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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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पूर्वानुभूतनष्टेभ्यः किं मे सारमवस्थितम्। येषु मेऽभिनिविष्टेन गुरूणां लङ्घितं वचः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

61

Is it perhaps that something of value remains of those things that perished after I enjoyed them—attachment to which led me to ignore the advice of the teachers?

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་མྱོང་སྟེ་ཞིག་པ་ལས། །

བདག་ལ་ལྷག་པ་ཅི་ཡོད་ན། ། བདག་ནི་དེ་ལ་མངོན་ཞེན་ནས། །

བླ་མའི་བཀའ་དང་འགལ་བར་བྱས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

60

Of life’s experience, all seasons past,

What’s left to me, what now remains? By clinging to what now is here no more,

My teacher’s precepts I have disobeyed.[p.46]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

Que me reste-t-il de ce que j’ai ressenti

Et qui a disparu ? En m’y attachant à ce point,

J’ai contredit mon maître.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

De lo que disfruté en el pasado,

tras haberse desvanecido, ¿qué me queda? Pero por aferrarme a todo eso

transgredí las palabras de mi maestro.[p.67]La Práctica del Bodisatva
Hervás, María Jesús (Padmakara Translation Group, Spain), trans. La Práctica del Bodisatva: Una Traducción del Bodicharyavatara de Shantideva. Translated from the 2006 English translation of Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher. Novelda, Alicante, Spain: Ediciones Dharma, 2008.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Of past experiences, which have ceased,

What has remained of them? By grasping at them

I transgressed the advice of the Teacher.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

From past evaporated experiences

What remains here for me? Due to strong clinging to them,

I even contradict my teachers’ words.

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་མྱོང་སྟེ་ཞིག་པ་ལས། །

བདག་ལ་ལྷག་པ་ཅི་ཡོད་ན། ། བདག་ནི་དེ་ལ་མངོན་ཞེན་ནས། །

བླ་མའི་བཀའ་དང་འགལ་བར་བྱས། །[p.45]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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My earlier experiences have dissolved

And are no more. Yet, I am attached to them,

And have thus gone against the counsel of my gurus.[p.46]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.

སྔོན་ཆད་མྱོང་སྟེ་ཞིག་པ་ལས། །

བདག་ལ་ལྷག་པ་ཅི་ཡོད་ན། ། བདག་ནི་དེ་ལ་མངོན་ཞེན་ནས། །

བླ་མའི་བཀའ་དང་འགལ་བར་བྱས། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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