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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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तस्मात्स्वदुःखशान्त्यर्थं परदुःखशमाय च। ददाम्यन्येभ्य आत्मानं परान् गृह्णामि चात्मवत्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

136

Therefore, in order to quell my own suffering and that of others, I surrender myself to others, and adopt them as my self.

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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དེ་ལྟས་བདག་གནོད་ཞི་བ་དང་། །

གཞན་གྱི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཞི་བྱའི་ཕྱིར། ། བདག་ཉིད་གཞན་ལ་བཏང་བ་དང་། །

གཞན་རྣམས་བདག་བཞིན་གཟུང་བར་བྱ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

136

To free myself from harm

And others from their sufferings, Let me give myself to others,

Loving them as I now love myself.

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

C’est ainsi que, pour apaiser mes maux

Et libérer autrui de ses souffrances, Je m’offrirai aux autres

Et les tiendrai pour moi-même.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Así, para aplacar mi dolor

y el sufrimiento de los demás, me daré a mí mismo a los demás

y consideraré a los demás como a mí mismo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Thus, to pacify harm to oneself

And to pacify the suffering of others One should offer oneself to others

And hold others as oneself.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Thus, in order to pacify harm to the self

And to pacify suffering for others, Give oneself to others, and

Accept others as the self.

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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དེ་ལྟས་བདག་གནོད་ཞི་བ་དང་། །

གཞན་གྱི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཞི་བྱ་ཕྱིར། ། བདག་ཉིད་གཞན་ལ་བཏང་བྱ་ཞིང་། །

གཞན་རྣམས་བདག་བཞིན་གཟུང་བར་བྱ། །[p.205]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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Therefore, in order to pacify the harm I experience

And the suffering of others, I should consider myself as other,

And others as myself.[p.206]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.

དེ་ལྟར་བདག་གནོད་ཞི་བ་དང་། །

གཞན་གྱི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཞི་བྱའི་ཕྱིར། ། བདག་ཉིད་གཞན་ལ་གཏང་བྱ་དང་། །

གཞན་རྣམས་བདག་བཞིན་གཟུང་བར་བྱ། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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