས། །

དེ་ནི་གདོན་མི་ཟ་བར་འབྱུང་། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

58

“Today, at least, I shall not die.”

So rash to lull myself with words like these! My dissolution and my hour of death

Will come to me, of this there is no doubt.

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

Il n’est pas raisonnable de rester tranquille

En pensant qu’on ne mourra pas Tout au moins aujourd’hui, car l’heure viendra,

Sans le moindre doute, où l’on disparaîtra.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

“Hoy al menos no voy a morir”,

es absurdo permanecer relajados pensando eso. Porque el momento de desaparecer

llegará indudablemente.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

It is unsuitable to abide comfortably

Saying ‘I won’t die right today’. The time of the self becoming non-existent

Will come about without any doubt.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

It is not right to stay relaxed

Thinking, "At least today I will not die." The time of my disappearance

Will doubtlessly come.[p.95]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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དི་རིང་ཁོ་ནར་མི་འཆི་ཞེས། །

བདེ་བར་འདུག་པ་རིགས་མ་ཡིན། ། བདག་ནི་མེད་པར་འགྱུར་བའི་དུས། །

དེ་ནི་གདོན་མི་ཟ་བར་འབྱུང༌། །

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It is not reasonable for me to just take it easy,

Thinking, “I’m definitely not going to die today.” I should have no doubt that

There will be a time when I am no longer here.

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.

དི་རིང་ཁོ་ན་མི་འཆི་ཞེས། །

བདེ་བར་འདུག་པ་རིགས་མ་ཡིན། ། བདག་ནི་མེད་པར་འགྱུར་བའི་དུས། །

དེ་ནི་གདོན་མི་ཟ་བར་འབྱུང་། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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