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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 3.15

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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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कारयन्तु च कर्माणि यानि तेषां सुखावहम्। अनर्थः कस्यचिन्मा भून्मामालम्ब्य कदाचन॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

14

Let them have it to do whatever is pleasing to them, but let them never suffer any harm on my account.

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་ལ་གནོད་པར་མི་འགྱུར་བའི། །

ལས་གང་ཡིན་པའང་བྱེད་དུ་ཆུག ། བདག་ལ་[p.21]Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)
Slob dpon zhi ba lha and Mkhan po kun dpal. Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa. Khreng tu'u: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1990. དམིགས་ནས་ནམ་དུ་ཡང་། །

འགའ་ཡང་དོན་མེད་མ་གྱུར་ཅིག །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

15

And so let beings do to me

Whatever does not bring them injury. Whenever they may think of me,

Let this not fail to bring them benefit.

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

Qu’ils m’infligent tout ce qu’ils veulent

Du moment que cela ne leur nuit pas ! Quoi qu’ils fassent à mon égard,

Qu’ils ne soient jamais sans en tirer profit ![p.60]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Que hagan conmigo cualquier cosa

que no les perjudique. Cuando alguien piense en mí

que no deje nunca de beneficiarlo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

I shall allow them any action That does not harm them.

May looking to me Never be meaningless.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Let it work at any activity That will not cause harm.

May anything aimed at me never Be meaningless for any of them.

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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དེ་ལ་གནོད་པར་མི་འགྱུར་བའི། །

ལས་གང་ཡིན་བའང་བྱེད་དུ་ཆུག ། བདག་ལ་དམིགས་ནས་ནམ་དུ་ཡང༌། །

འགའ་ཡང་དོན་མེད་མ་གྱུར་ཅིག །

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They may perform whatever activities they like

That do not create harm. In dependence on me, at all times

May all their hopes be fulfilled.

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.

དེ་ལ་གནོད་པར་མི་འགྱུར་བའི། །

ལས་གང་ཡིན་པའང་བྱེད་དུ་ཆུག ། བདག་ལ་དམིགས་ནས་ནམ་དུ་ཡང་། །

འགའ་ཡང་དོན་མེད་མ་གྱུར་ཅིག །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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