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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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दुर्गतिर्नीचता मौर्ख्यं ययैवात्मोन्नतीच्छया। तामेवान्यत्र संक्राम्य सुगतिः सत्कृतिर्मतिः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

127

The same desire to exalt oneself that would lead to evil rebirth, low social status, and stupidity can lead to good rebirth, honor, and wisdom, if it is transferred into another.

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་ཉིད་མཐོ་བར་འདོད་པ་དེས། །

ངན་འགྲོ་ངན་དང་གླེན་པར་འགྱུར། ། དེ་ཉིད་གཞན་ལ་སྤོ་བྱས་ན། །

བདེ་འགྲོར་རིམ་གྲོ་འཐོབ་པར་འགྱུར། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

127

Wanting what is best for me—

Stupidity, inferiority, and lower realms result! Let this be changed, applied to others—

Honors and the realms of bliss will come!

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 veut se grandir lui-même

Récoltera la déchéance et la bêtise des mondes inférieurs. Mais s’il veut transférer cette grandeur aux autres,

Il sera honoré dans les mondes supérieurs.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Por desear lo mejor para uno mismo,

uno será inferior y estúpido, y nacerá en los reinos inferiores. Si en cambio uno desea lo mejor para los demás,

tendrá honores y respeto, y nacerá en los reinos dichosos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Due to the wish to attain it oneself

One will have lower rebirth, inferiority and stupidity.[p.39]The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors
Stracke, Fedor, trans. The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors: A Commentary on the Introduction to the Actions of Bodhisattvas. By Gyaltsab Rinpoche. N.p.: Happy Monks Publication, 2016. https://happymonkspublication.org/product/bodhisattvacharyavatara-chapter-1-10-commentary/. If one transfers it to others,

One will attain honor in a happy rebirth.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

One who wishes to elevate themself,

Will become stupid and go to an evil lower birth, One who transfers that to others.

Will be venerated and served in a higher birth.

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་ཉིད་མཐོ་བར་འདོད་པ་དེས། །

ངན་འགྲོ་ངན་དང་གླེན་བར་འགྱུར། ། དེ་ཉིད་གཞན་ལ་སྤོ་བྱས་ན། །

བདེ་འགྲོ་རིམ་འགྲོ་འཐོབ་པར་འགྱུར། །

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Holding myself to be the best,

I will take birth in the lower realms, Will be unwholesome, and unintelligent. Conversely, holding others as the best, I will be reborn in the higher realms and

Will be venerated with offerings by all.

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་ཉིད་མཐོ་བར་འདོད་པ་དེས། །

ངན་འགྲོ་ངན་དང་གླེན་པར་འགྱུར། ། དེ་ཉིད་གཞན་ལ་སྤོ་བྱས་ན། །

བདེ་འགྲོ་རིམ་གྲོ་འཐོབ་པར་འགྱུར། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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