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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.

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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तस्मान्मयानपेक्षेण कायस्त्यक्तो जगद्धिते। अतोऽयं बहुदोषोऽपि धार्यते कर्मभाण्डवत्॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

184

Therefore, I renounce my body without regret, for the benefit of the whole world. If after this I maintain it in spite of its many defects, it is only as an instrument of action.

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་བས་བདག་གིས་ཆགས་མེད་པར། །

འགྲོ་ལ་ཕན་ཕྱིར་ལུས་བཏང་བྱ། ། དེས་ན་འདི་ལ་ཉེས་མང་ཡང་། །

ལས་ཀྱི་སྤྱད་བཞིན་གཟུང་བར་བྱ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

184

Therefore, free from all attachment,

I will give this body for the benefit of beings. And though it is afflicted by so many faults,

I shall adopt it as my necessary tool.

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

Aussi dois-je, sans attachement,

Offrir mon corps pour le bien des autres. Malgré tous ses défauts,

Je le conserverai à titre d’instrument.[p.164]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Así pues, libre de cualquier apego,

ofreceré mi cuerpo para beneficiar a los seres. Por eso, aunque tiene tantos defectos,

lo aceptaré como un instrumento necesario.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Therefore, without attachment

I shall give up this body for the purpose of migrators. Then, although it has many faults,

I shall protect the body in its actions.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Therefore, with detachment,

Give one's body for others’ benefit. Although it has many faults,

Seize it as a tool for action.

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas

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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་བས་བདག་གིས་ཆགས་མེད་པར། །

འགྲོ་ལ་ཕན་ཕྱིར་ལུས་གཏང་བྱ། ། དེས་ན་འདི་ལ་ཉེས་མང་ཡང་། །

ལས་ཀྱི་སྤྱད་བཞིན་གཟུང་བར་བྱ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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