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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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तत्र खड्गं यथा भ्रष्टं गृह्णीयात् सभयस् त्वरन्। स्मृतिखड्गं तथा भ्रष्टं गृह्णीयान् नरकान् स्मरन्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

68

As one would pick up his sword with great fear, if it was dropped in the midst of battle, so, if one loses the sword of mindfulness, one will pick it up at once fearing the hells.

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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གཡུལ་དུ་རལ་གྲི་ལྷུང་གྱུར་ན། །

འཇིགས་པས་མྱུར་དུ་ལེན་པ་ལྟར། ། དེ་བཞིན་དྲན་པའི་མཚོན་ཤོར་ན། །

དམྱལ་བའི་འཇིགས་དྲན་མྱུར་དུ་བླང་། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

69

If, in the fray, the soldier drops his sword,

In fright, he swiftly takes it up again. So likewise, if the arm of mindfulness is lost,

In fear of hell, I’ll quickly get it back!

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

Celui dont l’épée tombe pendant le combat,

De peur aussitôt la ramasse. De même, si l’arme de mon attention m’échappe,

Je m’en ressaisirai vite par crainte des enfers !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Al que durante la batalla se le cae la espada,

atemorizado la recoge rápidamente. Así, si pierdo el arma de la atención,

la recogeré con rapidez por miedo a los infiernos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If one's weapon falls down in battle

Then, out of fear, one will pick it up quickly. Similarly, if one loses the weapon of mindfulness

Then, out of fear of the lower realms, one should quickly pick it up.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Just as a sword dropped on the battlefield

Is again quickly snatched up in fear, So if the weapon of mindfulness is dropped,

Again quickly snatch it up in fear of hell.

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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གཡུལ་དུ་རལ་གྲི་ལྷུང་གྱུར་ན། །

འཇིགས་པས་མྱུར་དུ་ལེན་པ་ལྟར། ། དེ་བཞིན་དྲན་པའི་མཚོན་ཤོར་ན། །

དམྱལ་བའི་འཇིགས་དྲན་མྱུར་དུ་བླང༌། །

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When a warrior drops his sword in battle,

He will quickly seize it out of fear. Likewise, if I lose hold of the weapon of mindfulness, I should quickly take hold of it,

Having recalled the fear of the hells.

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.

གཡུལ་དུ་རལ་གྲི་ལྷུང་གྱུར་ན། །

འཇིགས་པས་མྱུར་དུ་ལེན་པ་ལྟར། ། དེ་བཞིན་དྲན་པའི་མཚོན་ཤོར་ན། །

དམྱལ་བའི་འཇིགས་དྲན་མྱུར་དུ་བླང་། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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