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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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अद्यापि चेत्तथैव स्यां यथैवाहं पुनः पुनः। दुर्गतिव्याधिमरणच्छेदभेदाद्यवाप्नुयाम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

14

If today too I should do what I have done repeatedly in the past, again I will suffer disease and death, I will be cut to pieces and hacked to death in the evil destinies.

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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ད་དུང་དེ་བཞིན་བདག་བྱེད་ན། །

ཡང་དང་ཡང་དུའང་དེ་བཞིན་ཏེ། ། ངན་འགྲོར་ནད་དང་འཆིང་བ་དང་། །

བཅད་དང་གཤག་སོགས་མྱོང་བར་[p.26]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.

འགྱུར། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

14

And this will always be my lot

If I continue to behave like this, And I will suffer pains and bondage,

Wounds and laceration in the lower realms.

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

Si je continue de la sorte,

Il en sera toujours de même : Je souffrirai dans les mondes mauvais,

Malade, enchaîné, découpé, mutilé – que sais-je encore ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si continúo comportándome igual

seguiré así indefinidamente experimentando los reinos inferiores,

las enfermedades, el cautiverio, las heridas, las mutilaciones y demás...

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If I continue to act like this

It will be the same again and again. I will experience sickness, bondage,

Being cut and mutilated in the lower realms.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If I continue to do like that,

It will be like that again and again: Experiencing lower birth, disease, death,

Cutting, slashing, and the like.

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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ད་དུང་དེ་བཞིན་བདག་བྱེད་ན། །

ཡང་དང་ཡང་དུའང་དེ་བཞིན་ཏེ། ། ངན་འགྲོ་ནད་དང་འཆིང་བ་དང༌། །

གཅད་དང་གཤེག་སོགས་མྱོང་བར་འགྱུར། །

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If I continue to behave the same way I did before,

Then again and again, just like before, I will go to the lower realms. I will experience the suffering of illness, bondage,

And having my body cut and severed.

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.

ད་དུང་དེ་བཞིན་བདག་བྱེད་ན། །

ཡང་དང་ཡང་དུའང་དེ་བཞིན་ཏེ། ། ངན་འགྲོར་ནད་དང་འཆིང་བ་37ཏུན་ཧོང་ཀ་༴ ‘འཆི་བ་’ ལེགས་སྦྱར་གྱི་དཔེ་༴ ‘མ་ར་ཎ་’དང་། །

བཅད་དང་གཤེག་སོགས་མྱོང་བར་འགྱུར། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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