8.126

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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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आत्मार्थं पीडयित्वान्यं नरकादिषु पच्यते। आत्मानं पीडयित्वा तु परार्थं सर्वसंपदः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

126

The one who oppresses another for self-interest will be cooked in the hells. The one who suffers oppression for the sake of others will obtain all perfections.

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་ཕྱིར་གཞན་ལ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

དམྱལ་ལ་སོགས་པར་གདུངས་[p.94]Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)
Slob dpon zhi ba lha and Mkhan po kun dpal. Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa. Khreng tu'u: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1990. པར་འགྱུར། ། གཞན་ཕྱིར་བདག་ལ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་འཐོབ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

126

If to serve myself I harm another,

I’ll suffer later in the realms of hell. But if for others’ sake I harm myself,

Then every excellence will be my heritage.

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

Qui nuit aux autres dans son propre intérêt

Souffrira dans les mondes inférieurs. Qui se nuit à lui-même dans l’intérêt des autres

Jouira de toutes les perfections.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si por mi bien daño a otros,

sufriré tormentos en los infiernos. Si por el bien de otros me daño a mí,

obtendré todo lo que es excelente y perfecto.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If one harms others for the purpose of self

One will fall into the hells and the like. If one harms self for the purpose of others

One will attain all good perfections.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

One who harms others for one's own sake,

Will be tormented in hell and the like. One who harms themself for others’ sake,

Will attain every form of success.

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་ཕྱིར་གཞན་ལ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

དམྱལ་ལ་སོགས་པར་གདུངས་པར་འགྱུར། ། གཞན་ཕྱིར་བདག་ལ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་འཐོབ། །

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If I hurt others for my own benefit,

I will be tormented in the hells and other lower realms. If I hurt myself for others’ benefit,

I will obtain all excellent qualities.

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་ཕྱིར་གཞན་ལ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

དམྱལ་ལ་སོགས་པར་གདུངས་པར་འགྱུར། ། གཞན་ཕྱིར་བདག་ལ་གནོད་བྱས་ན། །

ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་འཐོབ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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