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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 परमाज्ञप्य दासत्वाद्यनुभूयते। परार्थं त्वेनमाज्ञप्य स्वामित्वाद्यनुभूयते॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

128

One who makes another work for him without due compensation will suffer slavery and other forms of oppression in his next life. One who works for another will enjoy lordship and other advantages.

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་གི་དོན་དུ་གཞན་བཀོལ་ན། །

བྲན་ལ་སོགས་པ་མྱོང་བར་འགྱུར། ། གཞན་གྱི་དོན་དུ་བདག་སྤྱད་ན། །

རྗེ་དཔོན་ཉིད་སོགས་མྱོང་བར་འགྱུར། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

128

Enslaving others, forcing them to serve me,

I will come to know the state of servitude. But if I labor for the good of others,

Mastery and leadership will come to me.

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 se fait servir par les autres

Deviendra leur serviteur. Celui qui se met au service des autres

Aura le pouvoir en rétribution.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si me beneficio de otros usándolos a mi servicio,

tendré que experimentar la esclavitud y la servidumbre. Pero si trabajo para el bien de los demás,

disfrutaré del poder y el liderazgo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If one commands others for the purpose of self,

One will experience being a slave and the like. If oneself works for the purpose of others,

One will only experience being a lord and master.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

One who exploits others for the sake of themself,

Will experience slavery and the like. One who uses themself for the sake of others,

Will experience lordliness and the like.

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་གི་དོན་དུ་གཞན་བཀོལ་ན། །

བྲན་ལ་སོགས་པ་མྱོང་བར་འགྱུར། ། གཞན་གྱི་དོན་དུ་བདག་སྤྱད་ན། །

རྗེ་དཔོན་ཉིད་སོགས་མྱོང་བར་འགྱུར། །

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If I make others serve me for my personal benefit,

I will experience servitude. If I act to benefit others,

I will experience being a leader.

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་གི་དོན་དུ་གཞན་བཀོལ་ན། །

བྲན་ལ་སོགས་པ་མྱོང་བར་འགྱུར། ། གཞན་གྱི་དོན་དུ་བདག་སྤྱད་ན། །

རྗེ་དཔོན་ཉིད་སོགས་མྱོང་བར་འགྱུར། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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