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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 7.1

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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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एवं क्षमो भजेद्वीर्यं वीर्ये बोधिर्यतः स्थिता। न हि वीर्यं विना पुण्यं यथा वायुं विनागतिः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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One who practices patience in the above way should develop fortitude. For awakening depends on fortitude, because without fortitude there is no merit, as there is no movement without wind.

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་བཟོད་པས་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་བརྩམ། །

འདི་ལྟར་བརྩོན་ལ་བྱང་ཆུབ་གནས། ། རླུང་མེད་གཡོ་བ་མེད་པ་བཞིན། །

བསོད་ནམས་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་མེད་མི་འབྱུང་། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

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Thus with patience I will strive with diligence.

For in such diligence enlightenment is found. If no wind blows, then nothing stirs,

And neither is there merit without diligence.

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

Ainsi patient, je cultiverai le courage,

Car l’Éveil appartient aux courageux. De même que sans souffle le mouvement est impossible,

Il n’est pas de mérites sans courage.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Siendo así paciente, practicaré con diligencia,

pues con diligencia es como se alcanza la budeidad. Igual que si no hay viento nada se mueve,

tampoco hay méritos sin diligencia.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Being thus patient commence with enthusiasm.

Enlightenment abides in those striving in this way. Just as there is no movement without wind,

Merit will not arise without enthusiasm.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Thus having patience, undertake diligence.

Those who have diligence abide in enlightenment. Without diligence there is no merit.

As without air there is no movement.

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་བཟོད་པས་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་བརྩམ། །

འདི་ལྟར་བརྩོན་ལ་བྱང་ཆུབ་གནས། ། རླུང་མེད་གཡོ་བ་མེད་པ་བཞིན། །

བསོད་ནམས་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་མེད་མི་འབྱུང༌། །

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In that way, having patience,

One begins the practice of exertion. Then having exertion, one has enlightenment. Without wind, there is no movement,

And similarly, without exertion, merit will not arise.

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་བཟོད་པས་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་བརྩམ། །

འདི་ལྟར་བརྩོན་ལ་བྱང་ཆུབ་གནས། ། རླུང་མེད་གཡོ་བ་མེད་པ་བཞིན། །

བསོད་ནམས་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་མེད་མི་འབྱུང་།

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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