8.129

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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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ये केचिद्दुःखिता लोके सर्वे ते स्वसुखेच्छया। ये केचित्सुखिता लोके सर्वे तेऽन्यसुखेच्छया॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

129

All those who live in torment in this life suffer only because of their desire for happiness. All those who live in happiness are in such a condition because of their wish to make others happy.

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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འཇིག་རྟེན་བདེ་བ་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་ཀུན་གཞན་བདེ་འདོད་ལས་བྱུང་། ། འཇིག་རྟེན་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་ཀུན་རང་བདེ་འདོད་ལས་བྱུང་། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

129

All the joy the world contains

Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains

Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.

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

Tous les bonheurs du monde viennent

De la recherche du bonheur d’autrui ; Toutes les souffrances du monde viennent

De la recherche de son propre bonheur.[p.155]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Toda la felicidad de este mundo

viene de desear la felicidad para los demás. Todo el sufrimiento de este mundo

viene de desear la propia felicidad.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Whatever happiness is found in the transitory worlds

Came from the wish for the happiness of others. Whatever sufferings are found in the transitory worlds

Came from wish for self to be happy.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Whatever happiness exists in the world

All arises from wishing happiness for others. Whatever suffering exists in the world

All arises from wishing happiness for oneself.

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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འཇིག་རྟེན་བདེ་བ་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་ཀུན་གཞན་བདེ་འདོད་ལས་བྱུང་། ། འཇིག་རྟེན་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་ཀུན་རང་བདེ་འདོད་ལས་བྱུང་། །

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All varieties of happiness in this world

Arise from wanting happiness for others. All varieties of suffering in this world

Arise from wanting one’s own happiness.

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.

འཇིག་རྟེན་བདེ་བ་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་ཀུན་གཞན་བདེ་འདོད་ལས་བྱུང་། ། འཇིག་རྟེན་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་ཀུན་རང་བདེ་འདོད་ལས་བྱུང་། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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