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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.

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परिग्रहेणास्मि भवत्कृतेन

निर्भीर्भवे सत्त्वहितं करोमि। पूर्वं च पापं समतिक्रमामि

नान्यच्च पापं प्रकरोमि भूयः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

9

Therefore, having become your property, I will, without hesitation or fear, dedicate myself to the well-being and benefit of living beings. In this way I free myself from my past faults and do not commit any further evil.”

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་ཁྱེད་ཀྱིས་ཡོངས་སུ་བཟུང་བས་ན། །

སྲིད་ན་མི་འཇིགས་སེམས་ཅན་ཕན་པར་བགྱིད། ། སྔོན་གྱི་སྡིག་ལས་ཡང་དག་འདའ་བགྱིད་ཅིང་། །

སྡིག་པ་གཞན་ཡང་སླན་ཆད་མི་བགྱིད་དོ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

9

For if you will accept me, I will be

Undaunted by saṃsāra and will act for beings’ sake. I’ll leave behind the evils of my past,

And ever after turn my face from them.

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 vous m’acceptez complètement,

J’aiderai tous les êtres sans peur du monde, Je me dégagerai de mes anciens méfaits

Et n’en commettrai plus d’autres.[p.47]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si me aceptáis, para el beneficio de los seres,

trabajaré sin miedo a la existencia34“Existencia”, tib. srid pa, lit. “posibilidad”; cualquier cosa que se puede transformar en otra. Por lo tanto representa todos los conceptos que proyectamos sobre la realidad produciendo el engaño, el samsara. Así pues, puede traducirse también como: devenir, samsara, mundo..., superaré mis actos negativos del pasado

y nunca más volveré a cometerlos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Being perfectly held by you

I shall, without fear, benefit sentient beings in existence. I shall leave earlier negativities behind in every respect,

And henceforth not create other negativities.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If completely accepted by you,

I will fearlessly benefit worldly sentient beings. Completely transcend previous sins,

And in the future commit no more sins.[p.75]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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བདག་ནི་ཁྱེད་ཀྱིས་ཡོངས་སུ་བཟུང་བས་ན། །

སྲིད་ན་མི་འཇིགས་སེམས་ཅན་ཕན་པ་བགྱིད། ། སྔོན་གྱི་སྡིག་ལས་ཡང་དག་འདའ་བགྱིད་ཅིང༌། །

སྡིག་པ་གཞན་ཡང་སླན་ཆད་མི་བགྱིད་དོ། །

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Because you hold me completely,

Having no fear of samsara, I will benefit sentient beings. I will thoroughly overcome my previous unwholesome deeds

And henceforth will not perform any others.

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་ཁྱེད་ཀྱིས་ཡོངས་སུ་བཟུང་བས་ན། །

སྲིད་ན་མི་འཇིགས་སེམས་ཅན་ཕན་པར་བགྱི། ། སྔོན་གྱི་སྡིག་ལས་ཡང་དག་འདའ་བགྱིད་ཅིང་། །

སྡིག་པ་གཞན་ཡང་སླན་ཆད་མི་བགྱིད་དོ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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