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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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दुर्गत्युत्तरणे सेतुः सामान्यः सर्वयायिनाम्। जगत्क्लेशोपशमन उदितश्चित्तचन्द्रमाः॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

30

It is like a bridge open to all travelers that they may cross beyond the evil destinies. This moon of the thought of awakening has arisen to freshen with its light the heat of the afflictions of the world.

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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འགྲོ་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་ངན་འགྲོ་ལས། །

སྒྲོལ་བར་བྱེད་པའི་སྤྱི་སྟེགས་ཡིན། ། འགྲོ་བའི་ཉོན་མོངས་གདུང་སེལ་བའི། །

སེམས་ཀྱི་ཟླ་བ་ཤར་བ་ཡིན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

31

It is the universal bridge that saves

All wandering beings from the states of loss, The rising moon of the enlightened mind

That soothes the sorrows born of the afflictions.

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

Le véhicule universel qui délivre

Tous les êtres des destinées inférieures, La lune spirituelle qui dissipe le feu

De leurs passions,

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Es el puente universal que salva

a todas las criaturas de las malas existencias. La bodichita es la luna que se eleva

aliviando a los seres del tormento de sus pasiones.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

It is the universal bridge that liberates All migrators from the lower realms.[p.14]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/.

It is the moon shining in the mind That eliminates migrator’s misery of the afflictions.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

It is the public common harbor Which rescues beings from lower birth.[p.109]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.

This thought is the full moon which when arisen Pacifies the torment of beings' defilements.

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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འགྲོ་བ་ཐམས་ཆད་ངན་འགྲོ་ལས། །

སྒྲོལ་བར་བྱེད་པའི་སྤྱི་སྟེགས་ཡིན། ། འགྲོ་བ་ཉོན་མོངས་གདུང་སེལ་བའི། །

སེམས་ཀྱི་ཟླ་བ་ཤར་བ་ཡིན། །[p.59]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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It is a palanquin

That frees all beings from the lower realms. It is the dawning moon of mind

That dispels the anguish of the disturbing emotions of beings.[p.60]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.

འགྲོ་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་ངན་འགྲོ་ལས། །

སྒྲོལ་བར་བྱེད་པའི་སྤྱི་སྟེགས་ཡིན། ། འགྲོ་བའི་ཉོན་མོངས་གདུང་སེལ་བའི། །

སེམས་ཀྱི་ཟླ་བ་ཤར་བ་ཡིན། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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