8.121

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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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यस्मिन्नात्मन्यतिस्नेहादल्पादपि भयाद्भयम्। न द्विषेत्कस्तमात्मानं शत्रुवधो भयावहः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

121

Due to an excessive attachment to the self, we fear the most insignificant dangers. Who would not hate this self, who, like an enemy, only brings fear to our heart?

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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བདག་ལུས་གང་ལ་ཆགས་པ་ཡིས། །

འཇིགས་གནས་ཆུང་ལ་འཇིགས་སྐྱེ་བ། ། འཇིགས་པ་སྐྱེ་བའི་ལུས་དེ་ལ། །

སུ་ཞིག་དགྲ་བཞིན་སྡང་མི་བྱེད། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

121

Because of our attachment to our bodies,

Even little things alarm us. This body, then, this source of so much terror—

Who would not detest it as the worst of foes?

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

L’attachement à mon corps

Me fait craindre le moindre danger. Qui ne haïrait pas comme un ennemi

Ce corps qui procure tant de peurs ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Debido al apego a nuestro cuerpo,

nos asusta el menor peligro. A este cuerpo que hace sentir tanto miedo,

¿quién no lo detestaría como a un enemigo?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Out of those that generate fear for a small object

Due to attachment to their body, Who would not abhor, like an enemy,

This body that generates fear.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

By attachment to one's own body,

Even small fears become terrifying. Who would not hate as an enemy

That body from which fear arises?

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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བདག་ལུས་གང་ལ་ཆགས་པ་ཡིས། །

འཇིགས་གནས་ཆུང་ལའང་འཇིགས་སྐྱེ་བ། ། འཇིགས་པ་སྐྱེད་བའི་ལུས་དེ་ལ། །

སུ་ཞིག་དགྲ་བཞིན་སྡང་མི་བྱེད། །

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Through being attached to my body,

I even fear small things. This body that gives rise to all fears

Is like an enemy – who wouldn’t get angry with it?

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.

བདག་ལུས་གང་ལ་ཆགས་པ་ཡིས། །

འཇིགས་གནས་ཆུང་ལ་འཇིགས་སྐྱེ་བ། ། འཇིགས་པ་སྐྱེ་བའི་ལུས་དེ་ལ། །

སུ་ཞིག་དགྲ་བཞིན་སྡང་མི་བྱེད། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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