8.119

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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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दुष्करान्न निवर्तेत यस्मादभ्यासशक्तितः। यस्यैव श्रवणात्रासस्तेनैव न विना रतिः॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

119

You should not turn back in the face of obstacles, because the power of practice is such that in the end you will find pleasure only in that loss of self, the mention of which was so terrifying before.[p.430]How to Be a Bodhisattva: Introduction to the Practice of the Bodhisattva Path (The Bodhicaryāvatāra)
Gómez, Luis O., trans. "How to Be a Bodhisattva: Introduction to the Practice of the Bodhisattva Path (The Bodhicaryāvatāra)." In Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism, edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr., 395–441. New York: Norton, 2017.

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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དཀའ་ལས་ཕྱིར་ལྡོག་མི་བྱ་སྟེ། །

འདི་ལྟར་གོམས་པའི་མཐུ་ཡིས་ནི། ། གང་གི་མིང་ཐོས་འཇིགས་པ་ཡང་། །

དེ་ཉིད་མེད་ན་མི་དགར་འགྱུར། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

119

And so we should be undeterred by hardships,

For through the influence of use and habit, People even come to grieve

For those whose very names struck terror in their hearts!

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

Je ne reculerai pas devant la difficulté,

Car il est des choses dont le seul nom me faisait frémir Et desquelles, avec la force de l’habitude,

J’ai ini par ne plus supporter l’absence.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

No hemos de dejarnos desanimar por las dificultades,

pues debido al poder de la familiarización la gente puede llegar a echar en falta

a aquellos de los que le aterrorizaba aun solo oír su nombre.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Do not be turned off by difficulty.

Through the force of familiarity The one whose name instilled fear when hearing it,

Becomes the one without whom one is joyless.[p.37]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

Do not retreat from hardship.

By the power of familiarization with it, Even those things the name of which caused fear,

Will become frightening if absent.

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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དཀའ་ལས་ལྡོག་ཕྱིར་མི་བྱ་སྟེ། །

འདི་ལྟར་གོམས་པའི་མཐུ་ཡིས་ནི། ། གང་གི་མིང་ཐོས་འཇིགས་པ་ཡང་། །

དེ་ཉིད་མེད་ན་མི་དགའ་འགྱུར། །

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We should not turn back due to difficulties.

Through the power of becoming accustomed to doing so, Even those whose names bring us fear

Can become the cause of unhappiness if not present.

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.

དཀའ་ལས་ཕྱིར་ལྡོག་མི་བྱ་སྟེ། །

འདི་ལྟར་གོམས་པའི་མཐུ་ཡིས་ནི། ། གང་གི་མིང་ཐོས་འཇིགས་པ་ཡང་། །

དེ་ཉིད་མེད་ན་མི་དགར་འགྱུར། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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