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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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चित्तोत्पादसमुद्रांश्च सर्वसत्त्वसुखावहान्। सर्वसत्त्वहिताधानाननुमोदे च शासिनाम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

3

I rejoice in the arising of the thought of awakening in those who adopt the teaching, for this thought is an ocean whose tide brings bliss, whose depths hold the treasure of everything that is beneficial to all sentient beings.

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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སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་བདེ་མཛད་པའི། །

ཐུགས་བསྐྱེད་དགེ་བ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་དང་། ། སེམས་ཅན་ཕན་པར་མཛད་པ་ལ། །

དགའ་བས་རྗེས་སུ་ཡི་རང་ངོ་། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

4

Their enlightened attitude, an ocean of great good,

That seeks to place all beings in the state of bliss, And every action for the benefit of beings:

Such is my delight and joy.

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

J’apprécie avec joie

L’océan de mérites que représente Le vœu de rendre heureux tous les êtres,

De même que le bien qu’on leur fait.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Con júbilo me alegro

de ese océano de mérito que entraña la intención de llevar a la felicidad a todos los seres,

así como de todo aquello hecho para su beneficio.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

In the ocean of virtue that is the mind generation,

Which works for the happiness of all sentient beings, And in the actions benefiting sentient beings

I rejoice with pleasure.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

I gladly rejoice in the oceans of virtue

Of their holy intent, which Aspires to place all sentient beings in happiness,

And works to benefit all sentient beings.

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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སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཆད་བདེ་མཛད་པའི། །

ཐུགས་བསྐྱེད་དགེ་བ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་དང༌། ། སེམས་ཅན་ཕན་པར་མཛད་པ་ལ། །

དགའ་བས་རྗེས་སུ་ཡི་རང་ངོ༌། །

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I rejoice with delight

In the ocean of virtue, bodhichitta, That makes all sentient beings happy,

And in the beneficial activities for sentient beings.

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.

སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་བདེ་མཛད་པའི། །

ཐུགས་བསྐྱེད་དགེ་བ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་དང་། ། སེམས་ཅན་ཕན་པ་མཛད་པ་ལ། །

དགའ་བས་རྗེས་སུ་ཡི་རང་ངོ་། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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