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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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ग्लानानामस्मि भैषज्यं भवेयं वैद्य एव च। तदुपस्थायकश्चैव यावद्रोगापुनर्भवः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

7

Let me be medicine, physician and nurse for the sick, until I have put an end to all illness.

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་[p.20]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. བ་ནད་པ་ཇི་སྲིད་དུ། །

ནད་སོས་གྱུར་གྱི་བར་དུ་ནི། ། སྨན་དང་སྨན་པ་ཉིད་དག་དང་། །

དེ་ཡི་ནད་གཡོག་བྱེད་པར་ཤོག །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

8

For all those ailing in the world,

Until their every sickness has been healed, May I myself become for them

The doctor, nurse, the medicine itself.

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

Puissé-je être la médecine,

Le médecin et l’infirmier De ceux qui sont malades,

Jusqu’à leur guérison !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Para todos los que están enfermos,

hasta que sanen de su enfermedad que pueda ser para ellos

su médico, medicina y enfermera.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Until all migrators who are sick,

Are cured from their disease, May I be their medicine, physician,

And their nurse.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Until every disease is cured.

For every sentient being who is ill. May I become their medicine and doctor.

And assist them as their nurse.

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་ནད་པ་ཇི་སྲིད་དུ། །

ནད་སོས་གྱུར་གྱི་བར་དུ་ནི། ། སྨན་དང་སྨན་པ་ཉིད་དག་དང༌། །

དེ་ཡི་ནད་གཡོག་བྱེད་པར་ཤོག །

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As long as there are sentient beings who are ill

And have not recovered from their illnesses,

May I become medicine, a physician, or a nurse for them.

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་ནད་པ་ཇི་སྲིད་དུ། །

ནད་སོས་གྱུར་གྱི་[p.105-1-6b]བར་དུ་ནི། ། སྨན་དང་སྨན་པ་ཉིད་དག་དང་། །

དེ་ཡི་ནད་གཡོག་བྱེད་པར་ཤོག །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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