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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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बहुना वा किमुक्तेन दृश्यतामिदमन्तरम्। स्वार्थार्थिनश्च बालस्य मुनेश्चान्यार्थकारिणः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

130

But why say more? Simply compare these two: the fool who seeks only his own welfare, and the sage who seeks only to benefit others.

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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མང་དུ་བཤད་ལྟ་ཅི་ཞིག་དགོས། །

བྱིས་པས་རང་དོན་བྱེད་པ་དང་། ། ཐུབ་པ་གཞན་གྱི་དོན་མཛད་པ། །

འདི་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ནི་ཁྱད་པར་ལྟོས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

130

Is there need for lengthy explanation?

Childish beings look out for themselves; Buddhas labor for the good of others:

See the difference that divides them![p.128]The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
Blankleder, Helena, and Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra. By Śāntideva. Rev. ed. Shambhala Classics. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

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

À quoi bon en dire davantage ?

Comparez seulement l’être puéril Qui agit dans son propre intérêt

Et le sage qui œuvre au bien des autres !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

¿Es necesaria una explicación más exhaustiva?

Los seres pueriles buscan su propio beneficio. Los budas actúan para beneficiar a los demás.

Observa lo que los diferencia.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

What need is there to say a lot?

The childish work for their own benefit And the Able Ones work for the benefit of others,

Look at the difference between the two.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

What need to say more?

The childlike work for their own benefit; The Sages work for others’ benefit.

Look at the difference between these two.

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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མང་དུ་བཤད་ལྟ་ཅི་ཞིག་དགོས། །

བྱིས་པ་རང་གི་དོན་བྱེད་དང་། ། ཐུབ་པ་གཞན་གྱི་དོན་མཛད་པ། །

འདི་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ནི་ཁྱད་པར་ལྟོས། །[p.203]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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There is no need to explain this at length.

Foolish individuals work for their own benefit. The Muni worked for the benefit of others.

Look at the differences between these two![p.204]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.

མང་དུ་བཤད་ལྟ་ཅི་ཞིག་དགོས། །

བྱིས་པ་རང་གི་དོན་བྱེད་དང་། ། ཐུབ་པ་གཞན་གྱི་དོན་མཛད་པ། །

འདི་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ནི་ཁྱད་པར་ལྟོས། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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