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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

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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यश्चासुखीकृतश्चात्मा मयायं सर्वदेहिनाम्। घ्नन्तु निन्दन्तु वा नित्यमाकिरन्तु च पांसुभिः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

12

I relinquish my person to the whims of all embodied beings; let them hurt me, insult me, cover me with dust without ceasing,

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་གིས་ལུས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་ལ། །

ལུས་འདི་ཅི་བདེར་བྱིན་ཟིན་གྱིས། ། རྟག་ཏུ་གསོད་དང་སྨོད་པའམ། །

བརྡེག་སོགས་ཅི་དགར་བྱེད་ལ་རག །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

13

This body I have now resigned

To serve the pleasure of all living beings. Let them ever kill, despise, and beat it,

Using it according to their wish.

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

À tous ceux qui ont un corps

J’ai offert mon corps pour leur bon plaisir. Qu’ils en fassent toujours ce qui leur plaît :

Qu’ils le frappent, l’humilient ou le tuent !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Este cuerpo lo he dado

para satisfacer a todos los seres. Que lo golpeen, abusen de él, lo ejecuten

o hagan con él siempre lo que les plazca.[p.71]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

Since I have offered this body

To all sentient beings, to do with it as they please, They can always kill it, criticize it,

Or beat it; whatever pleases them.[p.8]The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors
Stracke, Fedor, trans. The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors: A Commentary on the Introduction to the Actions of Bodhisattvas. By Gyaltsab Rinpoche. N.p.: Happy Monks Publication, 2016. https://happymonkspublication.org/product/bodhisattvacharyavatara-chapter-1-10-commentary/.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Since I have already given my body

To all embodied beings for whatever use they may. Now they have the right to do as they like;

To constantly strike, scorn, or kill it.

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་གིས་ལུས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཆད་ལ། །

ལུས་འདི་ཅི་བདེར་བྱིན་ཟིན་ཀྱིས། ། རྟག་དུ་གསོད་དང་སྨོད་པ་འམ། །

བརྡེག་སོགས་ཅི་དགའར་བྱེད་ལ་རག །

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Having given this body to all sentient beings,

At all times they may do with it whatever they please,

Such as kill, disparage, or strike it.

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་གིས་ལུས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་ལ། །

ལུས་འདི་ཅི་བདེར་བྱིན་ཟིན་གྱིས། ། རྟག་ཏུ་གསོད་དང་སྨོད་པའམ། །

བརྡེག་སོགས་ཅི་དགར་བྱེད་ལ་རག །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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