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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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मनसा चिन्तयित्वापि यो न दद्यात्पुनर्नरः। स प्रेतो भवतीत्युक्तमल्पमात्रेऽपि वस्तुनि॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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It is said that the person who does not give, even if in thought he has the best of intentions, will become a hungry ghost—no matter how insignificant the intended gift may have been.

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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དངོས་པོ་ཕལ་པ་ཅུང་ཟད་ལའང་། །

ཡིད་ཀྱིས་སྦྱིན་པར་བསམ་བྱས་ནས། ། མི་གང་སྦྱིན་པར་མི་བྱེད་པ། །

དེ་ཡང་ཡི་དྭགས་འགྱུར་གསུངས་ན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

5

If in the teachings it is said

That those who in their thoughts intend To give a small and paltry thing but then draw back

Will take rebirth as hungry spirits,

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 est dit que lorsque, en pensée,

On décide d’offrir ne serait-ce Qu’une vétille mais qu’on ne le fait pas,

On renaît comme un esprit famélique.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Las enseñanzas dicen que quien tuviese

la intención de dar, aun tan sólo alguna minucia corriente, si no la diese

nacería entre los pretas posteriormente.[p.76]La Práctica del Bodisatva
Hervás, María Jesús (Padmakara Translation Group, Spain), trans. La Práctica del Bodisatva: Una Traducción del Bodicharyavatara de Shantideva. Translated from the 2006 English translation of Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher. Novelda, Alicante, Spain: Ediciones Dharma, 2008.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If one will become a hungry ghost

When one does not give to the person Even the common objects

That one already offered in one’s mind,

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If having mentally determined to give

Even a simple, ordinary thing, A person who does not give it

Is said to be born as a hungry ghost,[p.131]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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དངོས་པོ་ཕལ་པ་ཅུང་ཟད་ལ། །

ཡིད་ཀྱིས་སྦྱིན་ཞེས་བསམ་བྱས་ནས། ། མི་གང་སྦྱིན་པར་མི་བྱེད་པ། །

དེ་ཡང་ཡི་དྭགས་འགྱུར་གསུངས་ན། །[p.65]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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As is said, if a person thinks of giving away

Even a small ordinary thing, But refrains from doing so,

They end up becoming a preta.[p.66]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.

དངོས་པོ་ཕལ་པ་ཅུང་ཟད་ལའང་། །

ཡིད་ཀྱིས་སྦྱིན་པར་བསམ་བྱས་ནས། ། མི་གང་སྦྱིན་པར་མི་བྱེད་པ། །

དེ་ཡང་ཡི་དགས་འགྱུར་གསུངས་ན། །

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