8.11

Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 8.11

Bodhicaryāvatāra Verses | Chapter 8

Previous Verse | Next Verse

Sources:

Sanskrit §No information about the source used.

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.

Sanskrit §No information about the source used.

source

translation

हितमुक्ताः प्रकुप्यन्ति वारयन्ति च मां हितात्। अथ न श्रूयते तेषां कुपिता यान्ति दुर्गतिम्॥

tm data

Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

11

If I talk to them about what is beneficial for them, they become impatient with me or lead me away from the good. But if I ignore them, they become offended, and by their anger are led to rebirth in evil destinies.

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.

source

translation

ཕན་པར་སྨྲས་ན་ཁྲོ་བར་བྱེད། །

བདག་ཀྱང་ཕན་ལས་ཟློག་པར་བྱེད། ། དེ་དག་ངག་ནི་མ་མཉན་ན། །

ཁྲོ་བས་ངན་འགྲོར་འགྲོ་བར་འགྱུར། །

tm data

Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

11

A beneficial word and they resent it,

Turning me instead from what is good. And when I close my ears to what they say,

Their anger makes them fall to lower states.[p.111]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)

Browse other translations

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

Ils se fâchent quand je leur tiens des propos salutaires

Et me détournent moi-même du bien. Si l’on n’écoute pas ce qu’ils disent,

Ils s’emportent, se vouant ainsi aux mauvaises destinées.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si se les dice algo beneficioso se irritan

y a mí me apartan de lo que me beneficia. Si no escucho lo que dicen se enfurecen,

lo que los llevará a existencias inferiores.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If one says something beneficial, they become angry

They will even reverse one from the beneficial, If one does not listen to their words

They will go to the lower realms due to anger.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

They are angry at beneficial words,

And turn one from what is beneficial. If I don't listen to what they say,

They become angry and go to the lower realms.

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

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

shift + scroll / swipe

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

source

translation

ཕན་པ་སྨྲས་ན་ཁྲོ་བར་བྱེད། །

བདག་ཀྱང་ཕན་ལས་བཟློག་པར་བྱེད། ། དེ་དག་ངག་ནི་མ་མཉན་ན། །

ཁྲོས་པས་ངན་འགྲོར་འདོང་བར་འགྱུར། །

alt verse 7.8 tm data

This version differs from it's counterparts.

If I speak words of benefit to the foolish,

They become angry and even turn me away from providing benefit. If I don’t listen to what they say,

They will get angry and, as a result, will go to the lower realms.

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.

ཕན་པར་སྨྲས་ན་ཁྲོ་བར་བྱེད། །

བདག་ཀྱང་ཕན་ལས་བཟློག་པར་བྱེད། ། དེ་དག་དག་ནི་མ་མཉན་ན། །

ཁྲོ་བས་ངན་འགྲོར་འགྲོ་བར་འགྱུར། །

tm data

Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

Previous Verse | Next Verse