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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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सर्वे देवा मनुष्याश्च यदि स्युर्मम शत्रवः। तेऽपि नावीचिकं वह्निं समुदानयितुं क्षमाः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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If all the gods and all the human beings were my enemies, all of them together could not force me into the fires of Avichi 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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གལ་ཏེ་ལྷ་དང་ལྷ་མིན་རྣམས། །

ཐམས་ཅད་བདག་ལ་དགྲར་ལངས་ཀྱང་། ། དེ་དག་གིས་ཀྱང་མནར་མེད་པའི། །

མེ་ནང་ཁྲིད་ཅིང་འཇུག་མི་ནུས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

30

If all the gods and demigods besides

Together came against me as my foes, They would be powerless to throw me down

To fires of hell of Unrelenting Pain.

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

Si les dieux et les titans

Devenaient tous mes ennemis, Ils seraient incapables de me traîner

Dans les flammes de l’enfer Insurpassable.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Incluso si todos los dioses y asuras

como enemigos se levantaran en mi contra, todos ellos juntos no podrían arrojarme

al fuego del infierno de las Torturas Máximas.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Even if all the gods and demi gods

Arise against me as enemy,[p.20]The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors
Stracke, Fedor, trans. The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors: A Commentary on the Introduction to the Actions of Bodhisattvas. By Gyaltsab Rinpoche. N.p.: Happy Monks Publication, 2016. https://happymonkspublication.org/product/bodhisattvacharyavatara-chapter-1-10-commentary/. They are not able to guide me into

The fire without respite.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If all, even gods and demigods,

Stand as enemies against me, Even all of them cannot put or drag me

Into the fires of Avici 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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གལ་ཏེ་ལྷ་དང་ལྷ་མིན་རྣམས། །

ཐམས་ཆད་བདག་ལ་དགྲར་ལངས་ཀྱང༌། ། དེ་དག་གིས་ཀྱང་མནར་མེད་པའི། །

མེ་ནང་ཁྲིད་ཅིང་འཇུག་མི་ནུས། །[p.75]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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If all gods and asuras

Arise as my enemies, They won’t be able to lead me to,

And then place me in, the fires of the Avici Hell.[p.76]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.

གལ་ཏེ་ལྷ་དང་ལྷ་མིན་རྣམས། །

ཐམས་ཅད་བདག་ལ་དགྲར་ལངས་ཀྱང་། ། དེ་དག་གིས་ཀྱང་མནར་མེད་པའི། །

མེ་ནང་ཁྲིད་ཅིང་འཇུག་མི་ནུས། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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