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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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नातः परा वञ्चनास्ति न च मोहोऽस्त्यतः परः। यदीदृशं क्षणं प्राप्य नाभ्यस्तं कुशलं मया॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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There is, therefore, no greater self-deception, no greater delusion, than this one of not practicing good when one has attained the unique opportunity to do so.

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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འདི་འདྲའི་དལ་བ་རྙེད་གྱུར་ནས། །

བདག་གིས་དགེ་གོམས་མ་བྱས་ན། ། འདི་ལས་བསླུས་པ་གཞན་མེད་དེ། །

འདི་ལས་མྱོངས་པའང་གཞན་མེད་དོ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

23

Thus, having found this moment of reprieve,

If I now fail to train myself in virtue, What greater folly could there ever be?

How more could I betray myself?

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

Il n’est pire duperie,

Il n’est abrutissement plus épais Que de ne pas s’exercer au bien

Quand on en a la liberté.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Habiendo encontrado estas libertades,

si no me adiestro en lo que es virtuoso, no puede haber mayor error,

nada puede ser más estúpido.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Having found such leisure as this,

If I do not become familiar with virtue, There is no deceit worse than this;

There is no delusion greater than this.

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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འདི་འདྲའི་དལ་བ་རྙེད་གྱུར་ནས། །

བདག་གིས་དགེ་གོམས་མ་བྱས་པ། ། འདི་ལས་བསླུས་པ་གཞན་མེད་དེ། །

འདི་ལས་རྨོངས་པའང་གཞན་མེད་དོ། །

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Having found these excellent free conditions,

If I do not become accustomed to virtue, Then there is nothing more deceitful

And nothing more stupid.

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.

འདི་འདྲའི་དལ་བ་རྙེད་གྱུར་ནས། །

བདག་གིས་དགེ་གོམས་མ་བྱས་ན། ། འདི་ལས་བསླུས་པ་གཞན་མེད་དེ། །

འདི་ལས་རྨོངས་པའང་གཞན་མེད་དོ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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