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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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आरोग्यं दिवसं चेदं सभक्तं निरुपद्रवम्। आयुःक्षणं विसंवादि कायोपाचितकोपमः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

16

as this peaceful day of today when I am in good health and I have food to eat? Life lasts only one instant, it disappoints us. The body is like only borrowed property.

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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ནད་མེད་ཉི་མ་འདི་ལྟ་བུ། །

ཟས་བཅས་འཚེ་བ་མེད་ཀྱང་ནི། ། ཚེ་ནི་སྐད་ཅིག་བསླུ་བ་སྟེ། །

ལུས་ནི་ཐང་ཅིག་བརྙན་པོ་བཞིན། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

16

Today, indeed, I’m hale and well,

I have enough to eat and I am not in danger. But this life is fleeting, unreliable,

My body is like something briefly lent.

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

Aujourd’hui, je n’ai aucune maladie,

J’ai de quoi me nourrir et aucun danger ne me guette. Mais la vie est trompeuse, elle ne dure qu’un instant,

Et mon corps n’est qu’un emprunt éphémère.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Hoy tengo salud,

alimentos y nada me amenaza. Pero esta vida es corta, no se puede confiar en ella,

y el cuerpo es sólo un préstamo efímero.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

A day like this without sickness,

Although there is food and no harm, Life is deceptive on a momentary basis,

The body is a one time loan.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Even in the sunshine of good health,

Having food, and freedom from harm, In a moment, life can become deceptive.

This body is like a once-borrowed thing.

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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ནད་མེད་ཉི་མ་འདི་ལྟ་བུ། །

ཟས་བཅས་འཚེ་བ་མེད་ཀྱང་ནི། ། ཚེ་ནི་སྐད་ཅིག་སླུ་བ་སྟེ། །

ལུས་ནི་ཐང་ཅིག་བརྙན་པོ་བཞིན། །

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Today, for example, I am without illness,

Have food to eat, and am not being harmed. Even so, this life is deceptive because it can change in an instant. This body is like something

Borrowed for a single moment.

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.

ནད་མེད་ཉི་མ་འདི་ལྟ་བུ། །

ཟས་བཅས་འཚེ་བ་མེད་ཀྱང་ནི། ། ཚེ་ནི་སྐད་ཅིག་བསླུ་བ་སྟེ། །

ལུས་ནི་ཐང་ཅིག་བརྙན་པོ་བཞིན། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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