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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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यथात्मबुद्धिरभ्यासात्स्वकायेऽस्मिन्निरात्मके। परेष्वपि तथात्मत्वं किमभ्यासान्न जायते॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

115

If by the force of habit the notion of a self is produced with respect to this body, which has no self, then why not produce by the force of habit the notion of a self with respect to other sentient beings?

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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ཇི་ལྟར་བདག་མེད་ལུས་འདི་ལ། །

གོམས་པས་བདག་གི་བློ་འབྱུང་བ། ། དེ་བཞིན་སེམས་ཅན་གཞན་ལ་ཡང་། །

གོམས་པས་བདག་བློ་ཅིས་མི་སྐྱེ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

115

Just as in connection with this form, devoid of self,

My sense of “I” arose through strong habituation, Why should not the thought of “I,”

Through habit, not arise related to another?

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

De même que, par habitude,

J’applique l’idée de moi à ce corps dénué de moi, Pourquoi, par habitude également,

Ne l’appliquerais-je point aux autres êtres ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Del mismo modo que, por haberme habituado,

surge la idea de “yo” en relación a este cuerpo que carece de ese “yo”, ¿por qué no ha de surgir, si me habitúo a ello,

la idea de “yo” en relación a otros seres?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Just as one generates through familiarity

The awareness of ‘mine’ for a body lacking self, Why should one not generate the awareness of ‘mine’

For other sentient beings through familiarization?[p.36]The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors
Stracke, Fedor, trans. The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors: A Commentary on the Introduction to the Actions of Bodhisattvas. By Gyaltsab Rinpoche. N.p.: Happy Monks Publication, 2016. https://happymonkspublication.org/product/bodhisattvacharyavatara-chapter-1-10-commentary/.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Just as this selfless body

Became familiar with the thought that it is a self, Through familiarization, why could the thought that

Other beings are the self not arise?

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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ཇི་ལྟར་བདག་མེད་ལུས་འདི་ལ། །

གོམས་པས་བདག་གི་བློ་འབྱུང་བ། ། དེ་བཞིན་སེམས་ཅན་གཞན་ལ་ཡང་། །

གོམས་པས་བདག་བློ་ཅེས་མི་སྐྱེ། །[p.197]Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)
Gawang, Khenpo, and Gerry Wiener, trans. Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas by Shantideva - Dunhuang Edition. Memphis, TN: Jeweled Lotus Publishing, 2022.

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Just as this body lacking a self

Arises in mind as “I” through habit, Likewise, why don’t other sentient beings

Arise in mind as “I” through habit?[p.198]Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)
Gawang, Khenpo, and Gerry Wiener, trans. Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas by Shantideva - Dunhuang Edition. Memphis, TN: Jeweled Lotus Publishing, 2022.

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.

ཇི་ལྟར་བདག་མེད་ལུས་འདི་ལ། །

གོམས་པས་བདག་གི་བློ་བྱུང་བ། ། དེ་བཞིན་སེམས་ཅན་གཞན་ལ་ཡང་། །

གོམས་པས་བདག་བློ་ཅིས་མི་སྐྱེ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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