8.123

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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 लाभसत्क्रियाहेतोः पितरावपि मारयेत्। रत्नत्रयस्वमादद्याद्येनावीचीन्धनो भवेत्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

123

It is the self who for the sake of gain and honor will bring death even to his own parents, who would steal what belongs to the Three Jewels, and thereby become fuel for the fires of the Avichi hell.

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་ཁེ་དང་རིམ་གྲོའི་ཕྱིར། །

ཕ་དང་མ་ཡང་གསོད་བྱེད་ཅིང་། ། དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ་གྱི་དཀོར་བརྐུས་ནས། །

དེས་ནི་མནར་མེད་བསྲེག་འགྱུར་ན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

123

And for the sake of profit and position

Some there are who even kill their parents, Or steal what has been offered to the Triple Gem,

Because of which, they’ll burn in hell of Unrelenting Pain.[p.127]The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
Blankleder, Helena, and Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra. By Śāntideva. Rev. ed. Shambhala Classics. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

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, par amour du gain et des honneurs,

Va jusqu’à tuer père et mère Où à piller les biens des Trois Joyaux,

Celui-là ira brûler dans les Tourments insurpassables.[p.154]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Y algunos por ganancias y prestigio

llegan incluso a matar a sus padres o a robar las propiedades de las Tres Joyas,

por lo que arderán en el infierno de las Torturas Máximas.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

They who, for profit and praise

Even kill their father and mother, Or steal offerings from the Triple Gem

Burn in the hell without respite.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

To gain profit and service,

Even fathers and mothers are killed, The wealth of the Three Jewels is stolen,

And Avici Hell burns.

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་གི་ཁེ་དང་རིམ་གྲོའི་ཕྱིར། །

ཕ་དང་མ་ཡང་གསོད་བྱེད་ཅིང་། ། དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ་གྱི་དཀོར་བརྐུས་ནས། །

དེས་ན་མནར་མེད་སྲེག་འགྱུར་ན། །

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In order to obtain profit and honor,

Some will even kill their fathers and mothers Or steal the property of the three precious jewels.

In doing so, they will all burn in the Avici Hell.

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་ཁེ་དང་རིམ་གྲོའི་ཕྱིར། །

ཕ་དང་མ་ཡང་གསོད་བྱེད་ཅིང་། ། དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ་གྱི་དཀོར་བརྐུས་ནས། །

དེས་ནི་མནར་མེད་བསྲེག་འགྱུར་ན། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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