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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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एवं परार्थं कृत्वापि न मदो न च विस्मयः। आत्मानं भोजयित्वैव फलाशा न च जायते॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

116

Thus, even while working to attain the objectives of other sentient beings, there will be no arrogance or pride. It is as if one did not expect any recompense from others, because it is one’s self that is already enjoying the fruits.

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་ལྟ་ན་ནི་གཞན་གྱི་དོན། །

བྱས་ཀྱང་ངོ་མཚར་རློམ་མི་འབྱུང་། ། བདག་ཉིད་ཀྱིས་ནི་ཟས་ཟོས་ནས། །

ལན་ལ་རེ་བ་མི་འབྱུང་བཞིན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

116

Thus when I work for others’ sake,

There’ll be no sense of boasting self-congratulation. It is just as when I feed myself—

I don’t expect to be rewarded![p.126]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)

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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

Ainsi, je ne m’infatuerai pas

Ni ne m’émerveillerai d’œuvrer au bien des autres, Pas plus que, lorsque je me nourris,

Je n’attends de récompense.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Así, cuando trabaje para beneficiar a otros

no he de vanagloriarme ni congratularme por ello. Igual que cuando me alimento

no espero nada en recompensa.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Thus, producing the purpose of others Superiority and exaggeration do not arise,

Similar to not expect a reward When eating food1Needs to be read in the context of the first part of the verse..

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If that occurs, amazement and conceit

Will not arise even though one works for others, Like not having an expectation

Of being rewarded for eating food.

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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དེ་ལྟ་ན་ནི་གཞན་གྱི་དོན། །

བྱས་ཀྱང་ངོ་མཚར་བློ་མི་འབྱུང་། ། བདག་ཉིད་ཀྱིས་ནི་ཟས་ཟོས་ན། །

ལན་ལ་རེ་བ་མི་འབྱུང་བཞིན། །

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When performing benefit for others

I don’t marvel at myself nor do I become arrogant with conceit. It’s like eating my food —

I don’t harbor any expectations.

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.

དེ་ལྟ་ན་ནི་གཞན་གྱི་དོན། །

བྱས་ཀྱང་ངོ་མཚར་རློམ་མི་འབྱུང་། ། བདག་ཉིད་ཀྱིས་ནི་ཟས་ཟོས་ནས། །

ལན་ལ་རེ་བ་མི་འབྱུང་བཞིན། །

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