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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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कथंचिदपि संप्राप्तो हितभूमिं सुदुर्लभाम्। जानन्नपि च नीयेऽहं तानेव नरकान् पुनः॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

26

Though I do not know how, I have attained the firm ground of good which is so difficult to obtain, yet, though I am aware of this, I let myself be dragged again into hell.

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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ཤིན་ཏུ་རྙེད་དཀའ་ཕན་པའི་ས། །

ཇི་ཞིག་ལྟར་སྟེས་རྙེད་གྱུར་ནས། ། བདག་ཉིད་ཤེས་དང་ལྡན་བཞིན་དུ། །

ཕྱིར་ཡང་དམྱལ་བ་དེར་ཁྲིད་ན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

26

For it’s as if by chance that I have gained

This state so hard to find, wherein to help myself. If now, while having such discernment,

I am once again consigned to hell,

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

Maintenant que j’ai gagné, comme par hasard,

Ce support salutaire qu’il est si difficile d’obtenir, Si, en pleine conscience,

Je me reconduis dans les mêmes enfers,

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Por casualidad he encontrado

este estado favorable tan difícil de hallar. Si ahora que tengo capacidad para discriminar,

de nuevo me dejo arrastrar a los infiernos,

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Having found somehow

This extremely difficult to find basis of benefit If I return to the lower realms later again

Despite having knowledge,

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

This beneficial state so very rare to find.

Was found by coincidence. If while still possessing a discerning mind,

I am dragged into hell,

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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ཤིན་དུ་རྙེད་དཀའ་ཕན་པའི་ས། །

ཇི་ཞིག་ལྟར་སྟེས་རྙེད་འགྱུར་ནས། ། བདག་ཉིད་ཤེས་དང་ལྡན་བཞིན་དུ། །

ཕྱིར་ཡང་དམྱལ་བ་དེར་ཁྲིད་ན། །

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This beneficial situation is extremely difficult to find.

Having fortunately found something so rare, If again I am led to the hells

While possessing intelligence,

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.

ཤིན་ཏུ་རྙེད་དཀའ་ཕན་པའི་ས། །

ཇི་ཞིག་ལྟར་ཏེ་རྙེད་གྱུར་ནས། ། བདག་ཉིད་ཤེས་དང་ལྡན་བཞིན་དུ། །

ཕྱིར་ཡང་དམྱལ་བ་དེར་ཁྲིད་ན། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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