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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 8.15

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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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बालाद्दूरं पलायेत प्राप्तमाराधयेत्प्रियैः। न संस्तवानुबन्धेन किं तूदासीनसाधुवत्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

15

One should avoid from afar the fool; but if one does meet a person of the world, one should try to please this person with gentle treatment, not in order to establish intimacy but with the neutrality of the sage.

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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བྱིས་ལས་ཐག་རིང་བྱོལ་བར་བྱ། །

ཕྲད་ན་དགའ་བས་མགུ་བྱས་ཏེ། ། འདྲིས་ཆེན་ཉིད་དུ་མི་འགྱུར་བར། །

ཐ་མལ་པ་ཙམ་ལེགས་པར་བྱ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

15

Therefore flee the company of childish people.

Greet them, when you meet, with smiles That keep on terms of common courtesy,

Without inviting intimate relations.

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

Je m’enfuirai loin des êtres puérils

Et, s’ils me rencontrent, je leur ferai plaisir. Sans établir de liens profonds,

Je resterai simplement courtois.[p.136]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Por lo tanto, me alejaré de los seres pueriles.

Si me los encuentro, con una sonrisa los trataré bien, pero mantendré solo la mera cortesía,

sin familiarizar demasiado con ellos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

One should get far away from the childish.

If one meets them, make them happy through joy Without creating great familiarity.

Act well in an ordinary way.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Therefore, escape far from the childish;

When encountering them, be pleasant and make them happy,

But do not become too familiar.

Act according to conventional courtesy.

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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བྱིས་ལས་ཐག་རིང་འབྱོལ་བར་བྱ། །

ཕྲད་ནས་དགའ་བས་མགུ་བྱས་སྟེ། ། འདྲིས་ཆེན་ཉིད་དུ་མི་འགྱུར་བར། །

ཐ་མལ་པ་ཙམ་ལེགས་པར་བྱ། །

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Therefore, I should leave the foolish far away.

If I were to encounter them, I will act pleasantly and please them. I will not become overly familiar

But will behave well in a neutral manner.

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.

བྱིས་ལས་ཐག་རིང་བྱོལ་བར་བྱ། །

ཕྲད་ན་དགའ་བས་མགུ་བྱས་ཏེ། ། འདྲིས་ཆེན་ཉིད་དུ་མི་འགྱུར་བར། །

ཐ་མལ་པ་ཙམ་ལེགས་པར་བྱ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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