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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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किमुतानुत्तरं सौख्यमुच्चैरुद्धुष्य भावतः। जगत्सर्वं विसंवाद्य का गतिर्मे भविष्यति॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

6

How much worse would it be then to proclaim openly and with great conviction the highest bliss for all living beings, only to break my word with the whole world? What future state will await me then?

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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བླ་ན་མེད་པའི་བདེ་བ་ལ། །

བསམ་པ་ཐག་པས་མགྲོན་གཉེར་ནས། ། འགྲོ་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་བསླུས་བྱས་ན། །

བདེ་འགྲོར་ཇི་ག་འགྲོ་འགྱུར་རམ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

6

How can I expect a happy destiny

If from my heart I summon Wandering beings to the highest bliss,

But then deceive and fail them?

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

Comment renaîtrai-je dans une destinée heureuse

Si je trompe l’ensemble des êtres Après les avoir de tout cœur invités

À jouir de la félicité suprême ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Por eso, ¿cómo puedo esperar

tener existencias felices si invito de corazón a todos los seres

a la felicidad insuperable y los defraudo?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Then how could one go to a happy migration

If one deceives all sentient beings Concerning the highest happiness

To which one invited them from the depth of one’s mind?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Then, having wholeheartedly invited

To unsurpassable happiness All sentient beings, but deceiving them.

How could a higher birth be found?

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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བླ་ན་མེད་པའི་བདེ་བ་ལ། །

བསམ་པ་ཐག་པས་མགྲོན་གཉེར་ནས། ། འགྲོ་བ་ཐམས་ཆད་བསླུ་བྱས་ན། །

བདེ་འགྲོ་ཅི་ག་འགྲོ་འགྱུར་རམ། །

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Having invited sentient beings,

With the sincere wish Of establishing them in unsurpassable happiness, If I deceive all those beings,

How can I be reborn in the higher realms?

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.

བླ་ན་མེད་པའི་བདེ་བ་ལ། །

བསམ་པ་ཐག་པས་མགྲོན་གཉེར་ནས། ། འགྲོ་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་བསླུ་བྱས་ན། །

བདེ་འགྲོར་ཇི་ག་འགྲོ་འགྱུར་རམ།

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