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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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चिरं धक्ष्यति मे कायं नारकाग्निः सुदुःसहः। पश्चात्तापानलश्चित्तं चिरं धक्ष्यत्यशिक्षितम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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My body will burn for a long time in the unbearable fires of hell; for a long time will burn my unbending mind in the fire of remorse.

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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དམྱལ་མེ་བཟོད་དཀས་ཡུན་རིང་དུ། །

བདག་གི་ལུས་ལ་སྲེག་འགྱུར་ན། ། འགྱོད་པ་མི་བཟད་མེ་འབར་བས། །

སེམས་གདུང་འགྱུར་བ་གདོན་མི་ཟ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

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And when my body burns so long

In fires of hell so unendurable, My mind, there is no doubt, will also be tormented,

Burned in fires of unendurable regret.[p.57]The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
Blankleder, Helena, and Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra. By Śāntideva. Rev. ed. Shambhala Classics. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

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

Tandis que les insupportables flammes de l’enfer

Brûleront longtemps mon corps, L’insoutenable brasier de mes remords

Torturera sans aucun doute mon esprit.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Mientras mi cuerpo se queme, durante un tiempo inmenso,

en el fuego insoportable del infierno, mi mente atormentada se consumirá, sin duda alguna,

en el fuego insoportable del remordimiento.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

When my body is burned by

The difficult to bear fires of hell for a long time, The fire of terrible regret will light up,

And the mind will be despondent, this is certain.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

When mv hodv is burned for a long time

By the unbearable fires of hell. Then without doubt, my mind will be agonized

By the flames of unbearable regret.

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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དམྱལ་མེ་བཟོད་དཀས་ཡུན་རིང་དུ། །

བདག་གི་ལུས་ལ་སྲེག་གྱུར་ན། ། འགྱོད་པ་མི་བཟད་མེ་འབར་བས། །

སེམས་གདུང་འགྱུར་བ་གདོན་མི་ཟ། །[p.73]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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While my body burns for a long time

In the unbearable fires of hell, My mind will undoubtedly be tormented

By the blazing fires of intolerable regret.[p.74]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.

དམྱལ་མེ་བཟོད་དཀས་དུས་རིང་དུ། །

བདག་གི་ལུས་ལ་བསྲེགས་གྱུར་ན། ། འགྱོད་པ་མི་བཟད་མེ་འབར་བས། །

སེམས་གདུང་འགྱུར་བ་གདོན་མི་ཟ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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