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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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इति संततदीर्घवैरिषु व्यसनौघप्रसवैकहेतुषु। हृदये निवसत्सु निर्भयं मम संसाररतिः कथं भवेत्॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

34

If their hatred is so lasting and constant, if they are the only cause of this torrent of suffering, if they hide in my own mind, how can I remain unperturbed, delighting in this world of transmigration?

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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དེ་ལྟར་ཡུན་རིང་རྒྱུན་ཆགས་དགྲར་གྱུར་པ། །

གནོད་པའི་ཚོགས་རབ་འཕེལ་བའི་རྒྱུ་གཅིག་པུ། ། བདག་གི་སྙིང་ལ་ངེས་པར་གནས་འཆའ་ན། །

འཁོར་བར་འཇིགས་མེད་དགའ་བར་ག་ལ་འགྱུར། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

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If thus my ancient and unceasing foes,

The wellspring only of my growing pain, Can lodge so safe within my heart,

How can I live so blithe and fearless in this wheel of life?

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 mes ennemis de toujours, cause unique

Du foisonnement de tous mes maux, Logent vraiment dans mon cœur,

Comment aimerais-je le samsâra sans le redouter ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si estos incesantes y antiguos enemigos,

la única causa de que aumente el caudal de mi aflicción, han instalado su sólida guarida en mi corazón,

¿cómo puedo disfrutar en el samsara sin terror?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Therefore, if this continual long time enemy,

The singular cause for the increase of the accumulation of harm, Takes up permanent residence in my heart,

Then how can cyclic existence be joyful and free of danger?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Thus, if this constant enemy of long duration,

The single cause of greatly increasing harms. Firmly resides in the center of my heart,

How could I be happy in samsara without fear?[p.141]A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas
Gyaltsen, Lama Kalsang, and Ani Kunga Chodron, trans. A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas Written by Sazang Mati Panchen: Known as An Extremely Clear Illumination of the Meaning of the Text. Walden, NY: Tsechen Kunchab Ling, 2019. First edition published by The Yeshe Dorje Foundation in 2006.

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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དེ་ལྟར་ཡུན་རིང་རྒྱུན་ཆགས་དགྲར་གྱུར་པ། །

གནོད་པའི་ཚོགས་རབ་འཕེལ་བའི་རྒྱུ་གཅིག་པུ། ། བདག་གི་སྙིང་ལ་ངེས་པར་གནས་འཆའ་ན། །

འཁོར་བར་འཇིགས་མེད་དགའ་བར་ག་ལ་འགྱུར། །

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In this way for a long time,

The kleshas have been my continual enemy. They are the only cause that fully Propagates the multitudes of harm. If they truly abide in my heart,

How can I be fearlessly happy in samsara?

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.

དེ་ལྟར་ཡུན་རིང་རྒྱུན་ཆགས་དགྲར་གྱུར་པ། །

གནོད་པའི་ཚོགས་རབ་འཕེལ་བའི་རྒྱུ་གཅིག་པུ། ། བདག་གི་[p.105-1-9a]སྙིང་ལ་ངེས་པར་གནས་འཆའ་ན། །

འཁོར་བར་འཇིགས་མེད་དགའ་བར་ག་ལ་འགྱུར། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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