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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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कदा तथागतोत्पादं श्रद्धां मानुष्यमेव च। कुशलाभ्यासयोग्यत्वमेवं लप्स्येऽतिदुर्लभम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

15

When will I obtain again things so difficult to obtain as to be reborn in a world where a tathagata has appeared, as faith in the dharma, as this human condition, as the capacity to practice good, and

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་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་འབྱུང་བ་དང་། །

དད་དང་མི་ལུས་ཐོབ་པ་དང་། ། དགེ་གོམས་རུང་བ་དེ་ལྟ་བུ། །

དཀོན་ན་ནམ་ཞིག་ཐོབ་པར་འགྱུར། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

15

The appearance of the Buddhas in the world,

True faith and the attainment of a human form, An aptitude for good: all these are rare.

When will they come to me again?

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

L’apparition d’un ainsi-allé,

La foi, l’existence humaine Et l’aptitude à cultiver le bien,

Voilà des choses rares : quand les retrouverai-je ?[p.68]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

La presencia de un buda en el mundo,

la obtención de un cuerpo humano, la fe, y la capacidad de practicar el bien, son circunstancias raras.

¿Cuándo podré tenerlas de nuevo?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

The coming of a tatagata

Faith and the attainment of a human body - These, making it possible to meditate on virtue,

Since they are rare, when will they be attained?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

The appearance of the Tathagatas,

Attainment of human birth and faith. Suitability for familiarization with virtue;

When will such rarities be attained again?

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་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་འབྱུང་བ་དང༌། །

དད་དང་མི་ལུས་འཐོབ་པ་དང༌། ། དགེ་གོམས་རུང་བ་དེ་ལྟ་བུར། །

དཀོན་བ་ནམ་ཞིག་ཐོབ་པར་འགྱུར། །[p.69]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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The tathagatas have appeared.

I possess faith, have obtained a human body, And I am able to gain familiarity with virtuous activity.

Such things are rare. When will I obtain these again?[p.70]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.

དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་འབྱུང་བ་དང་། །

དད་དང་མི་ལུས་ཐོབ་པ་དང་། ། དགེ་གོམས་རུང་བ་དེ་ལྟ་བུ། །

དཀོན་པ་38མ་དཔེ་ཐམས་ཅད་ལ་༴ ‘དཀོན་པ་’ནམ་ཞིག་ཐོབ་པར་འགྱུར། །

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