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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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मामेवान्ये जुगुप्सन्ति किं प्रहृष्याम्यहं स्तुतः। मामेवान्ये प्रशंसन्ति किं विषीदामि निन्दितः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

21

Some despise me; why rejoice then when others praise me? Some praise me; why be dejected when others despise me?

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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བདག་ལ་སྨོད་པ་གཞན་ཡོད་ན། །

བསྟོད་པས་བདག་དགར་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། ། བདག་ལ་བསྟོད་པ་གཞན་ཡོད་ན། །

སྨད་པས་མི་དགར་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། །[p.80]Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)
Slob dpon zhi ba lha and Mkhan po kun dpal. Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa. Khreng tu'u: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1990.

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

21

Why should I be pleased when people praise me?

Others there will be who scorn and criticize— And why despondent when I’m blamed,

Since there’ll be others who think well of me?

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

Comment puis-je aimer que certains me louent

Si d’autres me critiquent ? Pourquoi n’aimé-je pas qu’on médise de moi,

Dès lors que d’autres font mon éloge ?[p.137]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

¿Por qué me alegro cuando la gente me elogia

si hay otros que me acusan y critican? ¿Por qué me deprimo si me acusan

si hay otros que me alaban y valoran?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If one is criticized by someone

Then why be happy if one is praised? If one is praised by someone

Then why be unhappy if one is criticized?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If one is blamed by others,

What use is joy at their praise? If one is praised by others,

What use is displeasure at their blame?

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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བདག་ལ་སྨོད་པ་གཞན་ཡོད་ན། །

བསྟོད་པས་བདག་དགའར་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། ། བདག་ལ་བསྟོད་པ་གཞན་ཡོད་ན། །

སྨད་པས་མི་དགའར་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། །

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Why am I so pleased with praise by some,

When others are disparaging me? Why am I so displeased with disparagement by some,

When others are praising me?

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.

བདག་ལ་སྨོད་པ་གཞན་ཡོད་ན། །

བསྟོད་པས་བདག་དགར་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། ། བདག་ལ་བསྟོད་པ་གཞན་ཡོད་ན། །

སྨད་པས་མི་དགར་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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