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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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न युक्तं स्वार्थदृष्ट्यादि तदीयैश्चक्षुरादिभिः। न युक्तं स्यन्दितुं स्वार्थमन्यदीयैः करादिभिः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

138

Now that I am the other person, my eyes belong to another; they cannot see after my own interests; my hands are his; they cannot possibly work for my own interest.

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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གཞན་དབང་མིག་ལ་སོགས་པ་ཡིས། །

རང་དོན་སྒྲུབ་པར་རིགས་མ་ཡིན། ། དེའི་དོན་མིག་ལ་སོགས་པ་ཡིས། །

དེ་ལ་ལོག་པར་བྱ་མི་རིགས། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

138

My sight and other senses, now the property of others—

To use them for myself would be improper. And it is likewise disallowed

To use my faculties against their owners!

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

Il n’est pas juste que mes yeux et le reste,

Qui appartiennent aux autres, s’activent à mon service ; Et il n’est pas logique qu’ils aillent

À l’encontre des intérêts d’autrui.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Mi vista y demás sentidos ahora les pertenecen,

sería impropio usarlos para mi beneficio. También sería inadecuado

usar mis facultades en contra de ellos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

It is unsuitable to accomplish the welfare of self

With eyes and the like that belong to others. It is unsuitable to mistreat them with the eyes

And the like that are for their purpose.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

It is not right to acquire one’s own benefit

With the eyes and the rest that now belong to others. It is not right to misuse the eyes and the rest

Which are for their purpose.

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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གཞན་དབང་མིག་ལ་སོགས་པ་ཡིས། །

རང་དོན་བསྒྲུབ་པ་རིགས་མ་ཡིན། ། དེ་དོན་མིག་ལ་སོགས་པ་ཡིས། །

དེ་ལ་ལོག་པ་བྱ་མི་རིགས། །

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You, mind, must know this.

“I belong to others.” Now, mind, do not think of anything else,

Except for accomplishing the benefit of all sentient beings.

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.

གཞན་དབང་མིག་ལ་སོགས་པ་ཡིས། །

རང་དོན་སྒྲུབ་པར་རིགས་མ་ཡིན། ། དེ་དོན་མིག་ལ་སོགས་པ་ཡིས། །

དེ་ལ་ལོག་པར་བྱ་མི་རིགས། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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