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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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यदि दास्यामि किं भोक्ष्ये इत्यात्मार्थे पिशाचता। यदि भोक्ष्ये किं ददामीति परार्थे देवराजता॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

125

“If I give, what will I eat?”—this selfishness will turn you into an ogre. “If I eat, what will I give?”—this generosity will make you King of the Gods.

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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གལ་ཏེ་བྱིན་ན་ཅི་སྤྱོད་ཅེས། །

བདག་དོན་སེམས་པ་འདྲེ་ཡི་ཚུལ། ། གལ་ཏེ་སྤྱོད་ན་ཅི་སྦྱིན་ཞེས། །

གཞན་དོན་སེམས་པ་ལྷ་ཡི་ཆོས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

125

“If I give this, what will be left for me?”

Thinking of oneself—the way of evil ghosts. “If I keep this, what will be left to give?”

Concern for others is the way of heaven.102In other words, the way of Dharma, leading to the realization of Buddhahood—not, of course, the heavens of the worldly gods.

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 pense égoïstement : « Si je donne,

Qu’aurai-je pour mon usage ? » se conduit comme un démon. Celui qui pense aux autres et se dit : « Si j’en jouis,

Qu’aurai-je à leur donner ? » agit comme un dieu.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

“Si se lo doy ¿qué me quedará para disfrutar?”:

pensar en uno mismo es la conducta de los espíritus malignos. “Si lo disfruto ¿qué me quedará para ofrecer?”:

pensar en los demás es la conducta divina115Esto es, la conducta que lleva a la budeidad, no al mundo de los dioses mundanos..

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Saying, ‘If I give, what shall I use?’,

Is the way of the demon; the egotistical thought. Saying, ‘If I use, then what will I give?’,

Is thinking about others; the dharma of gods.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Thinking of one's own welfare, and saying

"What can I use if I give this? ” is the custom of ghosts. Thinking of others' welfare, and saying

"What can I give if I use this? ” is the Dharma of the gods.

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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གལ་ཏེ་བྱིན་ན་ཅི་སྤྱད་ཅེས། །

བདག་དོན་སེམས་པ་འདྲེ་ཡི་ཚུལ། ། གལ་ཏེ་སྤྱད་ན་ཅི་སྦྱིན་ཞེས། །

གཞན་དོན་སེམས་པ་ལྷ་ཡི་ཆོས། །[p.201]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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“If I give it away, what will I use,”

This is a thought for my own benefit, And is the way of demons. “If I use it, what will I give away?” This is a thought for others’ benefit,

And is the dharma of the divine.[p.202]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.

གལ་ཏེ་བྱིན་ན་ཅི་སྤྱད་ཅེས། །

བདག་[p.105-1-28a]དོན་སེམས་པ་འདྲེ་ཡི་ཚུལ། ། གལ་ཏེ་སྤྱད་ན་ཅི་སྦྱིན་ཅེས། །

གཞན་དོན་སེམས་པ་ལྷ་ཡི་ཆོས། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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