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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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अपुण्यवानस्मि महादरिद्रः

पूजार्थमन्यन्मम नास्ति किंचित्। अतो ममार्थाय परार्थचित्ता

गृह्णन्तु नाथा इदमात्मशक्त्या॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

7

I have no merit of my own, I am only a poor beggar. Apart from this universe of ownerless treasures I have nothing with which to adore them. Therefore, may the protectors, who only desire the good of others, accept this offering through their own powers and for my sake.

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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བདག་ནི་བསོད་ནམས་མི་ལྡན་བཀྲེན་ཆེན་ཏེ། །

མཆོད་པའི་ནོར་གཞན་བདག་ལ་ཅང་མ་མཆིས། ། དེས་ན་གཞན་དོན་དགོངས་པའི་མགོན་གྱིས་འདི། །

བདག་གི་དོན་སླད་ཉིད་ཀྱི་མཐུས་བཞེས་ཤིག །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

7

For, destitute of merit, I am very poor;

I have no other wealth. And so, protectors, You whose wise intentions are for others’ good,

In your great power, receive them for my sake.

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

Dépourvu de mérites, je suis très pauvre

Et n’ai d’autres richesses à vous offrir. Alors, protecteurs qui pensez au bonheur des autres,

Acceptez-les pour mon bien car vous en avez le pouvoir !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Puesto que, carente de méritos, soy sumamente pobre,

no tengo otras riquezas que ofrecer; vosotros protectores que miráis por el bien de los demás

con vuestro poder aceptadlas para beneficiarme.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

I have no merits and am very poor

And have no other wealth to offer; Therefore, may the protector that thinks about the purpose of others

Enjoy them merely due to the fact of it being for my purpose.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

As I have no merit and am destitute,

Without any other suitable offerings, O Protectors who intend others’ welfare,

From your power, accept these for my sake.

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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བདག་ནི་བརྩོན་དང་མི་ལྡན་བཀྲེན་ཆེན་ཏེ། །

མཆོད་པའི་ནོར་གཞན་བདག་ལ་ཅི་མ་མཆིས། ། དེས་ན་གཞན་དོན་དགོངས་པའི་མགོན་གྱིས་འདི། །

བདག་གི་དོན་སླད་ཉིད་ཀྱི་མཐུས་བཞེས་ཤིག །

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Because I am completely destitute having no exertion,

Other than these offerings of wealth, I have nothing else to give. Therefore, protector, you who are intent on benefiting others, Through the power of your compassion,

Please accept these for my benefit.

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.

བདག་ནི་བསོད་ནམས་མི་ལྡན་བཀྲེན་ཆེན་ཏེ། །

མཆོད་པའི་ནོར་གཞན་བདག་ལ་ཅང་མ་མཆིས། ། དེས་ན་གཞན་དོན་དགོངས་པའི་མགོན་གྱིས་འདི། །

བདག་གི་དོན་སླད་ཉིད་ཀྱི་མཐུས་བཞེས་ཤིག །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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