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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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अविषादबलव्यूहतात्पर्यात्मविधेयता। परात्मसमता चैव परात्मपरिवर्तनम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

16

The counteragents to the adversaries are confidence and the four “armies” of fortitude: single-mindedness, self-mastery, the identity of self and others, and the substitution of self with others.

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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སྒྱིད་ལུག་མེད་པར་དཔུང་ཚོགས་དང་། །

ལྷུར་བླང་བདག་ཉིད་དབང་བྱ་དང་། ། བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་མཉམ་པ་དང་། །

བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་བརྗེ་བར་བགྱི། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

16

Do not be downcast, but marshal all your powers;

Make an effort; be the master of yourself! Practice the equality of self and other;

Practice the exchange of self and other.86These practices are discussed at length in chapter 8. See also appendixes 2 and 3.

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

Ne perds pas courage, rassemble tes forces,

Sois résolu et maîtrise-toi! Considère les autres comme tes égaux,

Puis échange-toi contre eux!

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

No te sientas abatido; reúne tus fuerzas98Estas fuerzas se enumeran en la estrofa 31 de este capítulo.,

esfuérzate y sé dueño de ti mismo. Practica el igualarse uno mismo con los demás

y el cambiarse uno mismo por los demás99Estas prácticas se explican detalladamente en el capítulo VIII. Véase también los apéndices II y III..

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Without discouragement, with armies,

Sincerity and self-empowerment, Equalize self and others,

Exchange self and others.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Avoid faintheartedness, gather the forces as a support.

Exert effort, self control, Equality of self and other

And exchange of self and other.

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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སྒྱིད་ལུག་སྙོམ་བའི་སྟོབས་བཅོམ་སྟེ། །

བདག་ཉིད་དབང་དུ་གྱུར་པ་དང་། ། བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་མཉམ་བ་དང༌། །

བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་བརྗེ་བར་གྱིས། །

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Subjugating the power

Of feeling inadequate and procrastination, I should bring myself under control, Meditate on the equality of self and others,

And then exchange self for others.

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.

སྒྱིད་ལུག་མེད་དང་དཔུང་ཚོགས་དང་། །

ལྷུར་བླང་བདག་ཉིད་དབང་བྱ་དང་། །107ཏུན་ཧོང་ཀ་དང་ཁ་༴ ‘སྒྱིད་ལུག་སྙོམ་པའྀ་སྟོབས་བཅོམ་སྟེ། །བདག་ཉིད་དབང་དུ་གྱུརད་པ་དང་། །’ བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་མཉམ་པ་དང་། །

བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་བརྗེ་བར་གྱིས། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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