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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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अथ प्रत्यपकारी स्यां तथाप्येते न रक्षिताः। हीयते चापि मे चर्या तस्मान्नष्टास्तपस्विनः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

51

If I were to respond to their offense in this way, they would not be protected, I would lose my conduct, and these wretches would perish.

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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འོན་ཏེ་ལན་དུ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

དེ་དག་བསྲུངས་པར་མ་གྱུར་ལ། ། བདག་གི་སྤྱོད་པའང་ཉམས་པར་འགྱུར། །

དེས་ན་དཀའ་ཐུབ་ཞིག་པར་འགྱུར། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

51

If I repay them harm for harm,

Indeed they’ll not be saved thereby. My conduct will in turn be marred,

Austerity of patience brought to nothing.

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

Or, si je leur réponds par le mal,

Non seulement je ne les tirerai pas d’affaire, Mais je corromprai ma pratique

En anéantissant les effets de mon ascèse.[p.104]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si cuando me dañan los daño,

con ello no los estaré protegiendo; mi conducta altruista degenerará

y desaparecerá la fortaleza de mi paciencia.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Therefore, if I retaliate with harm

They are not guarded. Also, my actions will degenerate

Finally my austerity will disintegrate.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

However, if I harm them in return.

They are not protected, and My own conduct declines, by which

My own fortitude deteriorates.

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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འོན་ཏེ་ལན་དུ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

དེ་དག་བསྲུངས་པར་མ་གྱུར་ལ། ། བདག་གི་སྤྱོད་པའང་ཉམས་པར་འགྱུར། །

དེས་ན་དཀའ་ཐུབ་ཞིག་པར་འགྱུར། །

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However, if I respond to their actions by harming them,

Since I am not safeguarding them in doing so, My conduct will decline

And for that reason, my ascetic discipline will come to ruin.

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.

འོན་ཏེ་ལན་དུ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

དེ་དག་བསྲུངས་པར་མ་གྱུར་ལ། ། བདག་གི་སྤྱོད་པའང་ཉམས་པར་འགྱུར། །

དེས་ན་དཀའ་ཐུབ་ཞིག་པར་འགྱུར། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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