8.107

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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.

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 भावितसंतानाः परदुःखसमप्रियाः। अवीचिमवगाहन्ते हंसाः पद्मवनं यथा॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

107

The bodhisattvas, who have cultivated this chain of phenomena that we call "myself," and for whom the most extreme sorrow is the same as pleasure, descend into the Avichi hell like swans diving into a lotus pond.

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་རྒྱུད་ནི་གོམས་གྱུར་པ། །

གཞན་གྱི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཞི་དགའ་བས། ། པདྨའི་མཚོ་རུ་ངང་པ་ལྟར། །

མནར་མེད་པར་ཡང་འཇུག་པར་འགྱུར། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

107

Those whose minds are practiced in this way,

Whose joy it is to soothe another’s ills, Will venture into hell of Unrelenting Pain

As swans sweep down upon a lotus lake.

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

Lorsqu’on habitue son esprit de la sorte,

On prend plaisir à apaiser la souffrance des autres Au point de pénétrer dans les Tourments insurpassables

Comme un cygne dans un lac de lotus.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Aquellos que han cultivado así sus mentes,

como su alegría consiste en apaciguar el dolor de otros, se adentrarían en el infierno de las Torturas Máximas

como un cisne lo hace en un lago con lotos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

When the continuum becomes thus acquainted

One takes joy in pacifying the suffering of others. As if it were a lotus pond

One will even enter the hell without respite.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Thus, in order to further accustom their minds to

Delight in the pacification of others' suffering, Even entering Avici hell is like

A swan entering a lotus lake.

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas

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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་རྒྱུད་ནི་གོམས་གྱུར་པ། །

གཞན་གྱི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཞི་དགའ་བས། ། པདྨའི་མཚོ་རུ་ངང་པ་ལྟར། །

མནར་མེད་པ་ཡང་འཇུག་པར་འགྱུར། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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