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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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यो मान्द्यक्षुत्पिपासादिप्रतीकारचिकीर्षया। पक्षिमत्स्यमृगान् हन्ति परिपन्थं च तिष्ठति॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

122

It is the self who in its attempt to resist weakness, hunger, thirst, and the like brings death to birds, fishes, and land animals, and stands as an enemy against 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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ལུས་གང་བཀྲེས་དང་སྐོམ་སོགས་ནད། །

གསོ་བའི་ཆོ་ག་བྱེད་འདོད་པས། ། བྱ་དང་ཉ་དང་རི་དྭགས་དག །

གསོད་པར་བྱེད་ཅིང་ལམ་སྒུགས་བྱེད། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

122

Wishing to relieve our bodies’ ills,

Our hungry mouths, the dryness of our throats, We steal the lives of fishes, birds, and deer

And lie in wait along the road.

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

En cherchant le moyen de guérir

Son corps des maux de la faim et de la soif, On tue les mammifères, les poissons,

Les oiseaux, et l’on tend des embuscades.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Buscando aliviar el hambre, la sed

y demás padecimientos de nuestro cuerpo, matamos pájaros, peces y ciervos,

y al acecho esperamos en los caminos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Desiring to practice the ritual of curing

The afflictions of the body’s hunger, thirst And the like, one kills birds, fish,

Animals and hides in ambush.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

By wishing to keep the body alive,

And assuage hunger, thirst, and illness, Birds, fish, and other animals

Are ambushed and killed.

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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ལུས་གང་བཀྲེས་དང་སྐོམ་སོགས་ནད། །

གསོ་བའི་ཆོ་ག་བྱེད་འདོད་པས། ། བྱ་དང་ཉ་དང་རི་དྭགས་དག །

གསོད་པར་བྱེད་ཅིང་ལམ་སྒུགས་བྱེད། །

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Because we desire a way to relieve ourselves

Of all types of bodily hunger, thirst, illness, and so forth, We kill birds, fish, and wild animals,

And lie in wait on the road.

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.

ལུས་གང་བཀྲེས་དང་སྐོམ་སོགས་ནད། །

གསོ་བའི་ཆོ་ག་བྱེད་འདོད་པས། ། བྱ་དང་ཉ་དང་རི་དགས་དག །

གསོད་པར་བྱེད་ཅིང་ལམ་སྒུགས་བྱེད། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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