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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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क्षणाद्भवन्ति सुहृदो भवन्ति रिपवः क्षणात्। तोषस्थाने प्रकुप्यन्ति दुराराधाः पृथग्जनाः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

10

In an instant they become your friends; in an instant they become your enemies. They become angry when they should be pleased. It is difficult to win over common people of the world.

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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སྐད་ཅིག་གཅིག་གིས་འཛར་འགྱུར་ལ། །

ཡུད་ཙམ་གྱིས་ནི་དགྲར་ཡང་འགྱུར། ། དགའ་བའི་གནས་ལའང་ཁྲོ་བྱེད་པས། །

སོ་སོའི་སྐྱེ་བོ་མགུ་བར་དཀའ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

10

One moment friends,

The next, they’re bitter enemies. Even pleasant things arouse their discontent:

Ordinary people—it is hard to please them!

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

Amis un instant,

L’instant suivant, ennemis, Ils s’irritent contre ce qui devrait leur plaire :

Qu’il est difficile de contenter les êtres ordinaires !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Un instante son nuestros amigos,

al siguiente nuestros enemigos. Incluso las cosas agradables les hacen enfadar.

¡Qué difícil es contentar a la gente corriente!

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

In one instant they become friends

But in a mere moment they also turn into enemies. As they become angry at that which is likeable

Ordinary individuals are difficult to please.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Instantly becoming friends,

In a moment becoming enemies, Feeling angry even in joyful places,

It is hard to please ordinary beings.

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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སྐད་ཅིག་གཅིག་གིས་མཛའ་གྱུར་ལ། །

ཡུད་ཙམ་གཅིག་གིས་དགྲར་ཡང་འགྱུར། ། དགའ་བའི་གནས་ལ་ཁྲོ་བྱེད་པས། །

སོ་སོའི་སྐྱེ་བོ་མགུ་བར་དཀའ། །

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In a single moment I become their friend,

And in the next, their enemy; When looking at my joyful situation, they get resentful.

It is difficult to please ordinary individuals.

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.

སྐད་ཅིག་གཅིག་གིས་མཛའ་འགྱུར་ལ། །

ཡུད་ཙམ་གྱིས་ནི་དགྲར་ཡང་འགྱུར། ། དགའ་བའི་གནས་ལ་ཁྲོ་བྱེད་པས། །

སོ་སོའི་སྐྱེ་བོ་མགུ་བར་དཀའ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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