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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.

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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यदात्मोत्कर्षणाभासं परपंसनमेव वा। साधिक्षेपं ससंरम्भं स्थातव्यं काष्ठवत्तदा॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

50

boastful, slanderous, disdainful, or aggressive, he will remain still like a piece of wood.

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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གང་ཚེ་བདག་བསྟོད་ལྷུར་ལེན་པའམ། །

གཞན་ལ་སྨོད་པ་ཉིད་དང་ནི། ། གཤེ་བཅས་འགྱེད་དང་བཅས་གྱུར་པ། །

དེ་ཚེ་ཤིང་བཞིན་གནས་པར་བྱ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

50

Or when you want to fish for praise,

Or criticize and spoil another’s name, Or use harsh language, sparring for a fight,

It’s then that like a log you should remain.

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

Quand il veut faire son propre éloge

Et critiquer autrui, Lancer l’invective ou en découdre,

Qu’il reste immobile comme un tronc d’arbre.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

cuando intente alabarme

o criticar a otros, o desee insultar o provocar una pelea,

en esos momentos, permaneceré como un leño.[p.90]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

When being ready to praise oneself

And belittle others, Telling others off or being argumentative,

Then one should remain like a piece of wood.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

One desires to praise oneself.

To blame or mock others. Or when arguments arise.

Remain like wood.

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas

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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.

གང་ཚེ་བདག་བསྟོད་ལྷུར་ལེན་པའམ། །

གཞན་ལ་སྨོད་པ་ཉིད་དང་ནི། ། གཤེ་བཅས་འགྱོད་དང་བཅས་གྱུར་པ། །

དེ་ཚེ་ཤིང་བཞིན་གནས་པར་བྱ། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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