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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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कामैर् न तृप्तिः संसारे क्षुरधारामधूपमैः। पुण्यामृतैः कथं तृप्तिर् विपाक मधुरैः शिवैः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

64

In the cycle of transmigration, we are not sated with sense pleasures, though they are like honey on the edge of a razor. Why should anyone ever be sated with the ambrosia of merit, which brings sweet fruits and peace?

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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སྤུ་གྲིའི་སོར་ཆགས་སྦྲང་རྩི་ལྟའི། །[p.75]Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)
Slob dpon zhi ba lha and Mkhan po kun dpal. Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa. Khreng tu'u: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1990.

འདོད་པ་རྣམས་ཀྱིས་མི་ངོམས་ན། ། རྣམ་སྨིན་བདེ་ལ་ཞི་བ་ཡི། །

བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱིས་ལྟ་ཅི་སྟེ་ངོམས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

65

And since they never have enough of pleasure,

Honey on the razor’s edge, How could they have enough of merit,

Fruits of which are happiness and peace?[p.107]The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
Blankleder, Helena, and Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra. By Śāntideva. Rev. ed. Shambhala Classics. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

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

Si les plaisirs qui sont comme du miel

Sur le fil d’un rasoir ne me suffisent jamais, Comment me rassasierai-je des mérites

Qui ont pour fruit le bonheur et la paix ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si nunca se sacian de los placeres,

que son como miel sobre el filo de una cuchilla, ¿cómo pueden estar saciados de los méritos

cuyos frutos serán la paz y la dicha?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If one is not satisfied by sense pleasures,

Which are like honey on a razor’s edge, Then how can one be satisfied by the merit

Of the ripening result of peaceful happiness?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If desire objects are insatiable,

Like honey on a razor’s edge. Then who could be satiated with merit,

The ripening result of which is happiness and peace?

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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སྤུ་གྲི་སོར་ཆགས་སྦྲང་རྩི་ལྟའི། །

འདོད་པ་རྣམས་ཀྱིས་མི་ངོམས་ན། ། རྣམ་སྨིན་བདེ་ལ་ཞི་བ་ཡི། །

བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱིས་ལྟ་ཅི་སྟེ་ངོམས། །

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If I am not satisfied with desires,

That are like honey on the edge of a razor blade, How can I be satisfied with merit

That fully ripens in happiness and peace?

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.

སྤུ་གྲིའི་སོར་ཆགས་སྦྲང་རྩི་ལྟའི། །

འདོད་པ་རྣམས་ཀྱིས་མི་ངོམས་ན། ། རྣམ་སྨིན་བདེ་ལ་ཞི་བ་ཡི། །

བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱིས་ལྟ་ཅི་སྟེ་ངོམས། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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