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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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आत्मानं चापरांश्चैव यः शीघ्रं त्रातुमिच्छति। स चरेत्परमं गुह्यं परात्मपरिवर्तनम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

120

Whoever seeks to rapidly rescue himself and others should practice the supreme mystery of placing yourself in the position of another.

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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གང་ཞིག་བདག་དང་གཞན་རྣམས་ནི། །

མྱུར་དུ་བསྐྱབ་པར་འདོད་པ་དེས། ། བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་བརྗེ་བྱ་བ། །

གསང་བའི་དམ་པ་སྤྱད་པར་བྱ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

120

Those desiring speedily to be

A refuge for themselves and others Should make the interchange of “I” and “other,”

And thus embrace a sacred mystery.

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

Celui qui, sans tarder, veut être un refuge

Pour les autres autant que pour lui-même Pratiquera le secret suprême :

L’échange de soi-même et d’autrui.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Los que deseen rápidamente

ser un refugio para sí mismos y los demás, deben practicar el sagrado secreto:

“cambiarse uno mismo por los demás”.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

They who wish to rescue quickly

Self and others Should practice the secret advice

Of exchanging self and other.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Those who desire swift protection

For themselves and others, Should exchange themselves and others.

And practice this noble secret.

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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གང་ཞིག་བདག་དང་གཞན་རྣམས་ནི། །

མྱུར་དུ་བསྐྱབ་པར་འདོད་པ་དེས། ། བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་བརྗེ་བྱ་བ། །

གསང་བའི་དམ་པ་སྤྱད་པར་བྱ། །[p.199]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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The individual who wishes to quickly protect

Self and others Should practice the authentic secret called

“Exchanging oneself for others.”[p.200]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.

གང་ཞིག་བདག་དང་གཞན་རྣམས་ནི། །

མྱུར་དུ་བསྐྱབ་པར་འདོད་པ་དེས། ། བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་བརྗེ་བྱ་བ། །

གསང་བའི་དམ་པ་སྤྱད་པར་144ཏུན་ཧོང་ཀ་༴ ‘བཤད་པར་’བྱ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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