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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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तस्माद्यथार्तिशोकादेरात्मानं गोप्तुमिच्छसि। रक्षाचित्तं दयाचित्तं जगत्यभ्यस्यतां तथा॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

117

Therefore, in the same way that you seek to protect yourself from pain and grief, you should develop an attitude of care and sympathy toward 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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དེ་བས་ཇི་ལྟར་ཆུང་ངུ་ན། །

མི་སྙན་ལས་ཀྱང་བདག་བསྲུང་བ། ། དེ་བཞིན་འགྲོ་ལ་བསྲུང་སེམས་དང་། །

སྙིང་རྗེའི་སེམས་ནི་གོམས་པར་བྱ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

117

Therefore just as I defend myself

From even slight disparagement, Likewise for beings I shall now grow used

To have a mind protective and compassionate.

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 je me protège

Contre les désagréments les plus anodins, Je cultiverai la pensée de protéger les êtres

Et d’être envers eux compatissant.[p.153]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Por lo tanto, igual que a mí me defiendo

de incluso la menor acusación o desprecio, del mismo modo, me habituaré a tener hacia los seres

una actitud compasiva y el propósito de protegerlos.[p.145]La Práctica del Bodisatva
Hervás, María Jesús (Padmakara Translation Group, Spain), trans. La Práctica del Bodisatva: Una Traducción del Bodicharyavatara de Shantideva. Translated from the 2006 English translation of Helena Blankleder and Wulstan Fletcher. Novelda, Alicante, Spain: Ediciones Dharma, 2008.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Hence, when protecting self

From some small unpleasantness Meditate on the mind of protection

And compassion for migrators.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Therefore, wishing to protect

Against even the slightest unpleasantness, Act thus with the thought to protect others.

Familiarize oneself with thoughts of compassion.

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་བས་ཇི་ལྟར་ཆུང་དུ་ན། །

མི་སྙན་ལས་ཀྱང་བདག་སྲུང་བ། ། དེ་བཞིན་འགྲོ་ལ་བསྲུང་སེམས་དང་། །

སྙིང་རྗེའི་སེམས་ནི་གོམས་པར་བྱ། །

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Therefore, just as I protect myself

From the expression of an unpleasantry, However small, Likewise, I should become accustomed

To a mind of protection and compassion for sentient beings.

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་བས་ཇི་ལྟར་ཆུང་ངུ་ན། །

མི་སྙན་ལས་ཀྱང་བདག་བསྲུང་བ། ། དེ་བཞིན་འགྲོ་ལ་བསྲུང་སེམས་དང་། །

སྙིང་རྗེའི་སེམས་ནི་གོམས་པར་བྱ། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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